Seal shared a sweet tribute to late director Joel Schumacher, whom he credited with helping boost his career to the next level when the filmmaker included “Kiss From a Rose” on the Batman Forever soundtrack. Schumacher died Monday after a year-long battle with cancer at the age of 80. Seal …
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President Trump’s first rally since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. provided an unsurprising disaster of a speech, but the sparse crowd in attendance after the campaign touted ticket requests of over a million was a stunning surprise that sent Trump allies scurrying for excuses. Trump’s embarrassing speech on …
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Noname has released her first solo song of the year. “Song 33” references the killings of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau and also appears to address J. Cole‘s new track, “Snow on Tha Bluff.” On the Madlib-produced single, the Chicago rapper discusses Salau’s disappearance and killing. …
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Creedence Clearwater Revival have shared a fan-generated video for their 1970 track, “Long as I Can See the Light,” tied to the upcoming 50th-anniversary reissue of Cosmo’s Factory, out August 14th via Craft Recordings. Directed by Laurence Jacobs and Kay Anderson, the clip was conceived with Father’s Day (June 21st) …
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In the week after the protests began, I rode my bike down to Harlem. This was a few days before the deranged commander in chief tweeted “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” in response to the dissent that had come, like those roosting chickens, to his front door. After …
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UPDATE (7/9): The death of Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old Black man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California on June 10th, has been ruled a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, as NPR reports. “There were no signs of a struggle, no defensive wounds observed, …
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Janelle Monáe, Kim Petras and the cast of the new unscripted series, We’re Here, are among the performers taking part in HBO‘s first-ever “Digital Pride” celebration, which seeks to offer a virtual, at-home alternative for partygoers who are socially distancing this year. The festivities, which kick off Thursday, June 18th, …
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A little more than a week after Warner Music Group‘s IPO led to a $15.3 billion valuation, Chinese entertainment behemoth Tencent — the country’s leader in music streaming — has purchased 5.2% of WMG’s Class A shares, equating to about 0.8% total of the U.S.-based recorded music company, for $100 …
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With peaceful protests ongoing nationwide, President Trump continued using harsh rhetoric and called for aggressive police tactics to halt constitutionally-protected demonstrations. While discussing a forthcoming executive order on police reform at a roundtable event in Dallas on Thursday, the president used terms like “force,” “real strength” and “real power” when …
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The Confederate flag has long been a common sight at NASCAR races, particularly in the infield, where some fans fly the polarizing symbol alongside the U.S. flag and banners for their favorite drivers. On Wednesday, the stock-car racing organization announced it will no longer allow Confederate flags at its races. …
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