UPDATE: Facebook and Instagram are back as of nearly 6 p.m. ET. The world was offered a respite from crippling FOMO and democracy-destabilizing disinformation Monday, October 4th, when Facebook and other apps that it owns — including WhatsApp and Instagram — suffered simultaneous outages. As The New York Times reports, …

Saturday Night Live goofed on the billionaire space race with the trailer for a Star Trek spin-off starring Jeff Bezos, played by host Owen Wilson. Star Trek: Ego Quest, coming to Paramount+, follows Bezos’ Amazon space crew, which also includes Bezos’ brother (played here by Wilson’s real-life brother Luke), 82-year-old …

Even though Liam Gallagher recently fell out of a helicopter (he’s fine), he still had the energy this week topromise a “massive announcement” for Friday morning. While it’s not the reunion everyone is waiting for, it’s still a big deal for fans of the former Oasis singer: Gallagher revealed that …

For Brendon Babenzien, the founder of the New York-based menswear label Noah, music is everything. “If you’re somebody who’s interested in culture and style, you can’t really leave music out of that conversation,” he says. When I meet him at his brand’s SoHo storefront, he’s wearing an understated but tasteful …

Mark Hoppus announced on social media Wednesday that he is now cancer-free, three months after the Blink-182 bassist revealed that he had been battling an aggressive form of lymphoma. “Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” Hoppus wrote in an Instagram post. “Thank you God and universe and friends …

Nicholas Clouse could schedule medical appointments for his daughter, but he couldn’t use the money he made from his job as a biotechnician at an ethanol facility to buy her diapers or baby formula. He needed permission from his stepfather first, who as his legal guardian controlled nearly every aspect …

Joe Rogan shared a fan-made video on his Instagram page that seems to traipse wildly down the slippery slope from proof-of-vaccine requirements to the literal Holocaust. The video was created by an account called Samuel Rivera Films, and Rogan re-posted it on his Instagram page on Monday, September 27th. The …

Elton John brought some of his greatest hits to a Paris crowd for the2021Global Citizen Festival, a 24-hour event that findshundreds of artists, activists and advocacy organizations working together this weekend to inspire awareness, seek unity and bring about global change. The superstar performed “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Your …

The filmmakers behind Framing Britney Spears — which received some criticism from Spears — will release another new doc, Controlling Britney Spears, Friday, September 24th. The doc will air on FX and be available to stream on Hulu. Like Framing Britney Spears, Controlling Britney Spears was produced by The New …

Ray Charles’ long-lost duet “Curiosity” with jazz singer Steve Tyrell has been released over 30 years after the track was recorded. The song features on Tyrell’s new covers album Shades of Ray,due out Friday. “Ray Charles sits on a permanent pedestal in my life. He’s been there since I was …