We live in a hypocritical, confusing society where we raise children to believe that people who love each other get married, but when they become adults, tell them that marriage is only a right for people of different biological sexes. One lesbian couple in Japan, where gay marriage is not recognized, is pushing back…

CBS has released a teaser of an upcoming 60 Minutes interview between correspondent Anderson Cooper and newly sworn-in Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and it’s a reminder of both the promise of the radical new members of the 116th Congress and the familiar disdain most mainstream journalists have of…

On New Year’s Eve, Madonna trotted out a passable rendition of “Like A Prayer” in a surprise appearance at the Stonewall Inn. During said appearance, anyone with eyes surely noticed that Madge appeared to be smuggling a honey baked ham into the club, because her butt looked entirely different than any other iteration…

The Big Bang Theory is a CBS sitcom about a group of geeky adults that has run for 12 staggeringly long years. In that time period, it has attracted critical ire, many Emmys, and earned its stars million-dollar salaries. But now this show is dying and I, a pop culture critic with a heart made of onyx who has never…

Well, that was fast. On Friday, in what Variety describes as an in-depth forthcoming interview on Ellen, Kevin Hart sat down with Ellen DeGeneres to reveal that he’s still considering hosting the 2019 Oscars, after a few of his homophobic tweets resurfaced. Hart was offered the hosting gig on December 5, 2018. Within…

On Thursday, after being sworn-in as the new representative for Michigan’s 13th district and some extremely cute dabbing from her sons, Rashida Tlaib also called for the impeachment of Donald Trump, or, in her words, “the motherfucker.”

For the second time in three weeks, a weird refusal to admit allergies exist has left Bethenny Frankel in a dangerous situation.

Producer dream hampton says she reached out to myriad celebrities for her documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, including Jay-Z, Questlove, Dave Chapelle, Erykah Badu, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, and Lil’ Kim. Questlove has responded that his refusal to participate had nothing to do with support for Kelly.

After months of speculation that Meghan yelled at Kate’s handmaiden and made fun of Prince George’s royal shorts when she wasn’t demanding that Windsor Castle be hosed down with Glade, at least the air is now temporarily clear between everyone’s new favorite duchess and everyone’s former favorite duchess.

The Root sat down with some of the women and men who appear in Lifetime’s groundbreaking documentary series, Surviving R. Kelly, to chat about their relationships with the singer and why they decided to speak out. Watch above.

President Trump’s assertion on Thursday that “The Wall Is Coming” utilized his favorite form of communication—social media, in this case Instagram—to reiterate his stated policy and apparent sole philosophical purpose at the moment: That the wall is “coming.” On the post, his visage loomed ominously, and he rehashed a…

Members of the 116th Congress were sworn in today. (Mostly good!)

Beyoncé has graciously agreed to share some of her shine with a little French institution known as the Louvre. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

Representative Barbara Lee, who has served in the House for two decades and famously displayed moral backbone as the only member of Congress to vote against the war after the terror attacks on September 11, swore in the freshman class in her own way—running around taking selfies with the newly elected progressive…

It appears that Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have officially broken up for a second time.