UPDATE 7/19: A$AP Rocky will be held in pre-trial detention for another week. The Stockholm District Court agreed to the prosecution’s July 25th extension request to continue the investigation, according to BBC News, The New York Timesand CBS News. “We have worked intensively with the investigation and need more time,” …
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Last week, a 19-year-old cosplayer and Instagram model named Belle Delphine posted a photo of herself in the tub, holding a jar and a pastel pink game controller. “i am now selling my BATH WATER for all you THIRSTY gamer boys 💦,” she wrote in the caption, accompanied by a …
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It’s hard to explain Tom O’Neill’s new book Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties without sounding like a conspiracy theorist down a rabbit hole —you try telling your friends that a reporter spent two decades researching the links between one of America’s most notorious …
Read More »John Oliver on Amazon, E-Commerce and the Dark Side of the Warehousing Industry
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Read More »Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Are the Latest Targets of Disinformation Campaigns
Despite the election being 492 days away, the campaign of online disinformation has already begun. During the Democratic debate, tweets began popping up accusing Senator Kamala Harris of not being black. It’s yet another birtherism campaign based completely in fiction and racism, designed to divide Americans, just like the one …
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About a year and a half ago, the producers of Celebrity Big Brother asked Mark McGrath to stage a fake recording session so they could shoot a quick sizzle reel of him before the reality show began filming. But when Sugar Ray guitarist Rodney Sheppard arrived at the studio, he …
Read More »Watch Willie Nelson's Tender Cover of Guy Clark's 'My Favorite Picture of You' on 'Fallon'
Willie Nelson performed his cover of Guy Clark’s bittersweet love song “My Favorite Picture of You” on The Tonight Show Tuesday. Nelson’s rendition will appear on his upcoming album, Ride Me Back Home, which arrives this Friday, June 21st. “My Favorite Picture of You” was the title-track of Clark’s final …
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The previously announced hologram trek featuring Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly detailed its North American itinerary. The “Rock ‘N’ Roll Dream Tour” kicks off September 19th in San Francisco and wraps November 20th in Toronto. Citi cardmembers can access a Private Pass pre-sale that runs from June 19th at 10 …
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Donald Trump thinks his supporters will want him to serve a third term, despite not yet winning a second. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Pentagon and intelligence officials kept certain details from the president regarding a new U.S. military program that included cyber warfare attacks on Russia …
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Think of the biggest-earning artists on music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, and the usual megastars might come to mind. Drake, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Billie Eilish and Khalid, for example, have all featured at the top of the biggest global charts on the biggest global services …
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