The NCAA on Tuesday caved to outside pressure from legislators, judges, and former college athletes by announcing it would allow student-athletes to earn compensation from the use of their names, images, and likenesses. For decades, college athletes have seen their likenesses used to sell video games, their faces used to …
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The Deuce has come to an end with its series finale, the aptly-titled “Finish It.” A review of the episode, and overall thoughts on the series, coming up just as soon as I study taxidermy… When the end credits rolled on last week’s “That’s a Wrap,” it seemed like a …
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Jennifer Harrison, founder of the right-wing group AZ Patriots, was arrested in Arizona this week on suspicion of identity theft. Harrison became a viral sensation back in August after a video surfaced of her wearing a MAGA hat at a Tucson City Council meeting while protesting an immigration proposal that …
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Imagine how intimidating it must be to sing with Bob Dylan for the first time. Now think of how Dylan must have felt singing alongside Johnny Cash in 1969 when the pair united for a loose recording session in Nashville. Cash was nine years Dylan’s senior, and had put out …
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After teasing the announcement in newspaper ads around the world and in cryptic posters and social media posts, Coldplay officially confirmed that they would release a double album, Everyday Life, on November 22nd. To accompany the news, they’re sharing two tracks from the project, “Orphans” and “Arabesque.” Both tracks were …
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An extended cut of Quentin Tarantino‘s latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — featuring four new scenes of previously unseen footage totaling 10 minutes — is headed to theaters. The updated movie, nearly three hours long, will hit more than 1,000 North American locations starting Friday, October 25th. …
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Snoop Dogg has announced North American tour dates in support of his new album I Wanna Thank Me. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com. The tour kicks off on December 2nd at the Fillmore in San Francisco and will go through the new year, stopping at Boston’s House of Blues on January …
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Frank Ocean is an idiosyncratic man, with undecipherable whims and hobbies. He drops music with an unparalleled irregularity, has been known to take up carpentry to build a staircase to nowhere, and writes lyrics that split the difference between hieroglyphics and novelistic streams-of-consciousness. Yet one of Ocean’s most public passions …
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Nearly one week after Bon Iver‘s sold-out Brooklyn arena shows, footage from the gigs served as CBS This Morning‘s “Saturday Sessions” mini-concert. The indie-folk outfit, who released their fourth studio album i,i in August, played dynamic renditions of the James Blake-assisted “iMi” and “Salem” from their latest record at the …
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Prince’s eponymous second album turns 40 this month, and in honor of the anniversary, the Prince estate has released a previously unheard, acoustic demo version of “I Feel For You.” The full version of the song was one of the album’s original tracks, and later became a hit single for …
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