After the New York Times published a report alleging Ryan Adams’ long history of emotional abuse, manipulation and the harassment of at least seven women — including sexually explicit communication with a minor (charges that Adams has denied) — a co-worker pointed out a lyric that Adams had changed when …
Read More »'Carpool Karaoke': See Shaun White Learn to Sing Like Eddie Vedder
Three world-class athletes — skateboarder Tony Hawk, snowboarder Shaun White and surfer Kelly Slater — hitch a ride together in the latest episode of Apple’s Carpool Karaoke, and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Slater and Hawk give White pointers on how to croon like Pearl Jam singer Eddie …
Read More »How Parkland Survivors Changed the Narrative for America's Shooting Expert
Six weeks after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. represented a culminating moment. High school students had taken the fear, grief and anger that the February 14th, 2018 shooting forced into their lives and mobilized these …
Read More »Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her First Public Appearance in Weeks
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a surprise attendee at a concert about her life Monday, marking her first public appearance since undergoing cancer surgery in December, The Washington Post reports. The 85-year-old justice attended a production of “Notorious RBG in Song,” performed by her daughter-in-law, Patrice Michaels. The …
Read More »Sundance 2019: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets the Underdog Doc Treatment
Rachel Lears was looking for hope. The ongoing legacy of the 2016 election had left the documentarian scouring for stories that would counteract, in her words, “the cynicism and despair that a lot of us felt.” She began to notice that progressive organizations like Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Brings Pop Star Power to Beacon Theatre Show
Kacey Musgraves makes crossover look easier. Two-thirds of the way into her January 26th show at New York’s Beacon Theatre, the second of two sold-out nights at the venue, she gathered together her men-in-black touring band at the front of the stage. The unplugged segment has become almost de rigueurfor …
Read More »Weed Delivery Officially Legal In California
On January 16th, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the final rules and regulations governing the state’s cannabis industry, a little over a year after legal recreational sales went into effect. The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Public Health …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers, Miley Cyrus Added to Grammys Performance Lineup
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Miley Cyrus will perform at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Alicia Keys will host the show, which airs February 10th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The second round of performers also boasts singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile and rising R&B singer H.E.R., both of whom …
Read More »Trump Goes to Extreme Lengths to Hide What He and Putin Talk About Behind Closed Doors
President Donald Trump has taken drastic measures to conceal his private conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report in theWashington Poston Saturday. The bombshell story comes just one day after theNew York Timesrevealed that the FBI opened a joint counterintelligence and criminal investigation into whether the president …
Read More »Tennessee Governor Grants Clemency for Cyntoia Brown
The governor of Tennessee announced Monday that he has granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2004 murder of a 43-year-old man who had solicited her for sex when she was 16 years old. In December, after the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that …
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