Gaspar Noé’s Irréversible — the notoriously graphic, 12-scene rape-revenge tragedy from 2002 — still has the capacity, to say nothing of the will, to shock. The movie premiered at Cannes to jeers and walkouts, a long tail of outrage and a reputation that would grow to precede and overshadow the …
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Elon Musk’s Twitter continues to function about as well as a Tesla in self-driving mode, with Dave Davies and the Kinks bearing the brunt of the platform’s latest hiccups: Last night, Davies complained that Twitter kept placing sensitive content warnings on all of his tweets about the Kinks, ostensibly because …
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Nikki Haley‘s 2024 presidential campaign isn’t off to a great start, in that no one seems to understand why she’s embarking on what seems to be such a hopeless endeavor. The conservative Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board even wrote on Wednesday that they see “no clear rationale” for her bid …
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Someday very soon, a single district court judge in Texas could order the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of mifepristone, cutting off access — nationwide — to the most widely-used abortifacient in the United States. (The earliest a decision is expected is next Friday, February 24.) If …
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John Wick gets a special Nas song dedicated to him in the final trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4, which is set to hit theaters on March 24. The new clip opens with a mysterious radio DJ playing a tune for Keanu Reeves’ perennially embattled hitman — a punched-up version …
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The Vogue cover 21 Savage and Drake distributed both physically and digitally in promotion of their joint album Her Loss was sharp marketing, but it would have been smarter if they had gotten permission to use it as such. The duo has now settled the trademark infringement lawsuit filed against …
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ABC News Studios and Hulu are prepping a new documentary, Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial, that will explore the ongoing YSL/Young Thug trial and the use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions. The doc will premiere Feb. 23. Young Thug (real name Jeffrey Williams) was one of 28 people arrested …
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The Kinks will mark their 60th anniversary as a band with a two-year celebration that kicks off this March with The Journey – Part 1, a two-disc compilation featuring songs handpicked by the surviving members. Boasting tracks from the Rock Hall-inducted group’s first singles in 1964 to their 1975 concept …
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The U.S. Army Special Forces, better known as the Green Berets, has a serious problem with substance abuse and fatal drug overdoses. The same is true of the Army’s two most important infantry divisions: the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. That’s the takeaway of data released by …
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Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors — “brothers” turned enemies — face off in the ring for a battle decades in the making in the final trailer for Creed III, out March 3. As revealed in previous trailers, the third installment in the franchise pits Jordan’s Donnie Creed (son of …
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