The choreographed dance moves to Tyla’s sexy single “Water” put the musician’s fusion of pop and amapiano on the map. In a new interview for Rolling Stone‘s The Breakdown, the South African star shares how she made the viral track — and what she looks for when making music. “I’m …
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A New York federal appeals judge derailed House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan’s planned Thursday deposition of Mark Pomerantz, the former Manhattan special prosecutor who helmed a criminal investigation of Donald Trump — issuing a temporary stay of the Republican firebrand’s subpoena. The decision stemmed from Jordan’s demand that Pomerantz …
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Neil Young delivered a surprise Christmas gift to fans Saturday with Summer Songs, a “lost for years, but not forgotten” LP recorded in 1987 but never released. The eight-track album, featuring Young on all instruments, boasts early versions of songs that would later appear on 1989’s Freedom (“Wrecking Ball,” “Someday,” …
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iHeartRadio’s final Jingle Ball concert, set for Sunday night in Miami, has been canceled due to the surging Omicron variant. “Due to the increased transmission of the new Covid-19 variant and to further minimize any potential risks, as a precautionary measure and for the safety of our staff, talent and …
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When Mia Berrin was a teenager in Florida, Nada Surf’s “Popular” was one of her favorite music videos. The 1996 alt-rock hit’s sarcastic perspective spoke to her, as did its subtly subversive gender politics, and seeing it all played out was exciting. “It was around the time I was starting …
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Kate McKinnon finally returned to Saturday Night Live on the show’s Billie Eilish-hosted episode, making her first appearance of Season 47 to reprise her Dr. Anthony Fauci role and answer questions about the Omicron variant. “I’m baaaaaack,” McKinnon’s Fauci declared at the onset of the cold open, although she was …
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Shawn Everett will never forget the first time he worked on a recording mastered by Greg Calbi. Everett, an engineer-producer who’s since worked with Calbi on albums by Kacey Musgraves and Hozier, had already spent years tinkering with the War on Drugs’ 2017 song “Thinking of a Place” by the …
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. After almost two hours of oral argument, it’s clear that the fate of nationwide legal abortion is now in the hands of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. That’s not good news for the future of abortion …
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Earlier this fall, HBO’s remake of Scenes From a Marriage began most episodes with an odd structural device, in which we watched actors Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, as themselves, moving through the Scenes stages and getting into character before the opening scene began. It was a distracting creative choice …
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UPDATE (11/29): The large majority of the people trapped at a pub in Yorkshire, England — including an Oasis cover band — were finally able to leave Monday evening, Nov. 29. Nicola Townsend, manager for the Tan Hill told The New York Times only two guests were left and that …
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