John Oliver explored thedisturbing trend of biased local news on Sunday’sLast Week Tonight. The host showed how Sinclair Broadcast Group – the largest owner of local TV stations in the country – forces stations to air “must-run” segments, which tend to promote conservative viewpoints. One of these segments included a …
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Rap Release of the MonthJean Grae & Quelle Chris, Everything’s FineEverything’s Fine marks the re-emergence of Jean Grae, a near-legendary figure in underground rap – she hasn’t issued a major project since 2008’s criminally underrated Jeanius. Her collaboration with partner Quelle Chris is reminiscent of the latter’s fuzzily constructed lo-fi …
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Beck released a new video for “Colors” on Wednesday, filling the clip with brightly dressed dancers. Beck looked to Hollywood for help with his latest visual, recruiting both Alison Brie, known for her roles in Community and Mad Men, and Edgar Wright, the director of Hot Fuzz and Baby Driver. …
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The morning after Kenny Morrison brought his wife and their new baby son home from the hospital, he found out he’d been burglarized. It was the middle of January, and a team of six had broken into his Bay Area facility, smashing delivery truck windshields, computers and a safe, and …
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Paul McCartney attended a March for Our Lives sister protest in New York, one of the dozens of rallies taking place throughout the United States Saturday. In a brief interview with CNN at the rally, the Beatles legend said, “One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right …
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Seth Rogen‘s newNetflix comedy special, Seth Rogen‘s Hilarity for Charity, will feature an all-star lineup that includes James Corden, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Goldblum and Tiffany Haddish. The special will premiere in April, though an exact release date has not been announced. Thevariety show will include stand-up, sketch comedy and music …
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This story originally appeared on the cover of the May 9th, 1974 issue of Rolling Stone. It is a story told most starkly by a boy’s ear. A boy’s severed right ear – but no, “severed” is too sterile a word; “sliced off” is the truth. A prominent and delicately …
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Following its failed sale to an investor group, the Weinstein Company announced Monday night that it has officially filed for bankruptcy. Despite the filing to seek bankruptcy protection in the aftermath of alleged sexual assault accusations against co-founder Harvey Weinstein and the New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s subsequent civil …
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Country powerhouse Jason Aldean revealed more of the details behind his upcoming eighth studio album Rearview Town on Friday, sharing the project’s moody title track in the process. Produced once again by Aldean’s longtime collaborator Michael Knox, Rearview Town– out April 13th – will boast 15 new tracks and one …
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Samantha Bee welcomed the narrow victory of “illegitimate Kennedy child” Conor Lamb in a special congressional election in Pennsylvania on the latest episode of Full Frontal. Bee noted that the Democrats failed to even field a candidate in the previous two congressional elections held in Lamb’s district, which President Trump …
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