The Jan. 6 committee plans to use its Thursday-night hearing to call out insurrection-friendly lawmakers who cowered during the Capitol attack but have since downplayed the insurrection’s severity, according to two sources familiar with the committee’s planning. “They have plans to paint a really striking picture of how some of …
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Days after meeting with the Jan. 6 House committee, a former Trump administration aide published a bizarre, sexist and homophobic tirade on Telegram where he attacks the ongoing investigation and the committee’s star witnesses, calling the operation “anti-white.” In the rambling 27-minute recording, Garrett Ziegler, who served as an aide …
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Outside the Conrad hotel in downtown Washington DC, a high-end stay outfitted in tasteful neutral tones, a mass of men with deep skin stood congregated around an SUV, bantering in what sounded like West African Pidgin English. Meanwhile, in the lobby, the language filled the air as another pocket of …
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In any given week, the FX vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows is so explosively funny that it almost feels like every other TV comedy should give up and consider a new career in accordion sales. Some weeks, though, Shadows is even funnier than that. The latest episode, …
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An Oklahoma bakery owner faces a laundry list of charges including destruction of government property and disorderly or disruptive conduct on federal property after a lengthy investigation determined she participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. FBI agents arrested Dova Alina Winegeart, 49, of Fairview, Oklahoma Tuesday …
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Throbbing lights, loud distortion noises, and a neon-lit motorcycle helmet with pigtails — the first few seconds of Rosalía’s Motomami tour stop in Madriddelivered all the spectacle you’d expect. She made her entrance on all fours, crawling, flanked by eight male dancers, motopapis. Together, they thumped to the beat in …
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Early in Nope, Jordan Peele’s thrilling new horror movie, a woman named Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer) tells a story. She and her brother OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) are horse handlers and ranch owners by trade, who parlay their animal wrangling skills on TV and film shoots, which is where we meet …
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The improbable second life of Friends as Gen Z’s favorite streaming show raised many questions about why a sitcom that debuted before most Americans had heard of email would prove so resonant with a young, tech-savvy audience. Or, perhaps the low-fi nature of Monica, Chandler, and company’s interactions answered those …
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The dragons, drama, and dynasties are back on HBO, thanks toHouse of the Dragon — a prequel to fan-favoriteGame of Thrones, set to premiere on Aug. 21. On Wednesday, HBO released the series’ official trailer that follows the violence and fights for succession in Westeros, 200 years before GoT. The …
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Beauty and the Beast‘s Belle will be played by a Black and Filipina queen: H.E.R. On Wednesday, ABC announced that the Grammy-favorite songstress will take on the role of Belle in the channel’s one-night-only celebration of the 1991 animated film. “I can’t believe I get to be a part of …
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