When TikTok singer Olivia McCraw met up with popular cover artist Rodger Cleye in her home state of Maryland, she thought it would be a fun opportunity to sing with a wildly popular TikTok creator. She’d responded to a TikTok Live in which he offered a free ticket to see …
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A federal judge has ruled that artwork created solely by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted because “human authorship is an essential part of a valid copyright claim.” The decision, issued by Judge Beryl Howell, stemmed from computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s efforts to copyright an image he said was created by …
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A member of the Proud Boys disappeared from house arrest days before he was due to be sentenced for pepper spraying a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Authorities have issued a warrant for Christopher Worrell, who was arrested in March 2021 and this May convicted …
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It was clearly too good to be true. Days after announcing a press conference during which he promised to present irrefutable proof that the 2020 election was rigged against him, Donald Trump has canceled the big reveal. Earlier on Thursday, ABC News reported that sources close to the president had …
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Steve Aoki is expanding the HiROQUEST universe. The Grammy-nominated artist will release his 10th studio LP HiROQUEST: Double Helix on Nov. 17, Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal. The record will feature collaborations with Paris Hilton, Akon, Ángela Aguilar, Dana Paola, Greeicy, Galantis, JJ Lin, Hayley Kiyoko, Galantis, Timmy Trumpet, and …
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Xolo Maridueña has been an action star since he was sixteen, when he debuted on the endlessly entertaining Cobra Kai as Miguel, a budding karate champ who gets Mr. Miyagi-ed by both Danny LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka).But now, at age 22, he’s a full-blown superhero, starring …
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It’s not hard to understand why Dan Harmon would have been drawn to Nathan W. Pyle’s Strange Planet comics for his latest TV project. Harmon’s Community and Rick and Morty are beloved for the ways they experiment with genre, tone, and sheer self-awareness. But once you strip away the formal …
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Welcome to our weeklyrundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Quavo honors the late Takeoff with a posthumous feature, Usher ups the jealousy ante in new song, and Reneé Rapp captures the plight of queer girls with pop perfection. …
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Unknown Virginia country singer Oliver Anthony and his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” have had an unusual, stratospheric rise over the past several days as the track, championed by conservative pundits and politicians, has unexpectedly become one of the best-selling songs in the country this week. “Rich Men” now …
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The National have released two new songs, “Alphabet City” and “Space Invader.” The latter arrived with a moody visualizer directed by Noah Sacré and Pauline de Lassus, with animation and drawings by de Lassus. The melancholy, seven-minute track sees frontman Matt Berninger imagining alternate scenarios. “What if I stayed on …
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