When Chris Smith — a documentarian who had tackled everything from Method acting run amuck to a music festival falling apart — was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didn’t mention a “what.” Instead, he gave his producers a “who”: …
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100 Gecs have surprise-released a new three-song EP and finally announced a release date for their long-awaited second album, 10,000 Gecs, which is slated to arrive March 17, 2023. The Snake Eyes EP features a trio of unreleased tunes, though opener “Hey Big Man” has become a staple of Gecs’ …
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After praising Adolf Hitler in a Thursday afternoon interview with conspiracy theoristAlex Jones, Kanye West took to Twitter to share an image of a swastika intertwined with aStarof David later that night. Appearing to promote his supposed presidential campaign (which has yet to be filed with the Federal Election Commission), …
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Conspiracy theories Alex Jones has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for InfoWars parent company Free Speech Systems LLC. In a series of defamation trials brought by the families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, Jones was sentenced to pay a total of almost $1.48 billion in damages. …
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BTS leader RM may be on his own during the promotional cycle for his newly released debut solo album Indigo, but the musician is doing his best to keep his surroundings familiar and consistent. For his first solo NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, RM performed from Seoul, South Korea, in …
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A LITTLE UNDER 10 years ago, Michael Showalter realized the time had come to give up on his Hollywood dreams and start taking whatever work he could find to pay the bills. He’s the star and co-creator of the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, and a key member …
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Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin has been reinstated to Twitter under Elon Musk’s new policies for the platform. The founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer had been banned from Twitter since 2013. Anglin has publicly indicated that the goal of his operation and adherence to white nationalist ideology is …
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Balenciaga announced Friday afternoon that it would be ceasing litigation around one of its two controversial ad campaigns. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Balenciaga CEO Cédric Charbit said the company wanted to learn from its mistakes and would be implementing a series of actions in response — including …
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From post to deletion took 56 days — and the rapper’s declaration of love for Nazis. It was early October, and Kanye West was fresh off an appearance at Paris fashion week, where he appeared with the conservative troll Candace Owens, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words “White Lives …
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Alvaro la Fuente’s year has been a whirlwind — a product of a budding, but frenetic musical career that has taken him across the world. Prior to releasing his first LP, La Cantera, which came out in May, the Spanish singer, who records under his stage name Guitarricadelafuente, was touring …
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