After a conservative radio host questioned the mere existence of NPR, President Trump confirmed that notion, writing, “A very good question!” Mark Levin, a bomb-throwing Trump sycophant, who is both a conservative radio and Fox News host, tweeted out an anti-NPR statement in the aftermath of Secretary of State Mike …
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The Grammy Task Force on Diversity and Inclusionhas demanded “real and constructive change” in the aftermath of the battle between the Recording Academy and ousted CEO Deborah Dugan. The Tina Tchen-chaired task force issued a statement late Thursday — signed by artists and task force members Common, Andra Day, and …
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In the new video for “Everything I Wanted,” Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas take a scenic California drive — straight into the ocean. Directed by Eilish, the clip features the siblings and collaborators coasting down a highway with Eilish at the wheel singing against an ethereal bass line: “It …
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Aerosmith drummer and founding member Joey Kramer will not be performing with his bandmates at the group’s scheduled Grammy events this weekend, a Massachusetts court ruled on Wednesday. Kramer filed a lawsuit against the rest of the band, which claimed they unfairly excluded him from rejoining the group following temporary …
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Pearl Jam have unveiled the first single from their upcoming Gigaton LP, the propulsive “Dance of the Clairvoyants.” Their 11th studio album, Gigaton is their first LP in seven years and the follow-up to 2013’s Lightning Bolt. “Expecting perfection/leaves a lot to ignore,” Eddie Vedder sings. “When the past is …
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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — The World Economic Forum is set in the picturesque Swiss town of Davos, nestled in the Alps. But the first thing you smell is not the crisp cool mountain air but the noxious fumes of an endless stream of belching black Mercedes driving the plutocrats to their …
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will abdicate their royal titles and repay taxpayers $3.1 million as part of the arrangement that will allow the couple to “step back as senior members of the Royal Family,” Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. While Harry and Markle will not be stripped entirely of their …
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The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is suing the estate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that he was behind a criminal enterprise which facilitated the trafficking of young women and female children to his secluded private islands, where they were held captive, raped and sexually assaulted. Though there …
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Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Martin Scorsese praise the Band in the new trailer for Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, an upcoming authorized documentary about the group. “There is no band that emphasizes becoming greater than the sum of its parts than the Band,” Springsteen says in …
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Bang a gong, T. Rex fans. The great British glam-rock studs are finally going into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a year after their comrades Roxy Music. It’s a beautiful moment because Marc Bolan has always stood for everything benignly insane about glam. T. Rex didn’t flourish long …
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