On Thursday morning, authorities intercepted explosive devices addressed to actor Robert De Niro and former Vice President Joe Biden. Similar devices targeted to Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and former CIA director John Brennan, via CNN, …
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It was dusk on a Friday in March 2017, and the women’s health clinic in San Antonio was mostly deserted, except for a nurse finishing some end-of-the-week paperwork, when the phone rang. The man on the other end of the line introduced himself as Dr. Meyerstein with the Office of …
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This week’s episode of What Really Happened, a popular podcast hosted by documentarian Andrew Jenks, is set to explore the concept of the “27 Club,” which posits that artists die with improbably frequency at the age of 27. The term emerged from the deaths of musicians such as Jim Morrison, …
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Fifth Harmony‘s Normani continues to prove her prowess as a solo star with a pair of collaborations with superproducer Calvin Harris. She has teamed up Khalid and Migos’ Quavo this year as well. Both of the Normani and Harris songs are clubby R&B with tropical tinges. On “Checklist,” she hits …
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Following reports that Rihanna passed on the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in a show of solidarity toColin Kaepernick, Amy Schumer said Friday that she informed her agent to turn down any commercial jobs connected to the February 2019 game. In a lengthy Instagram post, Schumer also called on Maroon …
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Elle King’s breakthrough 2015 hit “Ex’s and Oh’s” pulled off a neat trick: It was catchy mainstream rock that felt fresh without making concessions to hip-hop or EDM. King’s touchstones were NancySinatra, Dusty Springfield, Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti-western-soundtrack twang and T. Rex glam shuffle. Her debut LP,Love Stuff,filled out that sound …
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Charles Bradley pleads with a potential partner on the brassy new song, “Can’t Fight the Feeling.” The track will appear on the late soul singer’s forthcoming posthumous album, Black Velvet, out November 9th via Daptone imprint, Dunham Records. “Can’t Fight the Feeling” is a classic mid-tempo groover that finds Bradley …
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Janelle Monáe sat down for an intimate conversation about her albumDirty Computer at New York’s 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night. The artist also elaborated on her tour in support of the LP, film projects and work with her organization Fem the Future. Monáe revealed how far back the concept …
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Earlier this year, the Arctic Monkeys releasedTranquility Base Hotel & Casino, a strange concept album set in a casino piano bar on the moon that was a serious left turn from the arena-rock of 2013’s AM. Fans curious about the recording process behind Tranquility are in luck: the band’s longtime …
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For the past few years, with increasing frequency, Chance the Rapper has used his money and fervent following to exert pressure on the political system in Chicago. That’s come in the form of hefty donations, contentious meetings with political figures and straightforward activism. And the young Chicago MC hasn’t been …
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