Brit Marling spent the summer of her junior year at Georgetown University interning at Goldman Sachs, an investment firm that this very publication once called “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.” She ended that summer with a cushy job offer — only to reject it and, …
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Harvard president, Dr. Claudine Gay, will remain at the school despite the backlash to some of her testimony at a recent House of Representatives hearing on antisemitism on campus, The New York Times reports. Harvard’s board, the Harvard Corporation, announced its decision to stick with Gay days after Liz Magill …
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When infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones recorded a video last week saying he hoped Elon Musk would watch an interview he gave to Tucker Carlson, it was clear what he wanted most of all: a comeback. “Elon Musk says he’s a free-speech absolutist, but still hasn’t let me back on …
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For filmmaker Denny Tedesco, making the 2015 film The Wrecking Crew, about a renowned group of L.A. session musicians that backed everyone from The Mamas & the Papas to The Beach Boys, was personal. He’s the son of Tommy Tedesco, after all — a Wrecking Crew guitarist and one of …
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It’s almost impossible for John Stamos to imagine what would have happened to his life had he not met Beach Boys singer-guitarist Jeffrey Foskett 40 years ago. Foskett, who died Monday at 67, introduced Stamos to the Beach Boys in 1983, and helped him land a gig as a percussionist …
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Some hip-hop icons are coming to Las Vegas. On Tuesday, Wu-Tang Clan announced that it will be hosting a “Wu-Tang Clan: The Saga Continues…The Las Vegas Residency” at the Theater at Virgin Hotels in Vegas next year. The group will arrive in Vegas in time for Super Bowl weekend, with …
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Nick Fuentes, the hate leader who dined at Mar-a-Lago last year with Donald Trump and Kanye West, is calling for a genocide of “perfidious Jews” and other non-Christians. “When we take power,” he said a Dec. 8 livestream, “they need to be given the death penalty, straight up.” Fuentes leads …
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Punk great Kathleen Hanna will hit the road next spring for a special book tour supporting her upcoming memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14 via Ecco. The book tour will begin May 14 in Brooklyn and include stops in Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Chicago, Los …
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Over a decade ago, the major record labels killed the once-beloved file-sharing site LimeWire and buried it in a sea of lawsuits and fines over rampant copyright infringement on the platform that turned the music industry on its head. Thirteen years later, the brand is back in the music business.But …
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Barbie, Oppenheimer, Succession, and The Bear all picked up a slew of nominations as the contenders for the 2024 Golden Globes were announced on Monday, Dec. 11. Barbie led all film nominees with nine, including nods for Best Director (Greta Gerwig), Actress (Margot Robbie), and Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling). Oppenheimer …
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