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Ranting about the decline of comedy specials while releasing a new one at the same time feels a bit like an oxymoron. But somehow it still makes sense coming from alt-comedy pioneer David Cross, who isn’t just complaining; he’s finding his own route to making specials feel special again. The only way to do that…

Paul McCartney sauntered onto the stage of the Fonda Theatre, took in the 1,200 faces before him — “I can see the whites of your eyes,” he said — then offered up a brief history lesson about where we’d gathered Friday night. The Fonda, he told us, opened 100 years ago; back then, he added,…

Clavicular, the social media influencer leading the “looksmaxxing” movement, is out on bond after being arrested in Florida on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The manosphere internet celebrity, born Braden Eric Peters, was taken into custody Thursday on a warrant issued by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, according to a Fort Lauderdale Police Department spokesperson. The…

Peter Alexander, who covered Washington for NBC News for more than a decade, is leaving the network to join MS NOW, according to people familiar with his plans. Alexander, 49, will serve as an anchor and national correspondent for MS NOW. He will have a weekday program and also handle breaking news coverage throughout the…

The Grammy-winning composer behind the signature opening chant in the song “Circle of Life” for “The Lion King” movies is taking a comedian to court for allegedly damaging his reputation by misrepresenting the song’s meaning on a viral podcast episode. In a federal lawsuit filed this month seeking millions in damages, Lebohang Morake, known as…

The two Taylor Lautners are expecting a baby. “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” That’s what the couple — call him Taylor and her Tay — wrote Thursday in a social media post announcing that a newborn was in their future. The couple included four photos: The first showed the “Twilight” franchise star, 34, kissing…

For the second time in recent months, the civilian commission that oversees the LAPD has overruled Chief Jim McDonnell in a police shooting, concluding that officers were in the wrong when they shot at Jillian Lauren, an author and the estranged wife of Weezer bass player Scott Shriner. McDonnell wrote in a report made public…

As “Project Hail Mary” takes off, Ryan Gosling has already set his sights on a new star vehicle. The actor will topline the next film from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, according to Deadline. The Universal Pictures movie will begin filming this summer in Los Angeles and hit theaters…

ChatGPT would like you to know that, despite what you may have heard on social media, the abrupt closing of Sora, OpenAI’s nascent platform for creating video shorts, “does not” mean that the public is increasingly disenchanted with AI-generated video content. Or “AI slop” as it is known in online vernacular. Yes, ChatGPT concedes, Sora…

Like millions of pop-culture-obsessed Americans, Howard Stern is bingeing FX’s “Love Story” and soaking up the nostalgia of ’90s-era New York, but unlike most of America, the radio host was buddies with the series’ real-life stars, and even graced the cover of JFK Jr.’s George magazine. “I had done the cover for George magazine,” Stern…