Grammy-winning songwriter John Prine has announced that he is postponing eight dates on his 2019 summer tour as he undergoes surgery to insert a stent. According to a message on Prine’s Instagram, the singer’s doctors have advised him “that he has an elevated risk for stroke.” The stent surgery, planned …
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For the first time since Ryan Adams was accused of sexual misconduct, the singer broke his silence in a series of Instagram posts late Friday night. “I have a lot to say. I am going to. Soon.Because the truth matters. It’s what matters most,” Adams wrote in one post.“I know …
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The pessimist’s view of this year’s Emmy nominations would start out with the idea that Game of Thrones‘ weakest season just shattered the record for most nods in a single year (32, lapping NYPD Blue‘s 26 in 1994), including writing and directing for the widely-panned series finale. It might then …
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A 17-year-old Instagram celebrity was brutally murdered allegedly by an obsessed male friend who then posted images of the slaying on Instagram, gaming website Discord, and 4chan, prompting an outpouring of shock and horror on social media. The victim, Bianca Devins, is a 17-year-old so-called “egirl” who lived in Utica, …
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On Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the panel discussion turned to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s recent reversal of his support for the Hyde amendment, a law that bans federal funding for abortion. California freshman congresswoman Katie Porter went right after Biden, saying he’s playing politics with a serious …
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Earlier this year, the app TikTok — which allows users to create short video clips set to music — helped shotgun Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” into the pop stratosphere. That accomplishment alone is cause for the app’s creators to celebrate. But that is just one way that TikTok …
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Iggy Pop will release a new lyric book collection, ‘Til Wrong Feels Right, October 1st. The book, which is currently available for preorder via Penguin Random House, will include lyrics, essays, photographs and artwork created by Pop throughout his career. An official description of the book reads, “Coinciding with the …
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UPDATE 12/4: The Illinois judge overseeing Cook County’s case against R. Kelly assigned a tentative September 14th, 2020 start date for the singer’s trial on state charges, which would follow Kelly’s federal trials in New York and Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. At Wednesday’s hearing, when Kelly’s lawyer Steven Greenberg …
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Rocketman star Taron Egerton recalled nervously monitoring Elton John‘s reaction to the new biopic about him during its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday. Egerton, who plays John in the film, admitted to some anxiety leading up to the premiere, noting Cannes audiences have a …
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Ackerman McQueen is biting the hand that feeds it. The longtime PR firm for the National Rifle Association is counter-suing the gun group for a staggering $100 million, alleging the NRA is dishonestly attempting to sever business ties — for the benefit of the gun group’s top-dollar legal firm. The …
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