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For decades, law enforcement officers in California could rest assured that their personnel records — including civilian complaints, use of force reports and disciplinary measures — would never face public scrutiny, shielded, as they had been since the 1970s, by the state’s strict police privacy laws. That all changed last …

The trailer for the upcoming documentary, Leaving Neverland, shows the story of two men who claim Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children. The two-part film tells the stories of James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who claim Jackson molested them and swore them to secrecy. The first episode will air …

There’s a crisis at the Oscars this year — and it’s not about #OscarsSoWhite or #TimesUp, though those inclusion issues still deserve attention. Let’s call this catastrophe #OscarsSoMoney. It’s a year in which the Academy seems less interested in the quality of films than in the numbers they can attract …

Avril Lavigne’s first record since the beginning of Barack Obama’s second term (in other words, seemingly centuries ago) finds everyone’s favorite arrested-development case emerging from a physically and emotionally debilitating time. She divorced husband number two, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, and was diagnosed with Lyme disease so severe that she was …

It was probably inevitable. After nearly two months of negotiations that were never not doomed, President Trump is set to declare a national emergency so that he can build a southern border wall without congressional approval. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) relayed the news Thursday afternoon, telling colleagues on …

“History will repeat itself” declared Glenn Gregory — correctly — on the original version of “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang,” in a voice partway between demented crooner and cyborg newscaster. The song was a minor and fitting hit for his U.K. synth-pop act Heaven 17, who took their …

Rapper Rich the Kid and his entourage were involved in a shooting and robbery at a Los Angeles studio where Usher was recording Tuesday afternoon, Variety reports. According to reports, Rich the Kid and his entourage were the targets of the robbery, which took place outsideWestlake Recording Studio in West …

Weezer have teamed with Calpurnia – the indie rock band led byStranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard – for a nostalgic new video for their cover of a-ha‘s “Take On Me.” The track appears on Weezer’s new self-titled covers record, also known as The Teal Album. In the video, Wolfhard plays a …

Beck and Cage the Elephant have teamed up for the co-headlining The Night Running Tour, with Spoon on board as the trek’s special guest. The trek takes it name from the Cage the Elephant track “Night Running,” a Beck-featuring song from the band’s upcoming LP Social Cues, out April 19th. …

Brandi Carlile won in three consecutive categories when the bulk of the 61st annual Grammy Awards — those not shown during the TV broadcast —were handed out during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony. Carlile’s album By the Way, I Forgive You was named Best Americana Album, while her song “The Joke” …