Samantha Bee dug into The New Yorker‘s recent Fox News exposé, exploring the network’s massive influence over President Trump — and, reportedly, its desire to protect him from scrutiny. “Unlike the literal spanking [Trump] got from Trump Magazine when he first met Stormy [Daniels], this time he got a figurative …
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Editor’s note:This piece appears in the March 2019 issue ofRolling Stone,“Women Shaping the Future.”After the magazine was sent to press in early February, Sen. Klobuchar’s alleged mistreatment of staffers became a national story. Reached byRolling Stone to comment on the allegations, the Minnesota senator sent the following statement: “I’m incredibly …
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Earlier this week, Morrissey announced plans to play a seven-night Broadway stand at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. According to a press release, the show will be “an intimate yet exciting exploration of Morrissey’s expansive career from his early days to his upcoming new record California Son: a collection of 1960/70s classic …
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Keith Flint, frontman of British techno-punk group the Prodigy, was pronounced dead on Monday morning of apparent suicide. Having previously served as the group’s onstage dancer since 1990, Flint debuted his own sneering nihilist style in their 1996 hit “Firestarter,” a high-octane breakbeat masterpiece which would catapult the band to …
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Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna worked in an obscure area of biology — how bacteria fight viral infections — when she helped make a discovery that could change life on Earth: CRISPR, a gene-editing tool capable of changing the DNA of any living thing almost as simply as using a find-and-replace …
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The Hellboy reboot’s dramatic new “Redband” trailer explores the complicated relationship between the titular demon (Stranger Things‘ David Harbour) and ancient British sorceress Nimue, the Queen of Blood (Milla Jovovich). The clip opens with a tease of Hellboy’s origin story, showing how the character was “summoned from the depths of …
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Michael Cohen sat before the House Oversight Committee for seven hours on Wednesday, fielding questions about President Trump while deflecting attacks on his own character. Trump’s former attorney and fixer offered a host of bombshell revelations,implicating his former boss in a host of federal crimes ranging from insurance fraud to …
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Have you ever wanted to dance to “U Can’t Touch This,” “Baby Got Back,” “Bust a Move,” Just a Friend,” “Funky Cold Medina” and “Me So Horny” all in one evening? Have you ever wanted to step into an amphitheater and spend the night bathing in other R&B and hip-hop …
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Steve Earle offers a reverent reading of one of Guy Clark‘s most personal songs, “The Randall Knife.” The latest track off Earle’s upcoming Guy, a tribute album to the late songwriter, “The Randall Knife” tells the complicated relationship between a father and son. A track off Clark’s 1995 LP Dublin …
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed the television debut of theirA Star Is Bornhit “Shallow” together at the Oscars. The track is a contender for Best Original Song at this year’s ceremony. Related: 20 Best, Worst and Most WTF Oscars 2019 Moments Gaga and Cooper walked from their front row …
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