Aside from Brendon Urie, the big guest feature on Taylor Swift’s new album Lover comes from the Dixie Chicks. The trio appears on “Soon You’ll Get Better,” a stripped-down track that Swift penned about her mother and her continued battle with breast cancer. The song, which Swift co-produced and cowrote …
Read More »David Koch Built a Toxic Empire — with Human Consequences
David Koch, the billionaire who famously cheated death — first in an airplane crash, and later in a multi-decade battle with cancer — has finally met his maker at 79. But the toxic empire he built, gilded with society-friendly largesse, survives him. Koch brought — or more accurately bought — …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Spotify Celebrate 'Lover' With 'Love, Taylor' Playlist
Taylor Swift is partnering with Spotify to unveil exclusive content tied to the release of her new album,Lover, out this Friday, August 23rd. The content, as well as the album, will be housed in the Love, Taylor: Lover Enhanced Album playlist on the streaming service. Each day leading up to …
Read More »'Now It's Just 3. Now It's Just 2. Now It's Just Me.'
It helps, sometimes, to think of the average rap verse as a commercial: Built to sell a rapper’s technical skills or life story or artistic vision in between hooks. Every now and then, though, a rapper’s verse contains a bar, phrase, or ad-lib that either renders the hook useless — …
Read More »It Isn't Much to Ask That Cops Have a Higher Standard for Killing People
Stephon Clark lived and died in Sacramento.When the 22-year-old father of two was shot and killed by local cops after a foot chase in the spring of 2018, it provoked the largest national uproar over a police killing of an unarmed black man since the groundswell of protests that began …
Read More »The Making of the 'Woodstock' Documentary
Moments after cameraman David Myers finished filming a couple having sex in the tall grass at the Woodstock festival in 1969, he happened upon a middle-aged sanitation worker cleaning out an overflowing toilet with a giant suction hose. “It’s hard to keep up,” he says. “I’m glad to do it …
Read More »Alleged Teen Killers Reportedly Obsessed With Hitler, Putin, Trump
Social media accounts associated with two Canadian teenagers have been found to contain hints of far-right and white supremacist radicalization, with one of the teens posting photos posing with a Nazi armband. Bryer Schmgelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, are wanted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in connection with …
Read More »Americans Are Absolutely Terrified of Trump
Over the weekend, two Democratic representatives shared stories of their constituents telling them they are straight up terrified of President Donald Trump and his policies. On CNN’s S.E. Cupp Unfiltered Saturday, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) told the host that a young child, a third-generation American, told her they are scared …
Read More »See Paul McCartney Reunite With Ringo Starr to Play Beatles Classics at L.A. Concert
Paul McCartney reunited with Ringo Starr to perform two Beatles classics during the bassist’s concert at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. “We’ve got a surprise for us, a surprise for you, a surprise for everyone: Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, Ringo Starr,” McCartney said introducing his …
Read More »Rip Torn, Veteran Actor and 'Larry Sanders Show' Star, Dead at 88
Rip Torn — whose seven-decade acting career spanned stage, film, TV, and voice roles — has died, a rep for the actor confirmed in a statement to Rolling Stone. Torn died at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, on Tuesday afternoon. He was 88. Born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. in Temple, …
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