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The rapper’s indictment on sex trafficking and other charges is the latest in a months-long saga of sexual assault and violence allegations.
The highly coveted endorsement comes after a year of paranoid speculation.
The CMA snub just proves what Beyoncé was trying to tell us all along.
Why everyone suddenly cares about Brittany Mahomes’s politics.
Why are we still talking about this strange, glamorous family?
Jennifer Lopez’s and Ben Affleck’s reactions to their split are both very on-brand and kind of pointless.
The rising Midwest princess is finally embracing queer joy — and learning that fame comes with a price.
Looking back at this 20-year on-again, off-again, on-again, and now off-again Hollywood love story.
Is there actually beef between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?
Our society demands Black women be “twice as good.” Beyoncé has found a solution that Harris seems keen to copy.
On the It Ends With Us press tour, the actor’s persona, side hustles, and career are all in conflict.
The Twisters actor’s career explains a lot about the state of the industry.
“It’s his brand now.”
Horizon is a baffling, incoherent mess. Kevin Costner making it was probably inevitable.
The Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud, explained.
Why is the search for the next big movie star so limited?
Three months after she disclosed her illness, the Princess of Wales is making a return to public life.
The comedian has made headlines with recent comments on anti-war protesters and political correctness.
Her new album is a joyous, anxious ode to envy among her fellow pop stars.
If it’s Backgrid, is it staged?
The fight over Billboard rankings just proves we live in an era of stanufactured drama.
Everybody’s in LA’s week-long stint is over. It still might point toward the streamer’s future — and the comedian’s.
Turns out the first Monday in May is the perfect venue for celebrity image-making.
A public defender on the judge at the first Weinstein trial: “He was behaving like a prosecutor.”
Is the massive backlash against the former child star justified?
The Tortured Poets Department sees Swift tormented by her boyfriends, her haters, and even her fans.
Long after the Trial of the Century ended, we couldn’t help obsessing over a fallen hero.
It seems like every musician is being labeled an “industry plant” — does it actually mean anything?
Country music uses the West as a synecdoche for America. Beyoncé is here to disrupt that.
The internet loves Kim Kardashian’s shapewear company. But it loves its ads even more.
A music scholar explains why hell hath no fury like a country diva.
And Diana, too.
Everyone is misquoting Jonathan Glazer’s speech at the Academy Awards.
A new kind of masculinity is dominating music — leaving little room for yesterday’s pop idol.
Kategate, briefly explained.
The Best Supporting Acting Oscars are always a little wacky, because … what do they mean?
A better question to ask than who wins the Oscar: Who benefits the most, win or lose?
Irish men are having a moment in Hollywood.
It proves how effortlessly the comedy industry forgives racism.
Wendy Williams’s rise, reputation, and absence from her talk show, explained.