Within moments of the jury announcing the guilty verdict of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the snow-laden court in Brooklyn, word of the result was rippling across Mexico, from the valleys sprinkled with opium poppies to the sprawling mountain capital. People gathered at stalls and watched on televisions as U.S. …
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What do you know about Spotify, the Swedish music company? Five researchers who have spent the last several years investigating the inner workings of the global platform would argue that it is neither particularly Swedish nor truly a music company: They posit that Spotify is a shape-shifting tech business, serving …
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Cardi B confirmed in a new interview that she declined to perform at the Super Bowl LIII halftime show due to her support of Colin Kaepernick. Speaking to the Associated Press two days before Super Sunday, the rapper admitted she had “mixed feelings” about turning down the NFL’s invitation but …
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Before he learned to tell stories of his own, Jordan Peele was a scared little kid, cringing from monsters in closets and other products of an imagination that would one day reshape Hollywood. As theUs and Get Out director explains in our new cover story, a key moment in his …
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UPDATE: Dr. Luke‘s lawyers said of Lady Gaga‘s unsealed deposition in a statement, “Being passionate about a topic that concerns us all is admirable. However, Lady Gaga has no knowledge of what happened on the night at issue because she was not there. The actual evidence shows, among other things:Kesha …
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Last summer, Phoebe Bridgers had an idea for a song. “I wanted to talk about how stupid music is,” says Bridgers, 24. “I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn’t last forever.” She had been …
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One day after the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody earned a Best Picture Academy Awards nomination, an exposé delves into the new allegations of sexual abuse and rape of underage boys against the film’s director Bryan Singer. The Atlantic‘s 12-month investigation, published Wednesday, recounts the allegations of abuse by Singer’s previous …
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A pair of R. Kelly accusers detailed their allegations of sexual abuse against the singer in a Dateline special that aired Friday night on NBC. “Accused: The R. Kelly Story” featured new interviews with Tracy Sampson, who first spoke to the Washington Post in May 2018, and Jerhonda Pace, the …
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President Donald Trump‘s firing of FBI Director James Comey triggered an FBI investigation as agents feared the president was working on behalf of the Russian government, theNew York Timesreported late Friday, citing law enforcement and others familiar with the investigation. This new reporting reveals that the investigation into Trump was …
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Billie Lourd paid tribute to her late mother, Carrie Fisher, by playing a heartfelt rendition of “These Days.” The song appears on Nico’s 1967 debut solo album, Chelsea Girl, and was written by Jackson Browne. Lourd shared her cover via Instagram on Thursday, which marked the second anniversary of Fisher’s …
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