After weeks of frenzied hype — stirred by Republican politicians, Fox News and Russian bots — “The Memo” has finally dropped. Here’s what you need to know:The four-page document was written by the staff of Republican House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes – who previously served on the presidential transition …
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Stephen Colbert is poking holes in the reasoning offered by the State Department in its announcement Monday that it will not impose the Russia sanctions that Congress overwhelmingly passed in mid-2017. “No one is happier with Trump right now than Russia,” the Late Night host quipped, adding that the department’s …
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The Weeknd, Janet Jackson and the Killers will headline the 2018 Panorama Music Festival, which takes place Friday, July 27th through Sunday, July 29th at Randall’s Island Park in New York City. Migos, Father John Misty, the War on Drugs, Dua Lipa, SZA, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, St. Vincent, the …
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Of all of the Velvet Underground‘s officially released studio and live albums, White Light/White Heat is by far the noisiest and most difficult. “No one listened to it,” said Lou Reed of the LP in 2013, just a few months before his death. “But there it is forever – the …
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Just two years after making their Grammy Awards debut singing “Girl Crush,” country vocal quartet Little Big Town were back on the Grammy stage to sing their Taylor Swift-penned hit “Better Man.” With the New York City skyline glimmering on a series of screens in the background, Little Big Town …
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UPDATE: Suge Knight‘s former lawyers Matthew Fletcher and Thaddeus Culpepper were indicted Monday on “conspiracy charges to bribe potential witnesses and circumvent the justice system in hopes of freeing their one-time client,” the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. A grand jury returned an indictment on charges …
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The mother of late actor and stuntman John Bernecker filed a wrongful death lawsuit recently in her bid to “seek justice” for her son, placing the blame on AMC for cutting back on budgets for safety precautions on set, according to the Associated Press. “The production of Season 8 of …
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Last week, several major news outlets validated a sentiment long-held by many Americans when they announced, finally, that Trump is racist. The admission marks the end of the gas lighting Americans of color (and our like-minded allies) have experienced since the start of his campaign. But although this feels like …
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UPDATE: A rep for former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke tells Rolling Stone that an erroneous press release announcing Rourke’s involvement with the show was distributed. Rourke is not, and has never been, involved in the production.Reps for Bad Productions, the production company behind the show, did not immediately respond to …
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A year ago, on the eve of the inauguration of our 45th president – and a massive pink-hatted protest against said man to be staged in Washington – Robert Redford came out on the stage of the Eccles Theater and, without mentioning the orange elephant in the room, stressed the …
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