Reggie Watts is being removed from festival lineups and has apparently lost his longtime Comedy Bang! Bang! theme song following a wide-ranging Rolling Stone investigation into allegations involving his late ex-girlfriend Katherine Early McCollough, drug use, and his behavior in past relationships. Watts had been scheduled to perform at two UK festivals this week, Shambala and Greenbelt, but his name has since been removed from both lineups. Greenbelt confirmed that Watts will no longer appear, while a Shambala representative acknowledged his removal in correspondence reviewed by Rolling Stone. A run of Bristol performances with frequent collaborators CAPYAC was also canceled…
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Ravi Teja-starrer Irumudi has landed in controversy after the Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation (APTF) objected to the film’s portrayal of a government school. Directed by Shiva Nirvana, the revenge action thriller revolves around a major scandal at a government girls’ school in a village. Swasika Vijay plays a sinister character linked to the institution, while the male lead’s daughter is also connected to the school. Damaging portrayal alleged Three days after the film’s theatrical release, the federation raised objections to what it described as the alleged misrepresentation of a government school in the film. APTF State President Chennupati Manjula and…
Love it or hate it, every new Spider-Man comic book run that bears a new creative team is likely to arrive with its own handful of retcons associated with the obligation to be new-reader-friendly. This is ideally terrific for anyone who’s never read Spider-Man comics before, and can also be received as a welcome palate cleanser, depending on what has been retconned or discarded, but it’s obviously going to rub readers the wrong way who have scaled Spider-Man’s mountains of lore and are devastated to see a character or a development they liked essentially erased or dismissed. For instance, fans…
Most visitors to the Cardrona Valley see it through a car window. Our guests see it from the top, engine rumbling beneath them, tussock and rock stretching out in every direction. This Cardrona quad bike tour takes you all the way up the mountain, stopping along the way as the working farmland gives way to raw alpine terrain — and the views keep growing. You don’t need experience on a quad bike. What you need is a willingness to follow instructions, dress for the conditions, and let the mountain do the rest. Kel, who founded The Cardrona Horse Treks &…
Influencer Ayla Woodruff Hot Shots for Her 34th Birthday Published August 25, 2026 12:45 AM PDT Ayla Woodruff is blowing out 34 candles … and we’re marking the occasion with some of her hottest bikini shots. The lifestyle influencer has built a following off fitness, travel and plenty of eye-popping looks … and she definitely knows her way around a bikini. From poolside poses to barely-there beachwear … Ayla knows how to keep the temperature up, so here’s to another trip around the sun looking this good. Click through the gallery for more of Ayla’s hottest shots! Source link
Shudder to Think are back with their first new EP in nearly 30 years. The post-hardcore vets will release the three-song EP Who Sent You? on September 11th via Dischord Records, and have shared its title track ahead of the release. “Who Sent You?” reaches back to Craig Wedren’s teenage years in Cleveland before he relocated to Washington, D.C., with the singer describing the song as a reflection on being “young, horny, bored” in the 1980s. “It’s both a collage of memories, refracted through the prism of time, and a message back to my younger self,” Wedren said. “Above all,…
Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 has not only crossed the lifetime box-office record of Awarapan, but has also emerged as the actor’s biggest solo hit. With the film continuing its strong run at the box office, the team recently reunited for a success bash.Hashmi arrived at the celebration with his wife, looking dapper in a white shirt paired with a blazer and trousers. He also posed with co-star Disha Patani, who turned heads in a brown dress featuring a plunging neckline, a backless design and a thigh-high slit. Several members of the Awarapan family were present at the bash, including Shriya…
The PlayStation 2 era is, undoubtedly, one of the best in gaming. The console played host to not just some of the greatest games of all time, but also numerous titles that pushed the industry forward in a truly transformative way, thus establishing foundations for future genres and developers to build upon. It cemented Sony as a true competitor within the gaming scene, positioned its collection of extremely talented developers at the forefront of innovation, and paved the way for future console generations to flourish. Amazingly, many of the best PS2 games are turning 25 this year, something that feels…
Target Yanks Halloween Costume After Racial Backlash Published August 24, 2026 6:39 PM PDT Target has pulled a Halloween costume from being sold after the product sparked racial backlash online, with critics saying the design and imagery resembled racially offensive imagery. The costume, called “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit,” featured a young Black child model and quickly drew criticism — with many online comparing the look to racist caricatures of Black people … questioning how the product made it through Target’s review process. Target has now removed the costume from its assortment and issued an apology,…
Taylor Swift recently participated in The Recording Academy’s The Icon Sessions, where she offered a deep dive into her songwriting process and reflected on her two-decade career as a songwriter during a 45-minute conversation moderated by Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. As part of her appearance, Swift also performed a piano medley of “I Knew It, I Knew You,” her recent contribution to Toy Story 5, along with “August” and “All Too Well.” “I never turned to music to forget my human experience,” Swift explained. “I turned to music to remember it. And so in songwriting, I find myself…