UPDATE:Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, the Justice Department revealed on Thursday. “Assange, WikiLeaks affiliates and [Chelsea] Manning shared the common objective to subvert lawful restrictions on classified information and to publicly disseminate it,” the indictment said. *** WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was …
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The structure of Game of Thrones makes a best episodes list feel beside the point, even if there are a few clear standouts like “Blackwater.” It’s a show where the nostalgically inclined may be better served skimming highlights on YouTube than rewatching whole hours on HBOGO. These 10 sequences capture …
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The B-52s have announced a world tour commemorating the band’s 40th anniversary. The 43-date trek includes a headlining North American summer run along with European dates and festival appearances. Tickets for the 43-date trek go on sale on Friday. OMD and Berlin will serve as support on select dates. The …
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At a press event in London on Saturday, King Crimson manager David Singleton announced that the band’s entire studio-album catalog will soon launch on Spotify. Describing the move as part of an “outreach year” for the band, Singleton said the albums are set to begin streaming in time for the …
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The Rolling Stones‘ Bridges to Babylon Tour will be the focus of the upcoming live album/concert film Bridges to Bremen. The never-released, full-length show captures the rock band performing in the German city on September 2nd, 1998 and includes a mix of the Stones’ greatest hits as well as tracks …
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Hitmaker Timbaland is the latest artist to join MasterClass, an online learning platform that’s tapping into the expertise of celebrities, industry leaders, and newsmakers to offer on-demand classes for busy professionals hoping to learn a new skill or hobby. Timbaland’s course, released last month, focuses on producing and beat-making, something …
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Elon Musk combined a Twitter joke, a years-old meme and Auto-Tune into a surprise new song called “RIP Harambe,” which the Tesla CEO uploaded onto SoundCloud this weekend. “This might be my finest work,” the SpaceX boss said of the track, which he posted on his fictitious Emo G Records’ …
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Active-shooter training has become a macabre ritual for educators in America’s public school system. “There’s a trauma that comes simply from being part of one of those drills,” Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Rolling Stone recently. But some trainers in Indiana have been amping up the realism, making the alarming …
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Mötley Crüe have unveiled their metal rendition of Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin,” an unlikely cover choice and one of a handful of new recordings the reunited hair metal band made for the Netflix biopic The Dirt. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Nikki Sixx explained how the Madonna cover …
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Amid the myriad of discounts that music-streaming services offer to entice new users (one month free! six months free!), Spotify‘s decision in 2017 to team up with video-streaming service Hulu to deliver bundled student subscriptions was unusual because it was one of the first times that two disparate entertainment services …
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