Usually, that kid clomping down his mother’s porch is a tractor beam of charm. On the South Side of Chicago, where Gangster Disciples shoot the Black Disciples over slights and side-eyed infractions, nobody seems to hassle Calvin Cross — he’s too much fun to be around. He does a thousand …
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Morrissey is in search of a new record label. After three albums on BMG, the label has decided to consciously uncouple with the former Smiths frontman. “This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020. We would be critically insane to expect anything positive,” Morrissey said …
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In her role as Jo in Jagged Little Pill, Lauren Patten gave one of the most rousing performances during the 2019-20 Broadway season, which was cut prematurely short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Her rendition of Alanis Morissette‘s “You Oughta Know” regularly got audiences to their feet for what is …
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Those who follow QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory positing a deep state plot orchestrated by child-assaulting, Satan-worshipping leftists, are guided by the exhortation to “trust the plan,” an omnipresent mantra to keep faith in the anonymous poster Q and in President Donald J. Trump. In the days following Election Night, …
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When Taylor Swift walked into Paul McCartney’s MPL Studios office in London, in early October, for this issue’s cover story, she arrived without assistants or stylists or even a makeup person. (Appropriately, Taylor chose to wear clothes designed by Paul’s daughter Stella McCartney for the occasion.) For most of the …
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Graham Coxon has recorded new music as a soundtrack of sorts to accompany his upcoming graphic novel Superstate. Due out March 2021 via Z2 Comics, the graphic novel pairs Coxon — who serves as co-author and cover illustrator on the book — with an “all-star co-operative” of writers and 15 …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the chorus of Trump World slime who have lined up behind the president in disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election results. During a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, the man who leads the agency responsible for promoting America’s democratic model to the …
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Kevin Hart announced a new Netflix stand-up comedy special, Zero F**cks Given, which premieres November 17th on the streaming service. The comedian previewed the show with a brief teaser, which shows him confidently striding up to a microphone. The special, reportedly filmed in September in Los Angeles, will be his …
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On an alternate version of Earth in which a pandemic is not raging around the country, the Doobie Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and family members of Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. and T-Rex’s Marc Bolan gathered at Cleveland’s Public Hall on May 2nd for an incredible evening of …
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Stephen Colbert postponed his usualLate Show monologue on Thursday night to deliver an emotional speech aimed at President Donald Trump, who tried to claim victory over the 2020 election that evening in a White House press conference. “True story: I’m wearing black tonight because I was getting dressed this afternoon …
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