When New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting a woman in connection with prostitution, it was widely reported that he had been busted as part of an anti-sex trafficking investigation into a string of massage parlors in Florida.On Friday, however, prosecutors walked back on this claim, confirming …
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Aretha Franklin was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize‘s Special Citation, the prestigious journalism and the arts organization announced Monday. Franklin was recognized “for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades,” the Pulitzer Prize board added of the honor. Franklin is one of less than …
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A review of “Nice and Neat,” this week’s episode of Killing Eve, coming up just as soon as my moisturizer is made of pig’s placenta… “Nice and Neat” is an ironic title for an episode that’s anything but. Even more than the premiere, this installment demonstrates some of the strain …
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Warmer is the Amnesiac-like companion album to Tweedy’s 2018 solo LP Warm, recorded during the same Chicago session and released in a limited run of 5000 vinyl copies for Record Store Day. If you liked Warm, you’ll like Warmer. It’s Tweedy at his most self-findingly laid back, low-key and ruminative, …
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On Wednesday evening, it was reported that Holden Matthews, the 21-year-old son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy, had been arrested in connection with a series of church fires in Louisiana’s St. Landry Parish. Matthews has been charged with three counts of arson of a religious building, which carry a maximum …
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Fresh off an appearance on Saturday Night Live, Sara Bareilles stopped by The Late Late Show to perform her single “Fire.” Accompanied by a group of musicians, the singer offered a powerful rendition of the emotive ballad, which comes off her new album Amidst the Chaos. In the clip, Bareilles …
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Disney previews Simba’s destiny of becoming king — and the perilous journey that awaits him — in the stunning new trailer for Jon Favreau‘s live action remake of 1994’s The Lion King. “Life’s not fair, is it, my little friend?” Simba’s jealous uncle, Scar (voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor) tells the …
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Taylor Swift, who launched her superstar career in Tennessee, has made a six-figure donation to an LGBTQ advocacy group in the state that is fighting a series of bills targeting LGBTQ individuals. Among them: one that would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples. Swift accompanied her $113,000 donation …
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Wrestlemania 35 made history on Sunday night, with Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair helming the traditionally all-male show, marking the first all-female lineup in the event’s history. The nearly seven-hour event at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium made history by featuring Lynch, Rousey and Flair as the headliners of …
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Obama-era Saturday Night Live cast member Jason Sudeikis returned to reprise his impersonation of Joe Biden in a cold open sketch that skewered the allegations of inappropriate behavior against the former vice president. In the sketch, Biden’s aides inform him that he needs to cut down on the “touchy feely …
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