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Kevin Dolak

Kevin Dolak is an award-winning multimedia journalist and news editor with over two decades of writing, reporting, and newsgathering experience. Over the past 15 years, he has managed editorial teams within legacy media outlets, including ABC News and Newsweek, and helped build media brands from the ground up at Vice News and Mic, while reporting vital journalism, mentoring young reporters and producing engaging written and video features. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Matthew Perry Death Probe Brings Charges Against His Assistant, Two Doctors and “Ketamine Queen”

Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant, two doctors and a woman dubbed the “ketamine queen” are among the five people indicted and charged in the investigation into the actor’s death, which unearthed a “broad underground criminal network,” a coalition of law enforcement agencies announced at a press conference in L.A. on Thursday. Jasveen Sangha, the 41-year-old woman prosecutors […]

Elon Musk Mocked on Late Night Shows Over Accusations of Faking Cyberattack During Trump Interview

In their opening monologues on Tuesday night, late night talk show hosts Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers both took Donald Trump’s interview with tech mogul Elon Musk’s revamped Twitter, now known as X, to task with jabs about the technical difficulties suffered ahead of the talk and some slurred speech from the former president. Trump […]

“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 […]

Jimmy Kimmel Explains Why He Will Not Host the 2025 Oscars

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is explaining his decision to not host next year’s Oscars. While appearing on this week’s Politickin’ podcast, Kimmel discussed his reasoning to not to host the Academy Awards in 2025 and opened up about his son’s surgeries and health.  “When I’m focused on the Oscar, I’m less focused on the […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Actor Gabriel Olds Arrested in Los Angeles on Multiple Rape Charges

Hollywood actor Gabriel Olds, who has appeared in dozens of supporting television and film roles over the past several decades, was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and charged with seven counts of sexual assault, according to local authorities, who said they are seeking out other possible victims or witnesses in a series of […]

How Zoom and Identity Politics Are Propelling the Harris Campaign

As the American political landscape drastically shifted and the Democratic party breathed a sigh of relief when President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid, his successor’s campaign swiftly began to take shape. Many elements seemed familiar from past election cycles — the canvassing and relentless emails or text messages, or both. But a July 29 […]

‘Billions’ and ‘David Makes Man’ Actor Akili McDowell Arrested for Murder in Houston

A young actor who appeared on the Showtime series Billions and starred in the OWN series David Makes Man while appearing in multiple feature films has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a young man. Homicide investigators charged 21-year-old Akili McDowell with murder in the shooting death of Cesar Peralta, the […]

John Oliver Notes Donald Trump “Turned Christian” in 2020 While Discussing Kamala Harris Race Controversy

John Oliver is weighing in on the controversy surrounding Donald Trump after he questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity by pointing out that the former president and Republican candidate “turned Christian” when he was running for office for a second time.  The host of Last Week Tonight opened the show on Sunday by discussing […]

Michael Jackson’s Estate Questions Authenticity of Alleged Signed Art Up For Auction in L.A.

The July announcement from a Las Vegas-based auction house that it will be auctioning off several dozen of Micheal Jackson’s signed drawings to the highest bidder is being called into question by the late pop superstar’s estate, which had the drawings examined years ago and has issued a “buyer beware” warning to potential bidders. The […]

Kamala Harris Campaign Shoots Back at Trump After He Calls Her Black Identity Into Question

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has responded to GOP nominee Donald Trump’s statements at a convention for Black journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, where Trump called into question the vice president’s identity as a Black woman. Harris’ campaign called his hostility “simply a taste of the chaos and division” that Trump’s campaign seeks and what Americans […]