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Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, Luke Combs and Hozier will serve as headliners at this year’s Bonnaroo, returning to “the Farm” in Manchester, Tennessee this June.

Vampire Weekend, Avril Lavigne, Queens of the Stone Age, Glass Animals, Megadeth, Glorilla, Tyla, Goose, Modest Mouse, Mj Lenderman, Insane Clown Posse, Nelly, Justice, Marcus King, and many more are also booked for the June 12-15 fest.

Bonnaroo 2025 will also feature the festival’s first-ever “residency,” with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard performing three sets over three nights, while Remi Wolf will...

After officially confirming her vote for the Harris-Walz campaign via Instagram on November 3rd, Lady Gaga took the stage at an election eve Kamala Harris rally in Philadelphia. The Grammy and Oscar winner performed a rendition of “God Bless America” along with “The Edge of Glory.”

“Today, I’m holding in my heart all the tough, tenacious women who made me who I am,” Gaga said in a short speech following her performance of “God Bless America.” “I cast my vote for someone who will be a president for all Americans. Tomorrow, let’s make sure all your voices are heard.”

Oprah Winfrey also appeared at the event, which was hosted on the iconic steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Another Harris rally was simultaneously held in Pittsburgh, with Katy Perry assuming the role of headliner.

Lady Gaga is the latest A-lister to offer support for Harris, joining the likes of Taylor Swift,...

Beyoncé is set to appear at Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally in Houston, Texas, on Friday, October 25th, according to multiple reports.

NBC reports the pop star is also expected to perform at Harris’ stop in Beyoncé’s hometown, with The Washington Post adding she will bring along her mother Tina Knowles, as well as country icon Willie Nelson.

In August, Beyoncé was rumored to be a special guest at the final night of the Democratic National Convention, though it turned out that no performance was ever planned.

As the election looms, figures like Taylor Swift, Charli Xcx, Insane Clown Posse (!?!?!), and others have made their support for the Democratic nominee known, while others like Chappell Roan and Julian Casablancas explained their reasoning for abstaining from making a formal endorsement (though the former clarified she would still be voting for Harris come November).

Harris has made a habit out of...

A handful of familiar faces in the world of indie horror have joined forces for the upcoming Bunker Heights, a genre-bending film that’s currently in the post-production stage.

“Bunker Heights is a genre-bending farce that delves into the complexities of a troubled city facing a catastrophic crisis,” an official statement previews. “Blending elements of crime, horror, and dark comedy, the film offers a gripping narrative that follows the lives of its citizens as they navigate the looming threat that jeopardizes their very existence.”

Watch the official teaser trailer below for a sneak peek.

Written and directed by Drew Fortier under the production of Hannah Fierman, the film boasts special effects crafted by Deryk Wehrley, alongside cinematography courtesy of Gordon Cameron (Her Name Was Christa).

Bunker Heights stars Drew Fortier, Hannah Fierman, Chaney Morrow, Paul T Taylor, Floyd Ewing Jr., Douglas Esper, James L Edwards, Daniel John Kearney, Lc Holt,...

Welcome to Rockville has unveiled its 2024 lineup, and the four-day Florida festival is stacked with headliners Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, and Slipknot, plus Disturbed, Mr. Bungle, Queens of the Stone Age, Judas Priest, Evanescence, Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s new eponymous project, and dozens more acts.

The 2024 edition, set to take place May 9th-12th at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, has been expanded to five stages and 150 bands (50 more than this year’s fest) — rivaling European festivals like Hellfest and Download.

Fans can look for tickets and deals via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

On Thursday (May 9th), Mötley Crüe will be joined on the lineup by Disturbed, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Mudvayne, Machine Head, Kerry King, Insane Clown Posse, Dirty Honey, Biohazard, and more.

Friday (May 10th) will see Limp Bizkit headline a bill that includes Jelly Roll,...

Emanating from their studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, The History of Bad Ideas sees hosts Jason, Jeff and Blake talk about all things geeky on their podcast. Whether it’s rumours of the latest comic book movies, debating who really is the worst villain of all time, discussing the latest comic issues or just wondering about life in general, you are sure to have a fun time with them! In theory.

If you haven’t listened to the show before – why not? – you can check out previous episodes of The History of Bad Ideas podcast on iTunes and look out for new episodes here on Nerdly each and every week…

Episode 196: Overly Carroted!

The Hobi Gang welcomes more guests on this week’s episode, including the chaps from 365 Flicks Podcast, Number One Fan Doug, and even Scab Jeff! Jason is amazed by the power of the Insane Clown Posse and...

Samantha Bee found constitutional enlightenment beneath the gleaming painted smile of the Insane Clown Posse on Full Frontal Wednesday.

In a segment focused on recent free speech issues, Bee looked at the Juggalo March, which Icp held in protest of the FBI's decision to label them "a loosely organized hybrid gang" in 2011. The designation has had real consequences for fans, one of whom said she lost physical custody of her kids because she went to an Icp concert.

"It was on all our behalves that Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J...

At long last, the Juggalo March on Washington has arrived, with fans of the Insane Clown Posse streaming in to Washington D.C. today to protest the government’s classification of their group as a “hybrid” gang, a distinction that can be used to make it harder for Juggalos to find work, housing, and access to social…

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Tomorrow marks the Juggalo March On Washington, an event that will see fans of the Insane Clown Posse descend on the U.S. capitol in order to protest the government’s classification of them as a “hybrid gang.” But the Juggalos and Juggalettes marching tomorrow for their right to avoid discrimination on the basis of…

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The time of the Dark Carnival is finally upon us: This Saturday will see the Insane Clown Posse’s personal fan army—a.k.a., the Juggalos—march on Washington D.C. for a political rally to protest their treatment by the federal government. And while there was a time once when seeing a group of clown-makeup wearing…

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On 1997's seminal masterwork, The Great Milenko, Insane Clown Posse itself tried to get to the bottom of an increasingly profound question with the track, “What Is A Juggalo?” Frustratingly, even the two sages responsible for creating those very same legions of soda-spraying, face-painting fans have a hard time…

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While the current DC Extended Universe has just recently become stable thanks to the success of Wonder Woman, the studio announced last week that an origin story for one of their most iconic characters, the Joker, is in the works. The film will not feature Jared Leto as the Clown Prince of Crime, and will be the first under DC’s new banner which will produce films that exist outside the current DC Extended Universe. The new universe is said to explore unusual versions of DC's characters and with that, it is thought that directors and screenwriters will have more freedom under this new banner than the with the current Dceu.

According to insider sources as reported by THR, the current Joker, played by Jared Leto, was apparently surprised by the news of DC’s new plans and was said to not be happy about the idea of multiple Jokers.

Scheduling conflicts, how do they work? Sunday, Sept. 16 is shaping up to be a very interesting day at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as both fans of clown-faced rap duo Insane Clown Posse and pro-Trump advocates will descend on the grounds to make their voices heard. As previously reported, devotees of the Insane Clown Posse are gathering for a Juggalo March at the Lincoln Monument on the mall to protest the FBI’s classification of the duo’s fans, known as Juggalos, as a gang. Also Read: Insane Clown Posse Announces Juggalo March on Washington And now, as it turns out,...

Six days ago, the historic Women's March on Washington took place in the nation's capitol. Millions of women marched in numerous cities around the country, just one day after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Today we have word that a much different march on Washington is being set up this fall by the controversial "horrorcore" rap group Insane Clown Posse, at the National Mall in Washington D.C. The march is set for September 16, 2017, with the group asking its loyal fans known as "Juggalos" to come out in full force, to protest a 2011 FBI report that classified the "Juggalos" as a "gang."

The march was first announced at the annual Gathering of Juggalos last year, but now a date has been announced and an official website launched at JuggaloMarch.com. The website includes a lengthy statement from Icp, which is comprised of rappers Joseph "Violent J" Bruce...

If there’s anybody that knows his way around gory, over-the-top horror, it’s Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell, a man who’s been sprayed with more brightly dyed corn syrup than the kids in the front row of an Insane Clown Posse concert. To promote his just-returned Starz series Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Campbell recently sat down with co-star Lucy Lawless to offer up their opinions on some other entries in the pantheon of great horror movie scenes.

And while the results were a little surprising—Ghost Ship is a better piece of filmmaking than Alien, apparently—it’s mostly just fun to hear the two long-time co-workers dish on guys in masks and the bit where a woman gets turned into a “meat puppet” in Hellraiser III. Plus, the producers slip in a clip from Evil Dead II, prompting Campbell to declare it “a classic motion picture,” even...

New bonkers series The Almost Impossible Game Show is coming to MTV tomorrow, October 13, with Irish duo the Rubberbandits set to steal the show. The pair — think classic Chuck Barris The Gong Show meets American Ninja Warriors with a whiff of Kentucky Fried Movie — will give running commentary during the stunts. It’s basically a case of tune in for the epic fails, but stay for the Rubberbandits — Ireland’s answer to Jackass-meets-Trailer-Park-Boys with a hefty dash of Insane Clown Posse. These Limerick-based smartasses will be one of the best things about the series, which guarantees failure in some of the most...read more...

Corktown issue #2 from Alterna Comics, available today wherever you buy comics, continues the story of Torrie, a dead Detroit cop who is doing her best to stop the creature that killed her. It details her struggles in getting the attention of anyone in the land of the living to solve the crime.

Overall, this, and the first issue, were quite well done. Sometimes the little things in a story are what endear you to it. With the story being set in my home state of Michigan, right from the start it had my attention and it didn’t disappoint. There were two minor little details that were tossed in which were brilliant, making me feel like I was back at home. The first happened in issue 1 when two cops were talking about the Detroit Lions. The blind optimism they shared for the team is something I’ve felt when talking...

With Last Week Hiatus on their late-summer vacation, John Oliver took a break from Donald Drumpf bashing to focus on another issue plaguing our society: The non-stop barrage of superhero movies invading our multiplexes.

"Every year, the market is flooded with movies about superheroes. Just this year, blockbusters included movies ranging from 'Mean Spider-Man' [Deadpool] to 'Sad Man Versus Super Sad Man' [Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice] to 'The Insane Clown Posse Takes Manhattan' [Suicide Squad]," Oliver said. "I do think some audience members are becoming fatigued from watching the same characters over and over again.

John Oliver and “Last Week Tonight” were off this week, but that didn’t stop the HBO host from making an impassioned pitch for a new movie series in a web exclusive video. After Oliver ran down the recent crop of superhero movies — with “Suicide Squad” getting redubbed “The Insane Clown Posse Takes Manhattan”– Oliver pitched a story for his own superhero story, Johnny Strong. “By day, he is mild-mannered fifth grader John Olivier. No relation,” Oliver said. “But from the time school lets out until dinner, he becomes, let’s say, the unconventionally handsome hero Johnny Strong.” See video: John Oliver Pitches Donald Trump.

Those clowns in Washington, D.C. are going to learn soon enough — Juggalo lives matter. Faygo-friendly rap duo Insane Clown Posse announced on Monday that it is organizing a Juggalo March on Washington, which will take place on Sept. 16, 2017. For the uninitiated, Juggalo is the term designated to fans of Icp, much like Beliebers, but with a lot more dreadlocks and greasepaint. Also Read: GQ Names Insane Clown Posse 'Worst Rappers of All Time' “The march will officially commence in D.C. at the National Mall on Saturday, Sept., 2017. The day before will be Jcw wrestling and night...

Beyonce just trumped President Obama and Insane Clown Posse with the Christmas card she sent to 8-year-old Safyre Terry. We're told Bey's camp reached out to Safyre's family earlier in the week to keep an eye out for a package. She was true to her word. A card arrived in the mail, along with a handwritten message from Bey: "To My Survivor Safyre! You are such an incredible inspiration. Have a beautiful holiday." But wait...

Insane Clown Posse has joined the chorus to bring a smile to the little girl who was horribly burned in an arson fire, and turns out the group has a familial connection. Icp is asking Juggalos to send Christmas cards to Safyre Terry -- the 8-year-old who lost her family in the fire. Turns out Safyre's dad -- who died in the blaze -- was part of the Juggalo community. Violent J tells us he...

Folks who attend Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare this year will have more than a few things to keep themselves entertained. In addition to the sights and sounds generally associated with the annual Halloween event, you’ll have a chance to… Continue Reading →

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Any Juggalos planning to gather for their heroes, Insane Clown Posse ... should put those plans on ice because Shaggy 2 Dope's lingering DUI probation just sandbagged the band's tour. Icp's rep confirms they had to cancel the remaining dates of their "Marvelous Missing Link In-Store Insanity Tour" due to Shaggy's probation constraints following his 2012 DUI arrest. The rep tells us S2D was late filling out necessary travel requests with his probation officer, and...

The Insane Clown Posse have a new album out, The Marvelous Missing Link (Lost), so what better time to offer up a signed copy of Violent J’s book Behind the Paint, the complete autobiography of the lives of the Icp from… Continue Reading →

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The much anticipated, inaugural image of Jared Leto as the Joker has officially hit the internet. Both newer fans and Clown Prince traditionalists alike became instantly up in arms over the grill-sporting, self-referential tattoo baring, Insane Clown Posse-looking Leto.

For rabid fans, the memories are still fresh of a time when we were ready to take to the streets when the teen heart throb from “10 Things I Hate About You” was cast as the Ace of Knaves in “The Dark Knight”. Thankfully, Heath Ledger turned out a performance so legendary, it practically erased “A Knight’s Tale” from public memory.

Ledger’s Joker certainly isn’t the first time someone flexed a little creative liberty in their portrayal of Batman’s arch-nemesis. Since the Joker’s inception in 1940, he has been portrayed as silly, inept, brilliant, savage, debonair, handsome, gruesome and he has even been…a she!

The clown community has a bit of a PR problem right now. First there was a freaky-deaky clown harassing people in a small California town. Then American Horror Story: Freak Show returned and brought with it a nightmarish clown. Halloween season is always a metaphorical tiny car surprisingly full of literal scary clowns, and there’s the ongoing problem of the Insane Clown Posse. For Randy Christensen, this issue is no laughing matter. As president-elect of the World Clown Association, Christensen, who performs as Oxford P. Nuts, among other names, is serious about what constitutes real clowning — and scary stuff ain’t it. We spoke with Christensen about the current fraught state of clowning and how people should understand the spate of frightening doppelgängers. What do people need to understand about the problem with scary clowns? Technically, I don’t even refer to horror clowns as clowns. They’re horror characters.

Instead of skipping class and running from cops, the singer-rapper is smoking to fight glaucoma and anxiety these days.

More than a decade after gifting the world with the undeniably catchy weed-smoking anthem "Because I Got High," Afroman is back on the couch.

The singer-rapper released a new version of his 2001 novelty hit on Wednesday, but now he's cruising around town on a sofa and praising the purported healing powers of marijuana. These days, instead of skipping class and running from the cops, Afroman is leveraging his love of cannabis to battle glaucoma and anxiety.

News: Leave It to This Guy to Smoke Weed in the White House

"Getting high – and rapping about it – got me to where I am today and I'll be forever grateful for that," Afroman told Rolling Stone. "With the current political battle with states trying to legalize weed, I thought it was a good time to educate – or set the record straight...

Satirize This: Bilandic’s Scruffy Send-up of NYC Art Scene

Though starting off on a stronger note than where it eventually ends up, Michael M. Bilandic’s sophomore feature, Hellaware is an entertaining satire of the ultra-pretentious art scene in New York. Filled with sharp one liners and skewering observations of the self-important hipster scene, it’s a group that’s easy to target, which may explain why it eventually feels a bit inconsequential once it fosters its full circle treatment. But Bilandic’s acerbic, hilarious wit is often more than enough to carry the narrative through a slim manifestation.

While at a ridiculous and utterly pretentious art gallery of what looks like a variety of depraved children’s’ paintings, jaded struggling artist Nate (Keith Poulson) miserably shares his critical hatred for such types with tagalong friends Bernadette (Sophia Takal) and Gauguin (Duane C. Wallace), apparently taking the name of the famed artist.

Michael M. Bilandic’s “Hellaware” is cleverly, if absurdly, titled —the portmanteau of “Hell” and “Delaware” conjuring up the fiery depths into which this film's protagonist sinks after a fateful trip to The First State. But it also could be seen as a mashup of “hella” and “aware,” which could aptly describe the pretentious Brooklyn artsy hipsters that populate the protagonist’s milieu: highly self-conscious, self-styled individuals, whose “art” is all style and no substance. In reaction to that, “Hellaware” is a cynical, caustic, and often very funny send up of not only the current commercial art world but the entire borough of Brooklyn. In doing so, the film manages to make a very silly and stereotypical Insane Clown Posse-esque rap rock group look like the good guys. Nate (Keith Poulson) is our protagonist, and eventual anti-hero, a struggling artist frustrated by the successes of those around him who are celebrated for their gimmicky,...

Brooklyn-based distributor Factory 25 has acquired North American rights to Hellaware, writer-director Michael M. Bilandic’s indie satire about a wannabe photographer caught in the lowbrow-highbrow collision between the NYC art gallery scene and the grimy rapcore world of Juggalo culture. Keith Poulson stars as Nate, whose coked-up YouTube search leads him to a music video by Insane Clown Posse knockoff the Young Torture Killers. The fictional band drew free publicity for the film when online viewers took a controversial music video from the movie for the real thing. Factory 25 will open the film in NYC on September 26 and digitally on September 23.

DigiNext has pacted directly with indie shingle Vision Vehicle Productions for worldwide rights to two features from the label co-founded by actor Malcolm Goodwin (American Gangster, Leatherheads, Breakout Kings, iZombie). Faith-inspired flick Pass The Light stars Cameron Palatas as a 17-year-old high school student who runs for Congress to...

IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Christian Camargo’s story inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.

Katie Holmes, William Hurt and Allison Janney star in the 1980s-set story of a fading star at the centre of a dysfunctional family visit.

Rounding out the key cast are Cherry Jones, Russell Means, Michael Nyqvist, Jean Reno, Juliet Rylance, Mark Rylance and Ben Whishaw.

Juliet Rylance and Barbara Romer produced the film, which will be released theatrically and on VOD on September 26. ICM Partners represented the filmmakers in the deal.

Factory 25 has acquired North American rights to the comedy Hellaware, Michael M Bilandic’s comedy inspired by the New York art scene and the band Insane Clown Posse. The story of a photographer who becomes seduced by success stars Keith Poulson and Sophia Takal and will open theatrically on September 26, three days after digital launch.

It just ain't easy being a Juggalo in modern America. Us District Court judge Robert Cleland ruled last week that the FBI did nothing wrong when it named the semi-frightening fan base of rap-metal group Insane Clown Posse a “loosely organized hybrid gang” in a 2011 report. The fans got tagged with the label thanks to some of their members’ criminal activity — assault, vandalism and worse — and the fact that their logo is a man running with a hatchet. Also read: GQ Names Insane Clown Posse ‘Worst Rappers of All Time’ The group came to the FBI's attention in 2007 after...

On Tuesday, the Insane Clown Posse and four of their "Juggalo" fans asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a judge's ruling late last month rejecting the hip-hop group's lawsuit against the Justice Department. List The Hollywood Reporter Reveals Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films The dispute emanated from a 2011 gang threat assessment issued by the National Gang Intelligence Center. The report was intended to examine emerging trends and threats posed by criminal gangs throughout the United States. In a section on "non-traditional gangs," the authors flagged some Juggalos as "forming more organized subsets and

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The Insane Clown Posse and their Juggalo fans say they're Not a gang ... but for now the FBI can keep calling them one because a federal judge has tossed out the band's lawsuit. Icp had filed the suit -- along with several Juggalos --  claiming the FBI wrongly classified them as a hybrid criminal gang. They say police hassle them because of the gang label. One fan who sued is in the military and fears punishment from superiors.

This year marks the 15th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, and if you've been considering going but don't have the cash handy, we are here to help you out. Read on to learn how you could win a pair of tickets to the most devastating and flavorful family reunion in the world!

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of bringing Juggalos together, the powers-that-be have completely changed everything for the better. New location. New events. New karma. And new flavor! Lots and lots of new flavor!

This year's event is being held July 23rd-26th at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio (located near Columbus). Legend Valley is one of the best concert campgrounds in America and has been home to music festivals and events for close to 40 years.

The lineup includes Insane Clown Posse, Cypress Hill, Kottonmouth Kings, Yelawolf, Hopsin, and Lots more.

Additionally, Legend Valley boasts plenty of camping space,...

Inventor Colin Furze is clearly a busy dude – and a mad scientist. Last week, we showed you video of him demonstrating his awesome air-powered Wolverine claws. This week, it’s his take on Magneto. While Furze hasn’t figured out a way to move metal with his mind (yet), he has concocted a nifty pair of magnetic boots that allow him to walk across the ceiling of his laboratory/shed, and demonstrate that he's way smarter than the Insane Clown Posse when it comes to understanding how magnets work. These clodhoppers might be a little clunky in the looks department (you won’t be all Lionel Richie “Dancin’ on the Ceiling” when you put these bad boys on), but there’s no denying they work quite well for traversing from point...

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Like so many artistic creations, the concept album is not precisely defined. In a vague sense, it’s any record where all the songs contain linked musical or lyrical ideas, sometimes telling a story and even occasionally featuring a protagonist – like The Who’s Tommy – yet other times it’ll just be a loose theme that is explored across the album’s tracks.

Any genre can produce a concept album. Progressive rock is well-known for it, but concept albums exist in country, jazz, pop and, indeed, across the whole musical landscape. It’s seen a resurgence recently: in 2004, Green Day brought the concept album to a new generation and a new audience with American Idiot, an MTV-ready album that loudly proclaimed the band’s politics and spawned multiple hits, and rap group Insane Clown Posse have nearly formed a cult around their albums prophesying a demented clown carnival.

This year's Sundance Grand Jury award winner makes its way to Hot Docs, and it's one of those documentaries that lets the subjects do all the heavy lifting. Using the cinéma vérité observational style of filmmaking, "Rich Hill" is a powerful story about rural living in modern times.

Andrew, Harley and Appachey are three teenage boys trying to make their way through life in the small and relatively poor town of Rich Hill, Missouri. These young bucks are facing troubles beyond their years, with not a lot of support. Too young to strike out on their own, but too old to shirk responsibility, their stories are evidence that give credibility to a haunting version of the American Dream. "Rich Hill" doesn't provide any answers, but all the questions come from the real lives of its three subjects.

The most endearing character in this trio has to be 14-year-old Andrew. He's handsome,...

I had the chance to speak with underground rap icons Twiztid while they were promoting their brand new Ep 'Get Twiztid' during the Bootleg Banner Tour. Members Jamie Madrox and Monoxide commented on how their departure from longtime label Psychopathic Records has affected them as well as their plans on releasing a new full length record during the first quarter of 2015. Twiztid left longtime music label Psychopathic Records at the end of 2012, not long after their final album on the Insane Clown Posse founded company, ‘Abominationz’, was unleashed upon the masses to great critical acclaim. They've since released two Ep's, a mixtape and have toured steadily since their departure. With the group's new distribution deal at INgrooves, it looks like Madrox and Monoxide are finally ready to...

This week, alternative comedy's single greatest sentence constructor Patton Oswalt premieres Tragedy + Comedy = Time, his fifth hour-long special for Comedy Central (airing April 6), and his soon-to-be-released fifth stand-up LP. Having built a career on punk-rock touring cycles and venomous rants against fast food chains, Oswalt is now masterfully and hilariously playing the long game, embracing less esoteric references (though Werner Herzog still gets a shout-out) and accepting the things that make him an adult. As the guy who once took down Jackyl on a comedy album lays out: "I don't hate any music any more…...

After a questionable political career as the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is very much an actor again. Even Arnold's age can only be identified through the use of high-powered electron microscopes, the beefy thespian has been been making a ton of movies recently -- from the Sylvester Stallone team-up movie "Escape Plan" (woof) to the never-ending "Expendables" movies (the third is due out in August). The latest is "Sabotage," a murder mystery action movie set in the world of the DEA.

The movie has a pretty loaded roster of bad-asses in the form of supporting actors Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Harold Perrineau, Martin Donovan, Max Martini and Josh Holloway, all of whom pack plenty of firepower (if you know what I mean) with Mireille Enos and Olivia Williams ensuring that it's not a total sausage fest. There are many, many cases of ammunition spent in this movie.

Nearly a year and a half after announcing plans to sue, the Insane Clown Posse has officially filed a lawsuit against the FBI for allegedly violating their rights of free expression and association and due process. In the filing submitted today by Icp members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, along with four other Juggalos, the group claims the FBI falsely categorized the band and its followers as a "loosely affiliated hybrid gang" in its 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. The band is represented by the Aclu, and we would like to float the idea now that Matthew McConaughey portray their lawyer in the big-screen adaptation of the trial.

They’re no strangers to controversy and it seems Insane Clown Posse's antics over the years have garnered the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department.

Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph William Utsler) have joined forces with four of their biggest fans to file a lawsuit against the FBI and Department of Justice for violating their constitutional rights by classifying their Juggalo following as a gang.

Mr. J explained, “It’s time for the FBI to come to its senses and recognize that Juggalos are not a gang but a worldwide family united by the love of music.

“There has never been — and will never be — a music fan base quite like Juggalos, and while it is easy to fear what one does not understand, discrimination and bigotry against any group of people is just plain wrong and un-American.”

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This story first appeared on Billboard.com. Insane Clown Posse is going to war -- legally -- against U.S. government agencies that have designated its fans, the Juggalos, as "a loosely affiliated hybrid gang." Story: Hollywood's Top 10 Legal Disputes of 2013 A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Icp members Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joey Utsler) and four Juggalos claiming that their constitutional rights of free expression and association and due process have been violated due to the U.S. Department of

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The Insane Clown Posse is Outraged the Federal Government has labeled their followers as a dangerous gang ... so now they've filed a lawsuit, demanding the Feds take back what they said.Icp claims a 2011 FBI report -- which referred to Juggalos as a "loosely organized hybrid gang" -- wrongly characterizes their fans as violent lawbreakers ... and has led to unwarranted harassment of their fans by law enforcement.In addition to Icp members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope,...

Coulrophobia. Fear of clowns. Yeah, folks, it's real. We're not sure if it's a generational thing or a nature versus nurture thing, but the time of the clown as a happy-go-lucky bringer of good cheer has gone by the wayside.

These days you're more likely to see them blood-soaked and maniacal in your local Halloween store than making children laugh with their goofy antics. However, in our ongoing quest to understand human fear, we've researched and discovered that society (of course) is most likely to blame for giving these once beloved jesters a bad name.

And being a card-carrying coulrophobiac myself, it's with great pleasure (and trepidation) that I give you a look into the vilification of these poor souls in this Tip of the Scalpel to Evil Clowns.

We can hypothesize as to why so many people are now disturbed by clowns. However, let's look at what we do know for a fact.

The rap duo Insane Clown Posse (or Icp) has been a sub-cultural fixation for about two decades (or more), thanks in large part to their unique breed fans, known collectively as “Juggalos.” Often (but not always) sporting the painted faces of the horrorcore showmen, Juggalos have in some ways become more famous than the band who inspired their creation.

But while TV shows like It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Workaholics have shone a fictional (and let’s be honest, mockingly comedic) light on the Juggalos (lifestyle? Movement? Hobby?), there hasn’t been much balanced and objective exploration of this unique brand of fandom… That is, until Whoop Dreams came along.

For those who don’t know: since the year 2000, the Icp record label, Psychopathic Records, has held an annual festival for fans known as “The Gathering of the Juggalos” ...

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Written and directed by University of Texas graduate Michael Bilandic (who we interviewed before Austin Film Festival began), Hellaware is a playful modern morality tale that explores the ups and downs a young photographer experiences while trying to make himself a part of the New York art scene.

Hellaware stars Keith Poulson (Somebody Up There Likes Me) as Nate, a slacker with abstract dreams of fame and just a few vague ideas about how to actually achieve it. After his girlfriend (Kate Lyn Sheil) dumps him to be with the pigtail-wearing Brooklyn artist of the moment, he descends into a downward spiral of self-pity and complaints. One night while attempting to mute his sorrows with booze, drugs and the internet, Nate and his friends (played by Sophia Takal and Duane C. Wallace) stumble across something on YouTube that is mesmerizing in its repulsiveness.

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Fans of Midnight Syndicate know that they have been writing and developing eerie music for years. Now the band members want to bring their nightmarish music to the live stage and are looking to their devoted following to help them get there.

Check out the Midnight Syndicate Live! Kickstarter page, and be sure to visit the official Midnight Syndicate website.

From the Press Release

After 17 studio albums, including three horror movie scores and a motion picture of their own, Gothic Halloween horror music composers Midnight Syndicate have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a multimedia concert experience. Entitled Midnight Syndicate Live! the Halloween horror-themed show will feature a unique blend of live Midnight Syndicate music, original films, music videos, and live theatre.

"We want it to be a feast for the eyes as much as the ears," said band member Gavin Goszka, "a unique show that is not only a...