When Eric Church walked offstage at CMA Fest in June, he had no idea how polarizing the reaction would be to the set he had just performed. Some fans, perhaps expecting a show of note-for-note hits, were confused by Church’s jammy, soulful readings of singles, deep cuts, and even a …
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A month ago, Robert G. Bowers was found guilty on 63 charges connected to the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, in which 11 people were killed. According to The New York Times, the crimes the 50-year-old has been convicted of committing have now been found by …
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The Secret Service has been unable to identify who left a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House earlier this month, the agency announced on Wednesday, noting that its investigation has concluded. The Secret Service notes that the bag and substance underwent a series of forensic …
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Kathleen Hanna will look back on her turbulent formative years and success as the singer for Bikini Kill and Le Tigre in a new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14. The book will chronicle the tumult that surrounded Hanna’s childhood, as well as her …
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Billie Eilish has dropped her self-directed video for “What Was I Made For?,” her “sob”-worthy contribution to the all-star Barbie soundtrack. Filmed in one take, the video finds Eilish sorting through a collection of Barbie clothes based on her own red carpet-outfits. However, the elements — rain, wind, quakes — …
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At the end of the video for his latest single, “Rush,” Troye Sivan walks home with a mind full of flashbacks. There are sweaty bodies pressed against each other. The tongue-to-tongue, tongue-to-chest, tongue-to-everything contact. The liberating ecstasy of being lost in the music. The memories from the day come rushing …
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The Beach Boys will tell their story in their own words in the first-ever official book from the surf-rock legends. The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys compiles exclusive interviews from band members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston — as well as archival text from late …
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Midway through Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller miniseries Full Circle, Sam Browne (Claire Danes) asks her brooding husband Derek (Timothy Olyphant), “Is there something else going on?” The query comes as the Brownes are dealing with a kidnap threat against their son, an apparent murder, and someone targeting the corporate empire …
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A Wisconsin school board fired elementary school teacher Melissa Tempel on Wednesday after she sought to include Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton‘s 2017 song, “Rainbowland,” in a spring concert. The song imagines a utopia in which everyone gets along. This past March, the first-grade teacher had tweeted about how her …
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Juanes’ concert Wednesday at New York’s Central Park was canceled early in the performance due to an enormous overflow crowd and an “abundance of caution,” organizers said. The Colombian rocker was just two songs into his set at the SummerStage when the concert was abruptly halted; while the SummerStage venue …
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