For the third time this month, there’s a new sheriff in town – and by sheriff, we mean a remix of Lil Nas X’s cowboy smash hit “Old Town Road.” This time, Chicago rapper Cupcakke delivers a very on-brand, very NSFW version of the song. Whereas the Billy Ray Cyrus …
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Move over, Captain Marvel, there’s a new female superhero in town. Fast Color doesn’t have the budget, the FX bells-and-whistles or even the inclination to take on the Brie Larson MCU blockbuster. But the tightly-focused origin story of Ruth, played with ferocity and feeling by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is still one …
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The college admissions scandal, a.k.a. Operation Varsity Blues, has been full of confusing and aggravating twists and turns. In the latest development in the case, former Full House star Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, have pled not guilty to charges of mail fraud and money laundering conspiracy, …
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Previously a guest of honor at Beyoncé’s Coachella last year, J Balvin claimed Coachella for himself on Saturday night, with a high-octane show at sundown. While plenty of Latinx talent has graced the festival’s main stage since its inception two decades ago, the Coachella Stage has counted predominantly rock acts, …
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On Hole’s 1994 breakthrough album, Live Through This, frontwoman Courtney Love presented a gruesome prophecy: “If you live through this with me/I swear that I will die for you,” she sings on the hypnotic, rumbling “Asking for It.” Love belts the line with more restraint than she usually displays: a …
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Barack Obama celebrated the music, life and legacy of Nipsey Hussle in an open letter, which Karen Civil shared on Twitter and read at a memorial service in Los Angeles Thursday. The rapper was shot and killed outside his clothing store March 31st. In the letter, Obama said that though …
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The final season of Game of Thrones is almost upon us and it’s inevitable that some fans may have forgotten all that’s come before. Luckily James Corden has recapped the HBO series‘ previous 67 episodes in just four minutes. In the clip, the host of The Late Late Show takes …
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Warner Bros. Pictures triggered the removal of a campaign video President Donald Trump posted on Twitter due to its unauthorized use of the score from The Dark Knight Rises. The 2020 campaign video reportedly originated on the pro-Trump sub-Reddit last week before Trump posted it to his own Twitter feed …
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The show’s hero is led out before a bloodthirsty crowd, bound and accused of high treason against the king. He has made many foolish decisions to get to this point, ironically born from a fundamental decency and forthrightness that otherwise would seem so admirable. But he’s still the hero, played …
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Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck are reuniting for a special show at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl on September 27th. According to a press release, it will be “their most in depth concert in over 35 years.” Stewart and Beck formed the Jeff Beck Group in 1967, but disbanded two years later …
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