Australia’s La Mama Theatre Destroyed By Fire, Plans To Rebuild

The venue, in the trendy Carlton neighborhood of Melbourne, burned early Saturday morning. The fire commander said, “What’s really sad about this, it’s a heritage listed building, it’s well-loved, it’s been a business that’s operated in the community for a really long time and that’s evident by the scenes out in the street with a lot of people crying, a lot of people very emotional about the loss of this icon.”

Fans Love Murder, Or At Least This Murder Podcast

The fandom, especially the fandom among women, for this podcast is reaching pop-star levels. “Calling themselves Murderinos, they came to hear expletive-laden tales of serial killings and brutal homicides told by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff, the irreverent hosts of the wildly popular true-crime comedy podcast ‘My Favorite Murder.'” (One of the host’s offhand comments, “Toxic masculinity ruins the party again,” has become something of a rallying cry.)