Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked Tuesday on the social app Bluesky — a decentralized alternative to Twitter that sill has under 100,000 users — that she hadn’t tweeted in days. But she had posted to Bluesky (or “skeeted,” as some users like to say) more than a hundred times in the …
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So many brilliant songwriters came out of Canada in the Sixties — legends like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Robbie Robertson — that the talents of Gordon Lightfoot are sometimes overlooked by those who don’t know better. He never even appeared on a Rock and Roll Hall of …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Says He 'Knows Nothing' About Producer Suing Him. Text Messages Prove Otherwise
Tucker Carlson last week denied any knowledge of the producer suing him over allegations of a toxic and misogynist workplace, but text messages obtained by Rolling Stone demonstrate the two corresponded frequently while she worked on his show. “I know nothing about her. I never met her,” Carlson told NPR …
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When TV shows aren’t popular, they get canceled—at least that’s the precedent set by years of broadcast and cable programming. But in the current era of streaming services, a surplus of shows, and an evaporating pile of cash,has created an overwhelming wave of cancellations completely at odds with shows’ viewership, …
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In 2010, I was at a friend’s party when a song came up on the house speakers — one that sounded both entirely new to me and as familiar as my own skin. A woman was singing in a plaintive tone about “a place they call Lonesome.” I couldn’t place …
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“I already know the drill,” says Bebe Rexha, holding her ID in one hand and a pen in the other as she signs into Markt dispensary, a weed shop in L.A.’s Studio City neighborhood. Rexha tried the Runtz OG last time she visited but wasn’t a fan, so she’s staying …
Read More »Satan Fired Tucker Carlson, Right-Wing Christians Say
Right-wing Christians who claim to have “prophetic” insight into America’s “spiritual warfare” are declaring Fox News’ decision to sack Tucker Carlson a victory for Lucifer. The religious clamor around the ousting of the conservative prime-time host has provided further fuel as our divided country hurtles toward another combustible presidential election. …
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When Annie Blackman was 13, she met Taylor Swift. It was the fall of 2011, and like countless middle schoolers, she’d been listening all year to Speak Now, marveling at perfectly phrased darts like “Dear John” and “Mean.” “I started the whole music journey as a big Taylor Swift girl,” …
Read More »Remembering Harry Belafonte's Commitment to Social Activism: 'This Is a Pure Legacy'
Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday, first crossed paths with Dr. Irwin Redlener, the healthcare reform activist who cofounded Children’s Health Fund, in boardroom meetings for USA for Africa during the mid-Eighties. Belafonte had gotten the idea for the organization after seeing how Band Aid’s 1984 recording “Do They Know It’s …
Read More »Bhad Bhabie Made Bank on OnlyFans — Now What?
“YOU EVER SEE SOMEBODY and you’re like, ‘They look crazy’?” It’s 4:30 p.m., and Bhad Bhabie, a.k.a. Danielle Bregoli, is cross-legged on her massive gray velour couch in her brand-new Los Angeles home, surrounded by a three-foot-tall stuffed Pikachu and plush flower pillows. “You ever think about why that person …
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