UPDATE (10/14): A lawyer for Jennifer Hough denied Nicki Minaj‘s legal team’s attempt to grant an extension to respond to Hough’s lawsuit; because the rapper’s legal team did not respond to the witness intimidation lawsuit, Hough’s lawyer Tyrone Blackburn filed a petition requesting a $20 million default judgment, which Minaj’s …
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio misused a city-provided security detail when members of his protection unit were deployed for personal reasons, including to help his daughter move into the mayoral residence and to transport campaign staff during his unsuccessful presidential run, a newly released report found. The New York …
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UPDATE: Facebook and Instagram are back as of nearly 6 p.m. ET. The world was offered a respite from crippling FOMO and democracy-destabilizing disinformation Monday, October 4th, when Facebook and other apps that it owns — including WhatsApp and Instagram — suffered simultaneous outages. As The New York Times reports, …
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Joe Rogan shared a fan-made video on his Instagram page that seems to traipse wildly down the slippery slope from proof-of-vaccine requirements to the literal Holocaust. The video was created by an account called Samuel Rivera Films, and Rogan re-posted it on his Instagram page on Monday, September 27th. The …
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Elton John brought some of his greatest hits to a Paris crowd for the2021Global Citizen Festival, a 24-hour event that findshundreds of artists, activists and advocacy organizations working together this weekend to inspire awareness, seek unity and bring about global change. The superstar performed “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Your …
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Machine Gun Kelly made his MTV Video Music Awards debut Sunday by performing his single “Papercuts” alongside Blink-182 drummer and frequent collaborator Travis Barker. The performance seemingly paid homage to Nirvana, boasting spooky grunge trees and the flowers from the iconic “Heart-Shaped Box” video. Kelly started the performance emerging from …
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The news about Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at 80, deeply impacted the Rolling Stones drummer’s colleagues and peers — but also subsequent generations of rockers. Like the Stones, the Black Keys cut their teeth on blues songs and went on to write their own material, songs that never lost …
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Comedian Bob Saget and Car Seat Headrest appear to have finally settled their extremely online spat, though one would not be blamed for not realizing the Full House star was “feuding” with the indie rock favorites (including the two parties involved). On Sunday, August 15th, Saget tweeted out an apology …
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Just ahead of the release of the Aretha Franklin biopic Respectin theaters, the film’s star Jennifer Hudson has released her version of the soul legend’s “Ain’t No Way.” The sultry classic is one of 17 Franklin tracks sung by Hudson in the film and on the Respect soundtrack, along with …
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Dick Cheney, starter of Forever Wars under false pretenses and former vice president, is “deeply troubled” by the state of the country and the Republican Party, according to his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). “My dad is deeply troubled about where our party is, deeply troubled about where the country …
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