DAVID LACHAPELLE HAS a flight to catch. This flight is leaving imminently, and its imminence is made highly apparent by people associated with LaChapelle, within earshot of LaChapelle, who nonetheless settles deeper into a chartreuse velvet sofa near the crackling fire of the Greenwich Hotel and orders tea and scones. “The crazy ones with the
One of the main characters on the great FX comedy Reservation Dogs is named Elora Danan, after the baby from the Eighties fantasy film Willow. It’s a running gag that everyone on the reservation has not only heard of the movie, but has strong opinions about it. Back in 1988, Willow — in which aspiring sorcerer
Samsung Galaxy M54 5G has been spotted on Geekbench, and the listing suggests that the handset will come with 8GB of RAM and run Android 13. The smartphone has been listed with the model number SM-M546B. The alleged specifications and the launch timeline of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy M54 5G have also been spotted online.
Metro Boomin is treating his upcoming album “Heroes & Villains” like a movie premiere — and he’s got quite the blockbuster cast ensemble for his new short film!!! Staged in Superman’s hometown of “Metropolis,” the “Heroes & Villains” mini-movie stars Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox the trusty narrator, LaKeith Stanfield as a deranged driver of
More energy suppliers could go bust this winter potentially taking government payments intended for customers with them, the chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica has warned. Chris O’Shea told Sky News that the UK energy market, regulated by Ofgem, offers “wealthy individuals” behind some retail suppliers a “free bet” to speculate, with other bill
Jaimee Harris offers comfort amidst grief with her powerful new track “Love is Gonna Come Again,” which is exclusively premiering at The Boot today (Nov. 29). Penned by Harris and Graham Weber, “Love is Gonna Come Again” is the impressive second single from the talented Texas-born singer-songwriter’s upcoming album, Boomerang Town. The intricate, emotional song taps
Jake Flint, a country music star from Oklahoma, died at the age of 37, his manager Brenda Cline announced on social media. “With a broken heart and in deep grief I must announce that Jake Flint has tragically passed away,” Cline shared on Facebook. “I’ve tried several times today to make a post, but you
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,370 more cases of the coronavirus since Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,538,009 as of Tuesday, Nov. 29. Officials reported nine more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Monday for a total of 34,179 deaths since tracking began. There were 33 more hospitalizations since Monday,
Kim Kardashian and Ye have reached a settlement in their divorce, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles. The documents were asking for a judge’s approval of terms agreed on by the former couple, including $200,000 per month child support payments from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The two will have joint custody
Ukraine’s first lady has urged the UK to lead the way in the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia for aggression against her nation – as she stressed that “just to stop the war is really the first step”. Speaking to Sky News’ Beth Rigby Interviews programme, Olena Zelenska said Russia is
Acer has released a firmware update to address a security vulnerability that could be potentially weaponized to turn off UEFI Secure Boot on affected machines. Tracked as CVE-2022-4020, the high-severity vulnerability affects five different models that consist of Aspire A315-22, A115-21, and A315-22G, and Extensa EX215-21 and EX215-21G. The PC maker described the vulnerability as
A very sad day in country music. It was recently confirmed that country singer/Red Dirt artist Jake Flint sadly passed away just hours after his wedding to wife Brenda on Sunday night. He was only 37 years old and was from Mounds, Oklahoma. Jake had tied the knot the day prior with new wife Brenda,
The staff of the New York Times Book Review released their 100 Notable Books of 2022 list a week ago featuring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles. They’ve since whittled this list down to 10 for their Best Books of 2022 list that was released today. The list is made of five fiction and five nonfiction
Twitter has stopped enforcing its Covid misinformation policy, designed to prevent the spread of harmful false narratives about the pandemic. This has increased simmering concerns that the platform, already an echo chamber for many users, could become a misinformation super-spreader. Users are already testing the waters to see what kind of false statements they can knowingly
A jury has returned two guilty verdicts in the Jan. 6 Oath Keepers trial, convicting founder Stewart Rhodes and fellow militia member Kelly Meggs. The historic verdict — the most serious yet secured in relation to the events of Jan. 6 — was nonetheless mixed. Alleged co-conspirators Jessica Watkins, Thomas Watkins, and Kenneth Harrelson were
Infinix Hot 20S has been launched in the Philippines on Monday as the latest handset by the brand owned by China’s Transsion Group. The new Hot 20 series smartphone is powered by a Mediatek G96 SoC and features a triple rear camera unit led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor. The Infinix Hot 20S features a
Jonah Hill is gunning to legally change his name, but you won’t need to call him anything different — it just means lots of paperwork for him … or his assistant. According to docs, obtained by TMZ, the actor — whose real name is Jonah Hill Feldstein — filed a petition this week in L.A.
It was as long ago as 1982, back in the pre-privatisation days of the Central Electricity Generating Board, that the idea of building a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk – Sizewell C – was first mooted. At that time, construction had yet to begin on the neighbouring Sizewell B, which for now remains the
Actor and singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp, known for her breakout role on HBO Max’s The Sex Lives Of College Girls, has signed with WME in all areas. Rapp portrays Leighton, a fourth-generation legacy student at the prestigious New England Essex College in The Sex Lives of College Girls, a breakout role which marked her television debut. The series
Four schools in the University of California system, including UC Riverside, have repeatedly failed to return sacred Native American artifacts to tribes in a timely manner, according to a new state audit. UC system campuses in Riverside, Berkeley, Santa Barbara and San Diego have historically struggled to inventory and repatriate massive Native American collections, according