Randy Houser remembers exactly where he was when he decided to throw it all away. Following a string of populist country radio hits, he became fed up with how he was expected to perform them live: shored up with various computerized bells and whistles that were meant to help him …
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Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), played by the brilliant Kate McKinnon, stopped by SNL’s Weekend Update as the show returned from a mid-season break. “I haven’t been this excited since I found out my package from L.L. Bean had shipped,” McKinnon’s Warren told host Colin Jost. McKinnon’s pitch perfect Warren went on …
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The first time Glenn Frey heard “Peaceful Easy Feeling” was at Jackson Browne’s house in Echo Park. “He said he had a new band that had only been together for eight days,” songwriter Jack Tempchin recalled. “He wanted to know if I’d mind if they worked it up.” The Eagles …
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UPDATE: Gladys Knight has released a statement addressing her “stance on the NFL’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick,”Variety reports. “I understand that Mr. Kaepernick is protesting two things, and they are police violence and injustice,” Knight said in her statement to Variety. “It is unfortunate that our National Anthem has been …
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Early on the morning of January 11th — at roughly 2 a.m. in San Juan, Puerto Rico — an unusual broadcast aired live from Bad Bunny’s Instagram account. Instead of their beloved Benito, fans of the Latin trap singer were greeted by his friend and mentor René Pérez Joglar, AKA …
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot ask U.S. residents if they are citizens on the 2020 census, setting the stage for a showdown at the Supreme Court. The suit, brought by a coalition of states, cities and immigrant rights groups, contends that the administration added the …
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Sex Education debuted last week on Netflix. I liked the show a lot, and now want to talk about the season as a whole — with full spoilers — coming up just as soon as I write this book on raising a pubescent male… In light of almost everything that …
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Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow and Hozier are among the all-star line-up set to headline the third annual “LOVE ROCKS NYC” benefit concert, which will raise money for for God’s Love We Deliver. The concert, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short and other special guests, will take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre …
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In the hours leading up to Trump’s scheduled visit to McAllen, Texas on Thursday, Joacim Hernandez, the 32-year-old president of the Hidalgo County Young Republicans, says that the official Facebook page for the group was flooded with messages. “It was Wednesday and we were like, ‘Oh, man, we don’t really …
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Post Malone and Swae Lee have unveiled a new video for their Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack hit, “Sunflower.” The black-and-white visual follows a previously released video for the song, which features clips from the Golden Globe-winning animated film. The new visual offers behind-the-scenes footage in the studio while the …
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