Sacha Baron Cohen appeared as Borat on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, October 19th, and tried to force host Jimmy Kimmel to undergo a hilariously invasive and scientifically dubious Covid-19 test. The bit started with Borat walking on stage with a magnifying glass and frying pan, searching for and smashing any …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update skewered Donald Trump’s rallies this past week — or the “coronavirus giveaways” at “his huge Herd Immunity Tour” — as well as the president’s “pointless and shameful” town hall. Anchor Colin Jost first showed clips from Trump’s rally speeches this week, including the president’s claim …
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Statik Selektah has recruited Nas, Gary Clark Jr., and Joey Bada$$ for the new track “Keep It Moving,” the first single from the producer’s upcoming album The Balancing Act. Built around a sample of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic “Walk on By,” the track features the two New York rappers …
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Pete Rock will complete his trilogy of instrumental LPs this December with the release of PeteStrumentals 3, the legendary hip-hop producer’s latest installment focusing on his inimitable studio work. However, unlike the previous samples-heavy releases in the PeteStrumentals series, the third installment sees Rock creating his own loops with a …
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On July 3rd, 2019, Stonechild Chiefstick, a Chippewa Cree man who was part of the Suquamish tribal community in Poulsbo, Washington, was shot and killed by police during a confrontation at a park. Accounts surrounding the circumstances of the confrontation vary, but he wasn’t carrying a gun, and the officer …
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Sharon Van Etten has released a new song, “Let Go,” which will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Feels Good Man, about the history behind the internet meme Pepe the Frog. As anyone who was too online during the 2016 election knows, Pepe the Frog, originally created by artist Matt …
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A review of this week’s Fargo, “The Pretend War,” coming up just as soon as I’m your Monopoly card… “And I realized: To be an American is to pretend. Capiche? You pretend to be one thing, when really you are something else.” —Ebal Violante Midway through “The Pretend War,” Oraetta …
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The first time that producer Ted Templeman saw Van Halen playing at the Starwood in West Hollywood one night in 1977, he burst out of the club’s doors to find the nearest payphone. He called Donn Landee, a recording engineer he worked closely with, and left several messages. “You’ve got …
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Mike Lee, apparently, has some concerns about democracy. This could be argued of pretty much any Republican lawmaker who has endorsed the party’s voter suppression efforts and total supplication to an authoritarian president who won’t commit to a peaceful transition of power. But on Thursday morning, the senator from Utah …
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Objectively speaking, Claudia Conway is fascinating. It’s controversial to state this point-blank, mostly because Conway is 15 years old, and there’s a tacit agreement among most mainstream media outlets that minors are off-limits (despite the entirety of the celebrity industrial complex serving as evidence to the contrary). But the daughter …
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