The White House brushed off the Saturday Night Live season premiere after the show’s opening sketch mocked President Donald Trump, calling the program a “waste of time.”
Pop icon Taylor Swift is taking fans — and much of pop culture — by surprise with her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. The album debuted with an in-theater listening event, a cinematic music video for its opening track “The Fate of Ophelia,” and what many are calling “the most aggressively natalist pop song ever written.”
CNN Max is shutting down. Warner Bros. Discovery announced that starting next month, HBO Max will no longer carry CNN’s 24/7 live feed. Instead, subscribers will only see select on-demand CNN programs like Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, and The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.
Transgender actor Indya Moore launched into an emotional 30-minute Instagram video accusing Hollywood producer Ryan Murphy of abandoning the trans community after his hit show Pose. Moore, who rose to prominence under Murphy’s casting, thanked those who supported trans people but demanded more action from influential figures rather than what they see as symbolic support.
A powerful dust storm tore through the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert over the weekend, blasting tents, toppling art installations, and triggering a wave of safety concerns. Wind gusts reaching 52 mph battered campsites on Saturday, as thousands of attendees gathered at Black Rock City for the annual countercultural event.
Dan Rivera, a U.S. Army veteran and lead paranormal investigator, died suddenly while touring with the infamous Annabelle doll in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Rivera, 54, was found unresponsive in his hotel room during the "Devils on the Run Tour" and pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
