It is a truth universally recognized that Succession, the darkly funny HBO drama about a media-dynasty family eating their own, was a slow starter. And the early feint of introducing the series’ most recognizable face in the form of Brian Cox, supporting actor extraordinaire, only to have him lapse into …
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David Berman, the singer-songwriter best known for leading the long-running, critically acclaimed indie band Silver Jews, died Wednesday at the age of 52. Drag City, the Chicago record label that released all of the group’s albums dating back to 1994’s Starlite Walker, confirmed the musician’s death. The cause of death …
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While touring in support of their latest self-titled album, Rammstein traded their signature pyrotechnics for a different kind of fireworks in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia: Swathed in metallic body paint, guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe exchanged a fleeting kiss while performing their 2019 song “Ausländer.” The kiss was …
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UPDATE 3: Pussy Riot have also dropped out of Woodstock 50, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The group was originally slated to perform on the festival’s third night. UPDATE 2:Miley Cyrus is the latest artist to drop out of Woodstock 50,Rolling Stone has confirmed. The pop star was originally slated to …
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A week ago, Rep. John Radcliffe (R-Texas) was a largely anonymous congressman serving on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees. On Sunday night, President Trump announced he would be nominating him to oversee America’s intelligence community, a position for which Ratcliffe is woefully under-qualified. Why? Look no further than Ratcliffe’s …
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When alleged mob boss Frank Cali was brutally gunned down in Staten Island last March, people automatically assumed that it was a Mafia-related killing by a young upstart eager to advance in the Gambino crime family, or a harbinger of a coming Mafia war. That narrative was significantly complicated, however, …
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During the last few months of his life, Gregg Allman would often talk with his manager, Michael Lehman, about his legacy. “If you can imagine, Gregg thought, ‘Will people forget me?’” Lehman says. “He never saw himself as a ‘rock star.’ I said, ‘People will never forget you and your …
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Phish have staged plenty of ambitious moments during their 30-plus year career, from playing an hour-long version of “Runaway Jim” tosuspending themselves above arenas in giant hot dogs.But nothing was more ambitious than their 2017 Baker’s Dozen residency at Madison Square Garden, when the band played 237 different songs, with …
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In an interview with the New York Times published Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) dismissed the influence of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the four breakout freshman lawmakers who last month voted against a GOP- and Democratic leadership-backed $4.6 billion …
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During the execution of a search warrant following his arrest on Saturday, law enforcement officials seized “an extraordinary volume of photographs of nude and partially-nude young women or girls” at the private Upper East Side residence of hedge fund manager and philanthropist Jeffrey Epstein, according to a detainment memo from …
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