More than a month after his indie thriller Sound of Freedom premiered in theaters, setting off waves of hype, criticism, and conspiracy theories, director Alejandro Monteverde has weighed in on the film’s runaway success and defended its portrayal of child sex trafficking. Organizations leading the fight against human trafficking have …
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After SAG-AFTRA received backlash for approving 207 indie projects to continue filming during the actors-writers strike, the union announced on Monday that it will no longer give permission to independent projects that fall under the WGA contract. Jason Bateman, Anne Hathaway, and Matthew McConaughey were among the celebrities tied to …
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Sufjan Stevens returns with his first solo album in three years as the singer-songwriter will release Javelin in October. Ahead of Javelin’s October 6 release, Stevens has shared the LP’s first single, the atmospheric piano ballad “So You Are Tired”: Stevens recorded Javelin — his first proper solo LP since …
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Preeminent Nashville country-rocker Will Hoge and the Black Opry Revue founder Holly G assemble some of country music’s most dynamic and diverse voices to ask “Can I Be Country Too?”, an answer song to stereotypes that abound in much of mainstream country music. You know the kind: that country fans …
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Books are being pulled from the library shelves of an Iowa school district following new legislation from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, which purports to protect children from obscene material, The Gazette reports. The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, …
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Morgan Wallen will always be known for more than a few things —including bringing the mullet hairstyle back into fashion. But no more. When Wallen took the stage Friday night at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, he apparently had a chrome dome hidden beneath his baseball hat. “I didn’t like my …
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Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis is expected to present her case against Donald Trump to a grand jury this coming week, and she reportedly has some bombshell evidence: messages connecting Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies to a voting systems breach in the state. According to CNN, Trump allies began efforts …
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Republicans are flip-flopping on who they want to investigate Hunter Biden. Last September, Sen. Ted Cruz along with several other Republicans authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that U.S. Attorney David Weiss be given “special counsel protections and authorities to conduct the Hunter Biden investigation.” But now …
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Earlier this week, Lorde hinted at new music “soon” on a rare social media post. The singer-songwriter made good on her promise during her headlining performance at the UK’s Boardmasters Festival on Friday. Video clips from her set reveal the artist against the outline of a moon and singing new …
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Bono delivered an impromptu, a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s classic “Redemption Song” Friday at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where a documentary about U2’s long history with the Bosnian city premiered. Both Bono and the Edge were on hand for the screening of Kiss the Future, which documents aid worker …
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