Jurors in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial reached a partial verdict Tuesday but remained divided on the major count alleging the music mogul ran a criminal enterprise. The jury sent a note to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at around 4:05 p.m. saying that after less than two …
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A music producer who accused Chris Brown of beating him with a tequila bottle and then stomping on him at a London nightclub has dropped his lawsuit against the singer. Billboard reported the news, citing Los Angeles court documents in which Amadou “Abe” Diaw requested Friday that his suit against …
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A California judge reversed course again Monday and fully dismissed Jay-Z’s extortion and defamation case against Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee. In a 65-page ruling, Los Angeles County Judge Mark Epstein said he was not “wholly satisfied” with his decision, but he tried to balance the competing interests at play and …
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The British alt-rap duo Bob Vylan are the latest source responsible for backlash and outrage regarding artists speaking out about the war in Gaza. During their recent performance at the Glastonbury Festival, Bobby Vylan led the crowd in chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” as well as “Death, death to the IDF.” …
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Keith Urban very understandably cut a radio interview in Australia short after the hosts asked him a question about the intimate scenes Nicole Kidman films for work. Morning hosts Hayley Pearson and Max Buford of Mix 102.3 in Adelaide, Australia, presented the question during their “Wall of Truth,” where they …
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The songs of Toby Keith are getting an update, just in time for the Fourth of July. On Tuesday, Apple Music announced a new collection of six Keith songs, reimagined by some of today’s rising country stars. Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Toby Keith Covered features Megan Moroney, Ella Langley, Riley …
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The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd. has announced its new CEO, British executive Tom Greene. The Beatles originally founded Apple in 1968 to handle their creative and business interests, with their longtime friend and lieutenant Neil Aspinall as the first CEO. But Apple has kept busy in recent years, as the …
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Earlier this month, Zohran Mamdani went on Hot 97, New York’s preeminent hip-hop radio station, to tell the story of how he first entered politics. It’s a tale he’s told many times: In 2015, Mamdani started knocking on doors for an aspiring Queens city councilman, Ali Najmi. But when he …
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BTS are coming back! In their first collective WeVerse stream in nearly three years, the seven-piece supergroup revealed plans to officially return in 2026. That spring will see the arrival of the first BTS studio album since Be, which arrived in 2020, as well as the follow-up to their Permission …
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George W. Bush has kept his feelings about Donald Trump’s policies almost completely to himself over the past decade, offering little more than a hushed “that was some weird shit” at the 2017 inauguration. But the Associated Press got their hands on footage from a recent private videoconference call where …
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