Russia’s unprecedented use of a massive ballistic missile against a city in central Ukraine is a message to Kyiv and its allies, and shows the war is escalating in unpredictable ways with just two months left in the Biden administration. In the early morning on Thursday, Russia struck Dnipro, an …
Read More »Donald Trump and Eddy Grant Settle Lawsuit Over 'Electric Avenue' Campaign Video
In 2020, Donald Trump shared a campaign video on Twitter that utilized Eddy Grant‘s 1982 hit “Electric Avenue.” Shortly after, the musician filed a lawsuit allegingcopyright infringement.Developments on the suit moved slowly, but the case has now been discontinued two months after it was ruled that Trump did, in fact, …
Read More »Why Can't We Escape The Celebrity Lookalike Contest?
It’s an early Sunday afternoon in New York’s Washington Square Park, and if you walk past the hungover college students slamming bacon egg and cheese sandwiches and turn right at the brass band busking for tips, you can see a miracle is happening: an internet trend is still in full …
Read More »Father of 14-Year-Old Georgia School Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people in a mass school shooting pleaded not guilty to charges related to allegedly purchasing his son a weapon. Colin Gray entered a not-guilty plea on Thursday. He faces 29 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children, …
Read More »Mac Miller Estate to Drop Unreleased 2014 Album 'Balloonerism'
Mac Miller‘s family wants the late rapper’s favorite records to reach his fans. On Wednesday, Miller’s estate announced that it will officially release Balloonerism, a full-length album Miller made in 2014, on Jan. 17, 2025. “It is a project that was of great importance to Malcolm – to the extent …
Read More »'The Piano Lesson' Turns a Major Play Into a Minor-Key Family Affair
The musical instrument sitting over in the corner, idle but not gathering dust, at the center of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play The Piano Lesson is more than just a piano. It’s a family heirloom, passed down several generations and proof of how their lineage endured hardship and tragedy. It’s a …
Read More »Rare Sonic Youth Live Recording, With Steve Albini Cameo, Coming Next Year
If Kim Gordon’s first-ever Grammy nominations for her current album, The Collective, intrigued anyone enough to investigate her former band, Sonic Youth, they will be given the perfect opportunity to do so when a rare live recording is officially released next year. Hold That Tiger, recorded at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro …
Read More »Jack Harlow Serenades His Girl's Mom Through a Ring Camera in 'Miss Johnson' Video
If chivalry is really dead, then how do you explain Jack Harlow showing up at his girlfriend’s parent’s house to serenade her mom through the Ring doorbell camera? In the chaotic video for his new single “Miss Johnson,” the rapper hopes to impress both women with an overload of gifts …
Read More »Shaboozey Deserves More Than What the CMA Awards Gave Him — Including an Apology
Shaboozey was on a high coming into the 2024 CMA Awards, having received two nods in his debut year as a nominee and a performance slot to showcase a mix of his breakthrough hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and his recent single “Highway.” But what should have been a night …
Read More »Matt Gaetz Pulls Name From Attorney General Consideration
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration to become Donald Trump’s attorney general. The former Florida congressman, who has long been dogged by sexual-misconduct allegations, made the announcement a day after pitching himself to senators on Capitol Hill. “I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday,” Gaetz wrote on X, …
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