The CIA has a secret repository of information collected about Americans as part of the agency’s foreign surveillance programs, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee alleged on Thursday. The lawmakers said the agency hid from Congress and the public what amounts to “warrantless backdoor searches of Americans.” Sens. Ron …
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Foo Fighters go from sold-out arenas to the realm of Fraggle Rock in this clip for the Apple TV+ series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, out now on the streaming service. Dave Grohl and company join Jim Henson’s beloved puppets to form an unlikely supergroup to perform the series’ …
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Unstoppable album releaser Willie Nelson will drop yet another new LP with the release of A Beautiful Time. The record arrives April 29 — Nelson’s 89th birthday. Willie previews the record with the first track “I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die,” a song written by Chris Stapleton and …
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There are many mysteries swirling in and around Death on the Nile, director-star Kenneth Branagh‘s second attempt, after 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, to sell Agatha Christie’s master sleuth Hercule Poirot — and by extension, a larger Poirotverse — to a new generation of old people. (Let’s not kid …
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The Rochester, New York rapper RXK Nephew released about 400 songs in 2021. “Probably more than that,” he says via Zoom. “I was going crazy. Every day.” Neph’s steady pace of projects, which are often free-flowing raps that straddle earnestness and provocation, share a creative framework with Lil B, an …
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The members of Combo Chimbita have always been moved by a deep, instinctive urge to experiment, creating bold fusions that feel boundless and unrestrained. Their omnidirectional songs mix splashes of psychedelic rock, cumbia rhythms, Black Caribbean traditions, freeform jazz structures, electronic thunderbolts, and more. Amid so much eclecticism, there’s also …
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Duran Duran have dropped “Laughing Boy,” one of the three tracks featured on the deluxe version of their 15th studio album, Future Past. The LP arrives digitally on Friday and is available for preorder. The song addresses abandoning scenes and wants that are futile. “Oh I have been your laughing …
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has found himself in even more scalding water after holding firm on his decision to continue platforming Joe Rogan — even after more than 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast were quietly removed from the streaming platform, many featuring slurs or other derogatory language. …
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After two delays, Ringo Starr will finally launch his tour with his All Starr Band this spring. The trek is set to launch with two nights at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, May 27 and 28. From there, Starr will make his way around the East Coast — including …
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Republican Sen. Marco Rubio refused to say former President Donald Trump was wrong to press then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election, and he later called the Jan. 6 committee “a partisan scam.” During an appearance Sunday on Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan asked Rubio if he agreed …
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