Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he’s resigning, six days after hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in New Jersey on charges involving the sex trafficking of underage girls. Acosta made the announcement from the White House Friday morning, alongside President Donald Trump. Trump told reporters it was Acosta’s …
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Denise Nickerson, best known for playing the snobby, gum-chomping Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died following a series of medical issues. The actress’ family confirmed her death in a Facebook post, writing, “She’s gone.” Nickerson was 62. Nickerson suffered a “major medical …
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Jesse Malin immortalized London’s Columbia Hotel on his 2004 album The Heat, writing about the loneliness and liberation of the transient existence in the song “Hotel Columbia.” It’s a theme he explores further and brings to colorful life in the new video for “Room 13,” the lead single off his …
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Stella McCartney has taken inspiration from her dad for her latest clothing collection. Dubbed “All Together Now,” the line came about after the fashion designer re-watched the Beatle’s film Yellow Submarine. The collection, on sale now, initially debuted at Glastonbury Festival, where Billie Eilish donned a custom two-piece look featuring …
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Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance Saturday evening near the end of Southside Johnny’s annual July 4th weekend concert at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He came onstage to join his old friend on a spirited rendition of “Sherry Darling” and stuck around for seemingly …
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The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security is calling for “immediate” action to address “dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults” at Border Patrol facilities in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The report includes disturbing photographs of conditions one senior manager at …
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Jerry Seinfeld calls out the many shows that have ripped him off while riding a segway in the new season trailer for Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which returns to Netflix on July 19th. “Here at Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, we have noticed that we have shall we say…influenced …
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‘All-American Despair,’ Stephen Rodrick’s story on white-male suicide, struck a chord with readers, making it one of our most-read stories of the month. We received an outpour of letters in response to the article. Read some of them below. “Hope this is the right and working email. I just read …
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Pink has shared the new music video for her single “Can We Pretend” featuring Cash Cash from her latest album Hurts 2B Human. In the animated video, Pink stars as an astronaut exploring space. While on her expedition, she misses her husband and kids while looking at photos of them. …
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Two of the biggest artists on the planet, the Colombian reggaetonero J Balvin and the Puerto Rican trap-turned-pop-star Bad Bunny, unveiled an extensively teased joint album on Thursday at midnight. Oasis is a tight eight tracks, and only two guests are credited: The Argentinian musician Marciano Cantero and the Nigerian …
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