Gender bias gets knocked backwards on its ass in this rousing doc named after the first ship crewed by an all-female team in the Whitbread Round the World Race. The year was 1989, when male chauvinists were dripping with disbelief that these “girls” could survive a nine-month yacht race, much …
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“Mom. Dad. I know you don’t want to talk about this, but I do. I might get married to a man, like you so clearly want. And I might not. Because this is not a phase, and I need you to understand that. I’m bisexual.” That’s Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), …
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A couple consumed by passion are ultimately consumed by their own bed in the new video for Hot Chip’s “Spell.” The Simon Owens-directed clip captures a man and woman in the throes of a love so intense that neither notices that their bed sheets have started to get in on …
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The National Rifle Association has suspended its longtime head of political operations, Chris Cox, after filing a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court that fingers Cox as a participant in the failed April coup attempt against the gun lobby’s CEO, Wayne LaPierre. Cox is a towering figure in the gun …
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Rihanna is someone you can imagine knocking back a few cocktails with over lunch, which makes her the perfect person to join Late Night host Seth Meyers for his “Day Drinking” segment. In the clip, the pair sat down at the Jane Hotel in New York and opened their ten …
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Sleater-Kinney brought a dark, gothic energy to their single “Hurry on Home” on Wednesday’s Tonight Show. Dressed in all-black leathery outfits, the band churned through the art-punk track, with Carrie Brownstein breaking out in a riotous guitar solo midway through. The influence of Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) was evident …
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Metronomy will release their new album, Metronomy Forever, on September 13th via Because Music. The group has shared a video for new single “Salted Caramel Ice Cream,” which follows the release of “Lately” earlier this year. The video, directed by frontman Joseph Mount, was inspired by a VHS tape of …
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Lizzo took the stage at the MTV Movie & TV Awards to perform her single “Juice.” After an introduction by Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss, the singer appeared solo on the glowing stage before being joined by a slew of energetic dancers, all of whom threw off their …
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On Saturday, the New York Times published an important story about how the United States military branches are attempting to thwart and combat Russian cyber attacks on American utility networks and interference in elections. But deeper into the article, an interesting and disturbing nugget has drawn attention: The Pentagon has …
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In honor of Father’s Day, Jimmy Kimmel Live took to the streets of Los Angeles to quiz dads on how well they know their own kids. Spoiler alert: They don’t. As these model fathers prove in Kimmel’s #PopQuiz, they can’t correctly answer even the most routine of questions about their …
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