Shane Gillis will not join the cast of Saturday Night Live this fall, a spokesperson for the show on behalf of Lorne Michaels told The New York Times. “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL,” the statement read. “We want SNL to …
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When he swore in Elizabeth Warren as a senator six years ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden recalled, with a mix of chagrin and admiration, a 2005 encounter when the two had butted heads (Biden as a senator; Warren as an expert witness) over bankruptcy law: “You gave me hell,” Biden …
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Kanye Omari West was thrust into the court of public opinion over Labor Day weekend. On September 1st, a Twitter user shared a video of the part-time rapper, full-time church enthusiast allegedly “eating his earwax.” Predictably, the tweet went viral; by Tuesday it had amassed nearly 25,000 retweets, and well …
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Spotify is proud of its independent status. Yes, the $26 billion-valued streaming service is partially owned by a raft of corporate giants, from Tencent (9.2 percent) to Baillie Gifford (9.7), TCV (5.3) and Tiger Global (7.1). And, yes, Spotify raised $1 billion in convertible debt three years ago, via the …
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ABC will assist in the rehabilitation of former White House Press Secretary and known liar Sean Spicer by allowing him to compete on Dancing With the Stars. Spicer served as President Donald Trump’s press secretary for the first six months of his presidency, during which he lied about Trump’s inauguration …
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Logic and Gucci Mane provide a lesson in “drip” in the new video for “Icy,” a cut off Logic’s recently released Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The video, directed by Colin Tilley, opens with a cartoon Logic receiving a phone call from his manager Marty, informing the rapper he needs …
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Over 70 items of Madonna memorabilia are currently up for auction, including costumes, demo cassette tapes and, most famously, a handwritten apology letter from Tupac Shakur that was sent to Madge a year before his death. The auction, hosted by Madonna’s former art advisor Darlene Lutz and the auction house …
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A power outage affected a vast portion of Manhattan Saturday night, causing nearly all of the evening’s Broadway shows to cancel their performances. However, the cast of some of the musicals ensured theatergoers’ plans weren’t completely ruined by the blackout by providing impromptu street performances outside their respective theaters. The …
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Bruce Linton, founder and co-CEO of the massive Canadian cannabis conglomerate Canopy Growth, said he was fired from the company after it announced his exit Wednesday, CNBC reports. Canopy Growth announced the leadership change in a press release that suggested the split was somewhat amicable, writing that “Bruce will step …
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Dave Clark remembers how he felt when he heard Freddie Mercury sing his song, “Time Waits for No One,” for the first time. “It gave me goosebumps,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I thought, ‘This is magic.’” The song was originally part of Time, a musical that was spearheaded by Clark, …
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