VarietyandRollingStone are pleased to announce programming for the inaugural Truth Seekers virtual summit on August 26th, presented by Showtime Documentary Films. Keynote speakers will include Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War), with panels from documentarians behind Allen v. Farrow,Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,Crime Scene: The …
Read More »Dolly Parton Recreated Her 1978 'Playboy' Cover
Dolly Parton is celebrating hot girl summer by dressing up as a Playboy Bunny to reimagine her iconic magazine cover from 1978. The singer shared a video on Twitter in honor of her husband’s birthday, noting that she always wanted to pose for Playboy a second time. “Today is July …
Read More »Fox Rails Against Vaccine Passports, Uses Vaccine Passports
Hypocrisy, spreading lies, and fear-mongering are all well-known staples over at Fox. But Monday’s news about how Fox Corporation has already implemented a vaccine passport-type program for its own employees that is similar to what hosts like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have loudly railed against is a window into …
Read More »New Ad Campaign Goes After Sen. Ron Johnson for Minimizing Capitol Riot
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has said a lot of wild things about the Capitol riot—refusing to investigate it, calling it a “peaceful protest” and saying that that he would have been more concerned if the attackers were from Black Lives Matter or antifa—and a new progressive ad campaign is calling …
Read More »4 Characteristics Every Modern Leader Needs
As we move further from the specific challenges of 2020, there’s a huge elephant in the room that everyone’s avoiding for fear of being caught up in political tripwires — the state of leadership. We know last year accelerated many different areas, including technological advancements and social awareness. It also …
Read More »Colombian Ex-Soldiers Implicated in Haiti Assassination Received U.S. Military Training
A “small number” of the retired members of the Colombian military arrested last week in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president were trained by the U.S. military, the Pentagon said Thursday. In a statement to the Washington Post, Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman said, “A review of our …
Read More »Polo G Drops New 'Toxic' Video
Polo G has dropped the new music video for “Toxic,” the latest single from his chart-topping album Hall of Fame. The video finds the rapper and his crew hanging around in Miami, with Polo G spotlighting key lyrics like “20 chains, nine figures, just to hit the stage.” The rapper …
Read More »100 Gecs Plot '10,000 Gecs' North American Tour
100 Gecs are set to kick off a North American tour later this fall. The 34-date 10,000 Gecs tour will launch on October 8th at the Fox Theater in Oakland and run all the way through December 9th, when the run wraps at Terminal 5 in New York City. Tickets …
Read More »Charlie Robinson, 'Night Court' Actor, Dead at 75
Charlie Robinson, whose five-decade acting career included playing series mainstay Mac Robinson the court clerk on Night Court, died on Sunday in Los Angeles due to cardiac arrest and cancer complications, as Variety reports. He was 75. Starring in numerous TV, film and theater productions, Robinson’s enduring role was as …
Read More »Fauci Calls Anti-Vax Cheers at CPAC 'Horrifying'
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the crowd’s positive reaction to the dangerous anti-vaccine message emanating from the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas this weekend was “horrifying” and “frightening.” On Sunday, CNN’s Jake Tapper showed Biden’s chief medical adviser a video clip from CPAC where the crowd loudly …
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