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Iggy Azalea is expressing outrage and shock a weekend leak of topless photos, saying the photographer violated her trust. (Photo: BangShowBiz)

Iggy Azalea Fumes Over Leaked Photos, Hits Photog for Massively Violating Trust

Keith GirardMay 28, 2019

Iggy Azalea, the buxom Australian rapper, is fuming at a photographer who failed to destroy outtakes from a photo shoot that leaked online, showing her in various states of undress, including topless....

HIP-HOPMusic

Greg Messel explores the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy in a new fictional novel. (Photo: Discompany)

Greg Messel Novel Re-Evaluates Robert Kennedy: A Tale for the Age of Trump

Keith GirardMay 20, 2019

Greg Messel writes in a new book Robert F. Kennedy stood at the precipice of history when he ran for president ....

ArtBOOKS

Keith F. Girard Debuts ‘Trippy Read’ in New Novel ‘The Heidelberg Conundrum’

Keith GirardMay 15, 2019

Award-winning journalist Keith F. Girard, has released his first novel “The Heidelberg Conundrum."...

ArtBOOKS

Trump Pie-in-the-Sky Space Force to Cost $$$ Billions — CBO

Keith GirardMay 10, 2019

Donald Trump’s Space Force will add billions of dollars to the Pentagon budget, exceeding previous estimates, even though the military has already committed 23,000 employees, according to a new study....

DEFENSE

Taylor Swift Delicious Pomp, Circumstance for Billboard ‘Me’ Debut (see!)

Keith GirardMay 3, 2019

Taylor Swift took the big bang approach to her Billboard Music Awards life debut of her new song “Me,” starting with an introduction by a marching band, and then seguing into a Mary Poppins-like dreamscape of umbrellas… everywhere....

POP

John Oliver Nails Mueller Report: Trump and Cronies a Confederacy of Dunces (See!)

Keith GirardApril 22, 2019

John Oliver cut through all the hype about Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia report and put his finger on the central theme....

COMEDY

Robert Mueller Failed His Duty in Trump Russia Probe; 5 Reasons Why

Keith GirardApril 19, 2019

Robert Mueller, a highly decorated Marine and Vietnam combat veteran, knows the meaning of orders. As special counsel of the Trump/Russia investigation, he failed to follow them....

CRIMEPOLITICS

Robert Mueller’s Failure of Duty in the Trump/Russia Probe

Keith GirardApril 18, 2019

Robert Mueller, a highly decorated Marine and Vietnam combat veteran, knows the meaning of orders. As special counsel of the Trump/Russia investigation, he failed to follow them....

LAWNATIONAL

Debbie Gibson, Queen of ’80s Bubblegum Pop, Ready to Relive Smash Hits on Tour

WinchesterApril 17, 2019

Debbie Gibson was my full-time occupation for six years. In that time, I saw her emerge as a huge star in the late ’80s. She was only 17 when she released her triple platinum debut album Out of the Blue. Now 48, she is about to hit the road on her Mixed Tape Tour....

POP

Sackler Family Owns the Opioid Crisis; John Oliver Taps 4 Celebs to Take Them Down

Keith GirardApril 15, 2019

Richard Sackler and the Sackler family may be the biggest mass murderers in U.S. history. The pushed the powerful opioid OxyContin beyond all reason, according to HBO's John Oliver on Last Week Tonight....

CULTURE

Donald Trump Sells Out Western Democracy, Putin Declares Propaganda Victory

Keith GirardApril 14, 2019

Donald Trump’s reckless, disjointed foreign policy has played right into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin, leading his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to declare today that “the Western, liberal model of society is dying.”...

FOREIGN POLICY

Trump Sociopathic Lying Is Bad, But Mass Psychosis of His Base Is Worse

Keith GirardApril 11, 2019

Sociopathic lying by Donald Trump has now spawned more than 9,000 lies and misstatements. As bad as that is, the mass psychosis of his followers, who believe him, despite all evidence, is even worse....

COMMENTARYWHITE HOUSE

Tom Petty Family Fight Over Dead Rocker’s Estate a Real Heartbreaker

Keith GirardApril 3, 2019

Tom Petty might look at the family fight over his estate as a great new Heartbreakers song. Daughter Adria Petty says “selfish, unreliable people and drug addicts” are trying to decide how Petty’s multi-million estate is being managed....

ROCK

Uber Chaos: Fake Drivers Prey on Drunk Bar Patrons; Non-Uber Drivers Accosted

Keith GirardApril 1, 2019

Uber, the popular ridesharing service, is causing chaos at bars and night clubs. Fake, and in some cases real, drivers are preying on drunk patrons late at night while non-Uber drivers are being accosted. ...

EXCLUSIVE

Sophie Turner Just Set Actresses Back 20 Years; What the Hell Was She Thinking?

Keith GirardApril 1, 2019

Sophie Turner is fast becoming an A-list actress in Hollywood thanks to the HBO series “Game of Thrones.” But she’s still in the dark ages when it comes to equal pay for actors and actresses....

Film