Brittney Griner’s wife says the WNBA star is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” in Cherelle Griner’s first televised interview since Griner was sentenced to nine years for bringing vape cartridges into Russia. “She’s very afraid about being left and forgotten in Russia, or just completely used …
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The estate of Joey Ramone has agreed to sell a stake of the punk legend’s music publishing rights for $10 million. The acquisition was part of a larger $2 billion partnership between independent publisher Primary Wave Music and investment company Brookfield Asset Management, the Wall Street Journal reports. In addition …
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President Joe Biden announced Thursday that his administration would take sweeping measures to pardon marijuana-related drug offenses and take steps to reevaluate the drug’s federal classification, a step that could weaken how the drug is criminalized. The administration announced a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of …
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The Caribbean is often celebrated for vibrant music scenes that revolve around dancehall, reggaeton, dembow, and soca, among other genres. In the Dominican Republic, specifically, the dembow scene continues to conquer global airwaves and blast up the charts. At the same time, however,a glowing indie scene has been flourishing, reflecting …
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With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million for illegally promoting a junk crypto investment, there’s an obvious question in the air: which blockchain-loving celebrity will be next? Kardashian’s charges stem from a post shared on her Instagram Story in June 2021. “ARE …
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Pedro Aldana began riding motorcycles as a baby. His father would sit him on his lap and they’d cruise through the barrio of Propatria in Caracas together. When he got older, he began careening around on BMX bikes, learning to do wheelies through the chaotic and near-vertical hills of the …
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L ET IT BE known that Michael Fanone does not in any way, shape, or form want to visit the U.S. Capitol. “It’s so fucking lame,” he tells me on the phone one August night as we’re discussing what we should do over the next few days together. What he …
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From 1967 to 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation methodically collected information about Aretha Franklin using false phone calls, surveillance, infiltration, and highly-placed sources, according to the documents obtained in September by Rolling Stone. Franklin’s FBI file — first requested in via the Freedom of Information Act on Aug. 17, …
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PARTWAY THROUGH FARRUKO‘S set, the stage at Miami’s FTX Arena turned into a pulpit. On a mild night in February, the Puerto Rican artist had been standing at the center of the nearly 20,000-person venue, a tangle of flashing lights and smoke-cannon explosions blaring behind him. Fans screamed along as …
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To enter the carefully crafted upside-down world of Los Espookys, you need to suspend your disbelief. That the one-of-a-kind, predominantly Spanish-language HBO series isn’t quite concerned with rules or even logic is what makes it so wonderfully unpredictable. One of Los Espookys’ main characters, for example, has an ethereal water …
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