I don’t understand the story Jaden Smith is trying to tell me. He’s pitching me, with rapid intensity, the plot of his new 17-song concept album, ERYS. Mentions of classic late-Seventies cinema intertwine with colorful substances that make people into zombies. Jaden’s description of the new album is all plot-driven, …
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In the 1960s, on the Greek island of Hydra, a Norwegian ex-pat met a young Canadian poet. She was shopping in a market when this dashing, mustachioed figure appeared in the doorway. “Would you like to join us?” the handsome silhouette asked her. “We’re sitting outside.” Their eyes met, and …
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Related: Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta: What the Hell Happened? Details are still emerging about what precisely went down between Taylor Swift and Big Machine president/CEO Scott Borchetta prior to news of the label group’s sale to manager Scooter Braun going public on June 30th, but the …
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NASA‘s only surviving original recording of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon will go to auction next month, a sale that coincides with 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11‘s lunar landing on July 20th, 1969. Sotheby’s said of the historic videotapes, “Viewed only three times since June 1976, the …
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On Wednesday, lawyers who represent the interests of children in U.S. immigration custody filed a temporary restraining order after dozens of children and at least two doctors reported unsafe and unhygienic conditions at four Texas Customs and Border Patrol facilities. The declarations, 60 total, were taken by volunteer attorneys during …
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Randy Rogers Band show their appreciation for a bunch of hell-raising fans in the new “Crazy People” video, which was released on Wednesday. The song appears on the Texas outfit’s latest album Hellbent, which dropped in April. As a song, “Crazy People” chronicles the transformation of a kid from his …
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Stephen Colbert examined President Donald Trump‘s nerve-wracking handling of the crisis with Iran, as well as his questionable word choice on Twitter, on The Late Show Monday. After Iran shot down an unmanned U.S. drone last Wednesday, Trump approved a retaliation strike but called it off at the last possible …
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A review of “The End of the World,” this week’s Big Little Lies, coming up just as soon as I hire a child psychologist who dresses up as Little Bo Peep… The title “The End of the World” most literally refers to Renata and Gordon‘s daughter Amabella‘s panic attack in …
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A former member of the Church of Scientology filed suit against the organization in Los Angeles County Superior Court earlier this week, citing alleged abuse, human trafficking, and forced labor within the organization. The suit is seeking general and compensatory damages, as well as recovery of unpaid wages, from the …
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Here we go again. Iran has not only shot down an American spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz, but refuses to feel bad about it. Iran’s General Hossein Salami — one assumes this is a real person — said of the drone downing, “We are completely ready for the …
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