Gareth Thomas attends the Pride Of Sport Awards 2019 at Grosvenor House on December 05, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Rainford/Getty) Gay former rugby player Gareth Thomas was left in floods of tears after he was surprised by his parents presenting him with an award. Thomas received an accolade for being a sporting
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Hannah Brown is already feeling that holiday cheer. The former Bachelorette star and recent Dancing With the Stars winner can already smell Christmas morning. The reality TV personality is pretty much counting down the days until Dec. 25, when she’ll be back in her home state of Alabama to celebrate the holidays with her nearest and dearest.
Dave East, Jay Electronica, and New Jersey’s 070 Phi have teamed up for a new song. The track, “No Hoodie (Nothin’ to Lose),” benefits the nonprofit Hoodies for the Homeless. Listen to the single, where the rappers discuss the homelessness epidemic, below (via Billboard). Dave East / Jay Electronica / 070 Phi: “No Hoodie (Nothin’
Who is the “Peloton Wife?” Well, you may have seen her before. Actress Monica Ruiz plays the role in the exercise bike company’s holiday ad, which sparked controversy this week, according to multiple reports. In the commercial, her character is gifted a bike by her husband and records a vlog of her workouts and progress over the course of a
Melbourne quartet Crayon Fields are reissuing their 2009 album All the Pleasures of the World, as BrooklynVegan reports. The deluxe reissue, to celebrate the record’s 10th annviersary, is pressed on blue/green “galaxy swirl” vinyl and includes B-sides, instrumentals, and covers of ABBA, Roxette, and Kath Bloom songs. Check out the band’s demo version of “Mirror
You don’t have to go to Christmas with the queen. Kate Middleton and Prince William have skipped it a couple of times in the nearly nine years they’ve been married. And in case you hadn’t heard, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle aren’t going this year, and will instead spend their son Archie Harrison‘s first yuletide with Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland—possibly
The Weeknd returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for the second time this week. This time around, he performed his comeback single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s set was broadcast in black and white, and the singer performed in a hall of mirrors while audience members held up small, square mirrors to
Jo Swinson defended inclusive school uniforms. (LBC) Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson hit back at a radio caller who attacked the party’s proposed inclusive school uniform policies. Swinson took calls from listeners during a phone-in on LBC hosted by Nick Ferrari, who earlier this year said live on air that being gay was a “lifestyle
Jordyn Woods‘s time on Red Table Talk is not yet over. More than 10 months after she first addressed her involvement in Khloe Kardashianand Tristan Thompson‘s breakup, never-before-seen footage of Jordyn taking a lie detector test is about to surface. On Monday, Dec. 9, RTT hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Gammy will answer fans’ questions about their most revealing celebrity
The new Aretha Franklin TV series Genius: Aretha premieres on National Geographic in May 2020. Today (December 6), Entertainment Weekly has shared the first photo of Erivo as the Queen of Soul. Check out the image below via National Geographic Channel’s Instagram. Genius: Aretha will feature a number of Aretha Franklin’s hit songs, including “I
There is probably no one on TV who had a bigger 2019 than Hannah Brown. We hadn’t even heard of her at the beginning of the year, though she had a healthy 10,000 Instagram followers heading into The Bachelor. We were then introduced to her as a self-described “total trainwreck,” a pageant girl and reigning
Alex Paterson has announced a new album from the Orb: Abolition of the Royal Familia is out March 27 via Cooking Vinyl. The record, which Paterson made with his new main writing partner Michael Rendall, features contributions from Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, and more. Below, check out the Orb’s new song
For Alex Borstein, the 2019 Emmys were a time for celebration and reflection. Onstage accepting her trophy for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, she turned the conversation to her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. “My grandmother was in line to be shot into a pit and she said, ‘What happens if I step out of line?'”
The Weeknd recently returned with two new singles. Last night, he performed one of those new songs, “Heartless,” while wandering the elaborately lit, mysteriously shifting halls of the Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Watch it happen below. “Heartless” recently got a new video which shows the Weeknd and Metro Boomin
Ian Somerhalder knows what you’re thinking about his new vampire show V-Wars, if what you’re thinking is “Vampires? Again?” Even after eight seasons of playing the 100+ year-old vampire Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries, Somerhalder found himself putting his whole heart and soul into a new passion project about a vampire epidemic taking over the
Kanye West has announced another new opera. It’s called Mary, and it’s scheduled to take place at Miami Marine Stadium on Sunday, December 8 (the final day of Art Basel). Mary is slated to feature music by Kanye’s Sunday Service performers. Much like his debut opera Nebuchadnezzar, Ye made the announcement in a tweet. The
Deborah Lee Fong isn’t a household name. She’s something better. She is an artist on the cultural front lines, working hard over three decades to perfect her craft and communicate with audiences through a variety of pieces, and shows no signs of slowing down or losing her passion. If anything, her appearance as Agnes in Secret
Instagram Putting an end to the rumor mill! It has been a long and bumpy road for Jenelle Evans‘ love life this year. The Teen Mom star has been having a tumultuous public battle with her estranged ex-husband David Eason. While she’s fighting to ensure her family is happy, healthy and thriving, rumors have been flying all
SOPHIE and multi-disciplinary artist Juliana Huxtable have announced they have formed a duo project called Analemma. The first music will be released on locus error, a new compilation from Nina Kraviz’s трип (Trip) label that will feature two songs from them: “Plunging Asymptote” and “Liminal Crisis.” Check out the first of those tracks below. The
Twenty years into his record-setting NFL career, Tom Brady still isn’t a huge fan of interviews. “I’d rather run out in front of 80,000 people and throw a football,” he laughed during Wednesday night’s In the Room series premiere, telling host Jason Kennedy that—contrary to what their intimate chat inside Brady’s TB12 Sports Therapy Center
Sharon Van Etten has released a cover of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”. The song was originally recorded for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter. Its cover art is a still from the film, photographed by Allison Anderson. Check out the song and the film below. Earlier this year, Van Etten recorded a song
Actor Billy Dee Williams arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) When actor Billy Dee Williams, best known for playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, referred to himself with both he/him and she/her pronouns, it was widely interpreted that he was telling the world he was gender fluid.
TMI alert! When we say Ian Somerhalder is getting candid, we mean it. The V Wars star truly spilled his guts when he sat down for an interview on Sirius XM’s Radio Andy on Wednesday. It all started when the Watch What Happens Live host asked Ian how old he was when he lost his virginity, to which Ian
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s sentencing in his federal case is set for December 18. While the racketeering and firearms charges amount to a mandatory minimum of 47 years in prison, it’s long been assumed that his cooperation with the federal government and recent testimony against alleged members of the Nine Trey Bloods could mean that he’d receive
Justin Lloyd / Newspix via Getty Images Instagram just gave Jason Derulo a big Jason Derul-no. The singer broke the internet in November when he posted a steamy Instagram that left little to the imagination. Taken on vacation in Bali, the photo showed the “In My Head” singer walking through steam wearing only black underwear, and his
On what would be Daniel Johnston’s 59th birthday, a number of artists will perform a tribute concert at Austin’s Moody Theater for Hi, How Are You Day 2020. The third annual benefit event inspired by the iconic songwriter will feature performances from TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, White Denim, Cage the Elephant, and more.
Khloe Kardashianis standing up for her friends. On Sunday night’s episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the twins, Malika Haqqand Khadijah Haqq, landed themselves in hot water when they helped Tristan Thompsonget Khloe the perfect gift. It was a simple gesture intended to help mend the relationship between Khloe and her ex, and one that seemed to be appreciated.
Amazon Studios has announced it is in production on a documentary film about Mary J Blige. The singer and Sean “Diddy” Combs will serve as executive producers on the currently untitled project. The film follows Blige as she is set to perform her sophomore album My Life for the first time ever on a 25th
‘Tis the season! When it comes to the holidays, The Voice coaches are more than ready to celebrate. Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Gwen Stefani all opened up about a few topics surrounding the festive season, including the food they love to eat this time of year and when it’s appropriate to introduce a significant
Third Man has launched a new quarterly print magazine called Maggot Brain, edited by veteran Detroit music journalist Mike McGonigal. The first issue features Alice Coltrane on the cover and includes pieces about Daniel Johnston, J Dilla’s Donuts, and more. It’s out now. McGonigal previously published the zines Chemical Imbalance (1984-1994) and Yeti (2000-2013). His