Back in 2017, just over two months after Fortnite came out, it had already morphed into a different experience than what was originally intended. Initially envisioned and released as a wave-based survival shooter called Save The World, Epic Games quickly took the toolset they built and reconfigured it into a …
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Recently the fabled British car manufacturer Jaguar released their ad campaign which definitely attracted attention and negative criticism from several quarters. Memories of the Bud Light ad and the subsequent sales loss from their previous predominantly male market are still fresh in the minds of many people. This new Jaguar …
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Spotify has responded to allegations that it helped prop up Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” after the streaming service got pulled into Drake’s legal squabble with Universal Music Group. In November, Drake accused UMG — the major label that both he and Lamar are signed to — of surreptitiously bolstering …
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A comedian in Australia was forced to halt and rework a musical show based on the exploits of infamous Olympic breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn after being threatened with legal action, per The Associated Press. Stephanie Broadbridge was set to premiere Raygun: The Musical at a comedy club in Sydney last …
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President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t even taken office, and congressional Republicans are already taking cues from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and the pair’s new playground, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. GOP lawmakers immediately lined up against the original short-term government funding bill released this week after Musk voiced …
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Gunna isn’t easing up just because it’s the end of the year. The rapper has shared his latest single, “Got Damn,” an ode to his jet-setting lifestyle and his gratitude for the perks that come with it. “Everyday locked in I make M’s off my voice,” Gunna raps on the …
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Four candidates have declared their intention to compete for chair of the Democratic National Committee, but as the race heats up, an aggressively polite, exceedingly Midwestern cold war has broken out between factions backing the two state party chairs in the race: Ben Wikler of Wisconsin and Ken Martin of …
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Prince, the Clash, and the Four Seasons’ Frankie Valli are among the artists who will receive lifetime achievement awards at the Grammys’ upcoming Special Merit Awards ceremony, the Recording Academy announced Friday. Pioneering Juice Crew rapper Roxanne Shante, Maze’s Frankie Beverly, blues great Taj Mahal, and gospel singer Dr. Bobby …
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Elton John has long been immortalized on wax (y’know, vinyl records), and now he’s been immortalized in wax with a new statue at Madame Tussauds London. The figure impressively captures John in the midst of one of his famous piano handstands. The wax figure’s outfit is based on the one …
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Off a residential street deep in the south of Austin, behind a light-up sign that says “South Austin: Still Weird,” sits a cozy, rambler-style watering hole called the Far Out Lounge. An on-and-off spot for live music starting in the early 1900s, the bar got a new life five years …
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