Farewell to hip hop’s wildest venue: Inside Jay Z’s 40/40 club’s 20 years of bling, booze and debauchery

Farewell to hip hop’s wildest venue: Inside Jay Z’s 40/40 club’s 20 years of bling, booze and debauchery

Jay-Z’s famously blingy, star-studded 40/40 Club, launched in 2003, named for the Major League Baseball feat of having hit 40 home runs and stolen 40 bases in a single season, has popped its last bottle and unleashed a final blast of beats.  The decadent sports-bar on steroids, complete with a blue-felt-topped pool table atop a … Read more

Hawaii wildfires threaten Oprah’s Maui estate, other A-listers’ homes

Hawaii wildfires threaten Oprah’s Maui estate, other A-listers’ homes

The fast-moving wildfires ravaging Maui have killed at least 36 people and decimated hundreds of structures – many of them cultural and historical landmarks – on the once-idyllic Hawaiian island. Among the destroyed buildings is the eponymous Lahaina restaurant of British rocker Mick Fleetwood. “This is a devastating moment for Maui, and many are suffering unimaginable loss,” … Read more

Boygenius calls Barack Obama a ‘war criminal’ after he puts song on playlist

Boygenius calls Barack Obama a ‘war criminal’ after he puts song on playlist

She’s not “Cool About It.” Barack Obama released his summer playlist on Thursday, with a list of his favorite “old and new” songs of the summer. His 2023 list featured “Not Strong Enough” by indie rock supergroup Boygenius, but one member of the band, Lucy Dacus, is less than happy about receiving the former president’s … Read more

DJ Cassidy on spinning for Beyoncé and J.Lo: ‘Everyone has their songs’

DJ Cassidy on spinning for Beyoncé and J.Lo: ‘Everyone has their songs’

As a freshman sociology major at New York University in 2000, DJ Cassidy — young enough already at 18, but looking “like I was 8” — got his big break one slow, rainy night at the club Lotus in NYC’s Meatpacking District. At the time the neighborhood was still known more for beef than for … Read more

Hail to the chef: WH cook dishes on presidents’ food secrets

Hail to the chef: WH cook dishes on presidents’ food secrets

Chef Andre Rush served as a White House chef for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump — and knows their gastronomical secrets. Two of the commanders-in-chief enjoyed noshing on hamburgers. “Like with Trump . . . he liked burgers,” Rush, 49, told The Post. “But also at the same time, Bill … Read more

What three zodiac signs are most likely to be famous?

What three zodiac signs are most likely to be famous?

Sage Virgo, actress, and expert eyebrow archer Lauren Bacall decreed, “Stardom isn’t a profession, it’s an accident.” True enough LB, but when it comes to astrology there are certain indicators within the birth chart that suggest fame, fortune, infamy, controversy, sex tape notoriety and the amber glow of celebrity. In addition to the strong presence … Read more

Michelle Obama: Americans ‘weren’t ready’ for my natural hair

Michelle Obama: Americans ‘weren’t ready’ for my natural hair

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is opening up about the pressures of playing it straight. The mother of two, 58, revealed how she felt Americans “weren’t ready” for her natural hair as they were still “getting adjusted” to having a black first family in the White House. She made made the revelation during an on-stage … Read more

Dana Carvey unleashes his Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Joe Biden impressions on Jimmy Kimmel

Dana Carvey unleashes his Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Joe Biden impressions on Jimmy Kimmel

Dana Carvey covered the political spectrum with Jimmy Kimmel on the eve of election night. “We’re gonna say it, and we’re gonna do it, and we want to do it, and we’re gonna say things like that you won’t believe,” the 67-year-old comedian jokingly says in his Donald Trump impression. There was never a dull … Read more

What dessert are you based on your zodiac sign?

What dessert are you based on your zodiac sign?

Just as every zodiac sign has a set of qualities, quirks, charms and insufferable tendencies so too do they have a dessert. According to the BBC, the oldest known dessert is ashure. Often referred to as “Noah’s Pudding,” biblical lore holds that the dish was originally prepared by those that made it through the great … Read more

Loretta Lynn, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ whose frank songs about Appalachian womanhood made her a count

Loretta Lynn, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ whose frank songs about Appalachian womanhood made her a count

Loretta Lynn, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ whose frank songs about Appalachian womanhood made her a count  AP Archive Loretta Lynn Recalls Meeting A DJ Named Waylon Jennings, Who Had “Pimples On His Face” And “Greasy Hair,” While Promoting “Honky Tonk Girl”  Whiskey Riff Loretta Lynn, Country Music Icon, Dead at 90  PopCulture.com Passage: In memoriam  CBS Sunday Morning View Full … Read more