Election 2024
Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Host Panel With Democratic Women Governors During DNC (Exclusive)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is teaming up with the Democratic Governors Association during the week of the 2024 Democratic National Convention to highlight the country’s women governors. The Emmy-winning Veep and Seinfeld star, producer and activist will host a daytime panel on Aug. 21, which will be the third day of the upcoming four-day convention in Chicago. […]
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Harris Campaign Fires Back at Tech-Troubled Trump-Musk X Interview: “Self-Obsessed Rich Guys”
Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign team is taking aim at Donald Trump and Elon Musk after their live-streamed X interview, claiming the Republican hopeful’s agenda is for “self-obsessed rich guys who will sell out the middle class.” On Monday, Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and later renamed it X, had a conversation with former […]
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Elon Musk Got EU Disinformation Warning Before Rambling Donald Trump Interview on X
The European Union issued a stark warning to X owner and executive chairman Elon Musk before his live-streamed X interview with former U.S. president Donald Trump – and received an expletive-filled response. On Monday night, Trump and Musk had a conversation marred by technical issues that caused a 40-minute-plus delay and was widely described as rambling. […]
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Seth Meyers Talks Tim Walz Nomination, and Being Early on “Republicans Are Weird” Trend: “I Made a Whole Career Out of It”
Seth Meyers addressed Tim Walz being named as Kamala Harris’ running mate on Monday night, following his show’s hiatus. Late Night with Seth Meyers returned on Monday after a three-week break; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had been off for two weeks. During his “A Closer Look” segment on Monday, Meyers reviewed a whirlwind […]
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“Never, Never Use That Song Again”: Isaac Hayes III Explains Why He’s Threatening Trump Over Copyright
After a lawsuit was threatened over the weekend against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign, the White House hopeful’s attorneys have continued to ignore the family of late soul icon Isaac Hayes, as they allegedly have for years. Meanwhile, the artist’s son and a lawyer representing the Hayes family have attempted to stop the use […]
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MTV VMAs Switch Dates to Avoid Debate Conflict
The 2024 MTV VMAs is moving back a day and will now take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11 instead of the previously announced Tuesday, Sept. 10. The move is an effort to avoid having the VMAs air opposite the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The 2024 […]
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Isaac Hayes’ Family Sues Trump Campaign for Unauthorized Use of “Hold on, I’m Coming”
The family of Isaac Hayes is suing Donald Trump and his campaign for continued unauthorized use of the Sam & Dave hit song “Hold on, I’m Coming,” which was co-written by the late soul icon. On Sunday, Isaac Hayes III, the Grammy and Oscar-winner’s son, posted on social media that the family had filed suit […]
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In Trump vs. Harris, It’s Reality-TV Ringleading vs. the TikTok Ticket
The defining moment of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate to date — the one that birthed all the others — was a ride down an escalator in a tower he developed during a TV appearance he stage-managed to build on an empire of wish fulfillment he created. The defining moment of Kamala Harris as […]
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Celine Dion Denounces Trump Rally’s Use of Her Hit “My Heart Will Go On”: “Really, THAT Song?”
Celine Dion denounced Donald Trump and J.D. Vance for using her song, “My Heart Will Go On,” at a rally in Montana on Friday. Her management team released a statement on behalf of the artist and her record label for the use of the Titanic hit. “Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, […]
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Joe Rogan Says RFK Jr. Support Was Not an Endorsement
After facing backlash from supporters of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, Joe Rogan is walking back reports that he endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when he expressed his support for the third-party presidential candidate on his podcast Thursday. The influential podcaster explained on Thursday’s Joe Rogan Experience that he finds both the Democrat […]
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The New Harris-Walz Camo Hat Is Very ‘Midwest Princess’
Move over, coconut trees. Vice President Kamala Harris’ plugged-in presidential campaign continues to lean into online culture, from Kamala HQ’s Brat branding on X (formerly Twitter) to the Love Island-inspired introduction to her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. When Walz, a seemingly quintessential Midwest dad, was announced as the vice presidential pick, it didn’t […]
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Al Franken as Tim Walz and Colin Jost as J.D. Vance? A Speculative Casting of the VP Candidates for ‘SNL’
It’s an election year and with all of the media frenzy and speculation, a bevy of new faces have stoically entered the national political fray. This sort of national political exposure comes for these career civil servants at a major inflection point for the country. So, naturally, this means that their parody equivalents will mock […]
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