Ryan Tedder, the prolific songwriter and lead singer for pop-rock band OneRepublic, is the latest high-profile artist to cash in on their prolific song catalog — selling a majority stake of his recorded music and publishing rights to investment firm KKR on Monday morning. Tedder’s 500-song catalog includes major OneRepublic …
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Donald Trump‘s summertime push for “law and order” could come back to haunt him this winter after the storming of the U.S. Capitol. In his authoritarian response to protests against white supremacy that swept the nation after the homicide of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Trump signed an executive order …
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with more than 100 Democrats and one Republican, called for President Donald Trump‘s removal after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, leaving four dead and injuring multiple members of the Capitol Police. “This man is deadly. …
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Three years ago, Saweetie released a freestyle over Florida rapper Khia’s raunchy 2002 hit “My Neck, My Back.” She called it “Icy Girl,” and it quickly became one of that summer’s biggest anthems, with more than 110 million YouTube views to date — the first in a series of fun, …
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When the world rang in 2021, we thought we would be leaving much of the malaise of the previous pandemic year behind. But alas, there is no vaccine for one of our favorite pursuits: good old-fashioned social media shaming, which has been rampant thanks to an anonymous Instagram account and …
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke paid tribute to MF DOOM on social media Saturday following news of the enigmatic rapper’s death at the age of 49. “I am so sad to hear MF Doom’s passing,” Yorke tweeted. “He was a massive inspiration to so many of us, changed things.. for me the …
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Dawn Wells, the actress who portrayed Mary Ann on the beloved Sixties sitcom Gilligan’s Island, has died at the age of 82. Wells’ publicist confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that the actress died from complications related to Covid-19. A former beauty queen — she represented Nevada in the 1960 Miss …
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For more than 25 years, Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe has hosted its “Alive at the Bluebird” series to raise funds for the Middle Tennessee nonprofit Alive Hospice. The event will continue in 2021 and feature performances from Kendell Marvel and Shane McAnally, among others, but will shift to a streaming format …
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So, How Was Your 2020?is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Ask Nile Rodgers how he’s doing on a November day in 2020 and expect to hear …
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In the music video for “Gnat,” off Eminem’s latest album Music to Be Murdered By: Side B, a beard-sporting Marshall Mathers is admitted to a treatment facility for what we’re led to believe is coronavirus. “They say these bars are like Covid,” Em raps. “You get ‘em right off the …
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