London’s glorious R&B experimentalist Jai Paul went on a self-imposed hiatus in 2013 following the leak of six years worth of music. Now, he’s ready for a return, and it starts with turning over the past — the right way. He’s launched a new website and shared two new singles, “Do You Love Her Now”…
Getty Images We all know Priyanka Chopra dreams big. She also supports her husband Nick Jonas in every endeavor he pursues. So it should come as no surprise that Priyanka herself would love to be the prime minster of India one day, and she thinks Nick should run for president. Priyanka, speaking to The Sunday…
Getty Images The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include…
Beth Dubber/Netflix By Lauren Rearick In recent years, television series and movies earned praise for creating storylines centered on mental health issues, but not every depiction of this issue was necessarily accurate. The results of a recent study from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention concluded…
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images By Lauren Rearick The 2020 presidential elections are drawing ever closer, and as hopeful candidates continue to unveil their platforms on issues including reproductive rights, gun control, and the cost of higher education, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced a change to one aspect of the voter education process. Beginning this year,…
Getty Images By Evan Ross Katz “Everything must be leopard print,” Alaska Thunderfuck declares on the second track of hew new album, Vagina. True to form, as she entered RuPaul’s DragCon on Saturday morning (May 25), everything was leopard print — the dress, the headband, the gloves, and her four minions, who flanked the queen…
With Game of Thrones Season 8 in the rearview mirror, fans are looking forward to the day when creator George R.R. Martin finally continues the rest of his A Song of Ice and Fire book series. Previously, the writer had taken to his blog to discuss potential endings for the saga, where he addressed the…
By Lauren Rearick On Tuesday, May 28, Senator Kamala Harris unveiled her plan to protect people’s reproductive rights and autonomy by way of what she’s calling the Reproductive Rights Act. The Senator, who is currently running to earn the nomination for the Democratic party’s 2020 presidential candidate, unveiled the plan during a MSNBC Town Hall.…
Casey Veggies isn’t a vegetarian or vegan. Contrary to what his name suggests, the California rapper doesn’t have a vendetta against meats. When I ask him about his name over the phone, he chuckles and shrugs it off. “I think the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle is definitely something that people should be interested in,” he says while…
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call By Diandra Loux From local municipal races all the way up to the national level, women of every race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and profession made themselves heard in the 2018 midterm elections. According to The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University and The Women in Public…