Tom Hanks served as host of the first socially distanced Saturday Night Live At Home episode, with the actor delivering an opening monologue from his kitchen where he touched on his own recovery from the coronavirus and paid tribute to essential workers. “Hey all you cool cats and kittens,” Hanks …
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Since Fountains of Wayne co-founder Adam Schlesinger died of complications from COVID-19 on April 1st, tributes from his many friends and collaborators have poured in from all corners. Here, author and playwright David Bar Katz remembers their 35-year friendship. There are songs we would all have known by heart that …
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UPDATE:Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will be released from prison after the presiding Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled that “in light of the heightened medical risk presented to Mr. Hernandez by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are extraordinary and compelling reasons to reduce Mr. Hernandez’s sentence in the manner requested,” according to a ruling …
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Late last week, Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina briefly became the most detestable politician in America, at a time when public outrage toward politicians was at an all-time high. Burr dumped hundreds of thousands (if not millions) worth of stocks after non-public briefings about the extent of the …
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“You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye,” Brandi Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth sang onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on Monday night. The Seattle-based musicians flew in especially to perform at the To Nashville, With Love tornado relief benefit concert and, …
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Kacey Musgraves joined with the celebrity-clothing seller Stage to Closet on Monday to sell off items from her performance and daily-wear fashion. Today, the Grammy-winning singer pledged to donate the proceeds from the sale to Tennessee tornado relief after Nashville and other areas of the midstate were struck by deadly …
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With the season five premiere of Better Call Saul this Sunday, you might be looking back at Breaking Bad fondly. AMC has you covered. Earlier this week, they quietly dropped a Bad short titled “Snow Globe,” featuring the eerily chipper drug dealer/manufacturer Todd (Jesse Plemons) and the voice of fancy …
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Mike Bloomberg made his debut on the debate stage Wednesday night. To put it kindly, it did not go well. The former New York mayor has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his personal fortune to buy his way into relevancy in the Democratic primary, but he appeared wholly …
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie is in the middle of being lightly reprimanded. One of the lounges located in Atlantic Records’ Manhattan office is shrouded in pungent weed smoke and filled with the laughter of the Highbridge rapper, and the light clacking of his jewelry. “You got HR calling me,” …
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Matt Gaetz doesn’t want to shake my hand when I walk into his office. Considering what he is doing, I’m glad he doesn’t. “I don’t want to get concealer on you,” he explains, turning away from his mirror to greet me. “I promise I’m not doing this for effect for …
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