The producers of the 2021 CMT Music Awards were clearly paying attention. After a year-plus national conversation about equity, diversity, and, yes, racism, Wednesday night’s CMT Awards made a clear attempt to be inclusive, devoting airtime to artists and personalities of color. Instead of putting all of their effort into …
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Superstar collaborations between two platinum rappers are a dime a dozen since Drake and Future linked for What a Time to Be Alive in 2015. Still, a summit with Lil Durk and Lil Baby carries a special sense of anticipation. Peaking in critical and commercial acclaim, both seem ready for …
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Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote have released “Chivalry Is Not Dead,” the latest single from their upcoming album Mood Valiant, out June 25th via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune. The funky track has an unusual and NSFW subject matter: the bizarre mating rituals of leopard slugs (who turn fluorescent during copulation) and seahorses …
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to impose guidelines on the vaping industry, ensuring (for now, at least) that the agency will continue to regulate e-cigarettes and vaporizers as it sees fit. The challenge — brought by a Mississippi …
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm issued a warning to American companies: our adversaries have the capability to shut down the entire U.S. power grid. When Granholm was asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper about vulnerabilities in the electricity grid and whether a foreign actor has the ability to shut it down, Granholm …
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Flatland Cavalry gear up for the July 2nd release of their new album Welcome to Countryland with a string of just announced tour dates. The Texas country-roots band’s headlining Welcome to Countryland Tour kicks off this weekend and runs through September and includes a few shows supporting Luke Combs. Along …
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IFC has released the trailer for Demonic, the latest film from District 9, Elysium, and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp. The film opens in theaters and on digital streaming services August 20th. Demonic is a science fiction horror film that depicts a young woman who’s been estranged from her mother for several years. Blomkamp …
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A little less than two months ago, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a hastily called press conference outside an emergency shelter in San Antonio, where he delivered a blistering indictment of the federal government’s failure to properly care for the migrant children held there. “This facility,” Abbott said, “is a …
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Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the RS 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units. Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams …
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The upcoming commemorations of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre could be a target for violence by white supremacists, the Department of Homeland Security warned this week. According to a memo obtained by NBC News, the DHS issued a warning of no specific target but said these types of …
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