Yo! I’m Myke Thompson, a junior staff writer for the Pop Culture & Celebrity News team for BuzzFeed.com, and I’m based in Los Angeles (but I work New York hours). I write about all things pop culture, whether celebrities, movies, TV, music, politics, or trending topics.If you must know, I based my entire personality on … Read more
My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at me, slowly. Cats blinking at you is supposed to be a sign of affection. I blink back. “Look at you on the . . .” I trail off. What is she sitting on? A cabinet? … Read more
The latest bid to squeeze a ban on states regulating AI into an annual defense bill has reportedly been rejected after facing bipartisan pushback. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said Tuesday that Republican leaders would look for “other places” to include the measure — an effort that President Trump has supported — according to … Read more
Macaulay Culkin Got Booed For His Favorite Christmas Movies Because it’s a holiday movie, Macaulay was asked about his favorite holiday films — but his list drew some ire for omitting a certain beloved movie. According to People, Macaulay told the audience, “A big one in our household growing up was A Christmas Story, certainly … Read more
These days, C.K. occupies a strange place in the culture. He is in a cancellation limbo, joined by the likes of Chris Brown and Andrew Cuomo. C.K. isn’t too cancelled to perform several sold-out shows at the Beacon, but he’s cancelled enough that, if you manage to snag a ticket, you might not want to … Read more
Milan-based tech conglomerate Bending Spoons this week acquired Eventbrite for $500 million, adding the event ticketing platform to its growing portfolio of recognizable consumer tech brands. The deal, announced Tuesday, marks the latest acquisition for the 12-year-old company that has quietly become one of the tech industry’s most prolific buyers — despite remaining largely unknown … Read more
“Her full name is as cool as her short one.”
There is something inspiring about an ugly building. I don’t mean high-concept ugly, like a brutalist tower, but rather a place that’s provisional, and purely functional, if barely—your Meadowlands, your Knights of Columbus halls, your strip malls. These are dumps, but our dumps. Among my own cherished dumps are old newsrooms. My first was the … Read more
Right on the heels of announcing Nova Forge, a service to train custom Nova AI models, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced more tools for enterprise customers to create their own frontier models. AWS announced new capabilities in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI at its AWS re:Invent conference on Wednesday. These new capabilities are designed … Read more
Hi! I’m Chelsea, the Weekend Editor at BuzzFeed, where I cover everything from pop culture and politics to TV and celebrity news. I’m particularly passionate about highlighting diverse voices, iconic fashion moments, and a little (all right, a lot of) pop culture drama. Based in Atlanta, I’ve written for various outlets and publications, including Elite … Read more