Imagine a distant future in which humans compete for passenger seats on a spaceship headed away from this dying Earth to a more habitable planet. That’s more or less the current scene on Twitter — a slowly collapsing social network — as people scramble for access to Bluesky, a decentralized …
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Ed Sheeran played his guitar and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. The singer sought to prove he did not dupeMarvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On” duringthe copyright infringement trial. The British singer-songwriter strummed the four-chord progression at the core of his hit …
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Joy Oladokun recently started re-watching Nashville, the soapy TV series centered on country music dreams and drama that helped usher in a wave of big change in the Tennessee capital. She had been thinking about her own place in Nashville — mainly, if she should stay as the state becomes …
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Back in 2012, Katy Perry stood her ground on “Part of Me,” singing all about her newfound invincibility. “This is the part of me that you’re never gonna ever take away from me,” she declared. Unfortunately, thanks to a verdict from the judge ruling over her longtime trademark battle with …
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The longstanding Memphis rock band Saliva will go ahead with the release of a new album and upcoming tour as a way of celebrating the life and music of guitarist Wayne Swinny, who died in March at the age of 59. In a statement, Saliva said, “After careful consideration, and …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Dolly Parton‘s Instagram-famous pooch is now the star of his very own children’s book. Billy, the country legend’s pet Frenchie, is the inspiration behind Dolly Parton’s Billy the …
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A musicologist testified Wednesday that Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” “sound very, very similar” in the copyright infringement trial against Sheeran. However, the testimony was overshadowed in part when Kathryn Townsend Griffin — the daughter of the late “Let’s Get It On” co-writer …
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The Last of Us struck a nerve with its story of a grizzled cynic shepherding a youngster across a treacherous post-apocalyptic America. But Sweet Tooth got there first, even if it didn’t create as much of a fuss. The dark Netflix YA drama premiered in June 2021, when the Covid …
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Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, and Miranda Lambert are among the many artists slated to perform at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, which kicks off at 7 p.m. ET on May 11. The ceremony, which will take place at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, will …
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Safe to say a lot has happened since the last season of The Kardashians premiered on Hulu. When the show returns for its third season on the platform, it will pick up miles away from where it left off — with Kim Kardashian‘s divorce from Kanye West being finalized, Kourtney …
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