In the midst of U.S. tourists panicking over the recent spate of mysterious deaths in the Dominican Republic, as well as intense speculation over the cause of the deaths, another American tourist has been found dead in a Dominican Republic hotel. Joseph Allen, 55, was found dead early Thursday in …
Read More »The Shadow Cabinet: How a Group of Powerful Business Leaders Drove Trump's Agenda
Listen to an audio version of this story below: It could have been an episode of The Apprentice. On a summer day in 2016, a group of businessmen and women descended on Trump Tower in Manhattan. They exited their black SUVs and rode the golden elevators to the 26th floor, …
Read More »Why Did Trump Tip Off Immigrants That ICE Will Begin Deporting 'Millions' Next Week?
President Trump recently cleaned house at the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement so he could take a more aggressive approach to immigration. He revealed part of this approach on Monday night, tweeting thatnext week ICE “will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens …
Read More »Tiffany Haddish Cancels Atlanta Show Over Georgia's Abortion Ban
Tiffany Haddish has canceled her upcoming stand-up show in Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new abortion law. The Girls Trip star was originally scheduled to perform at the Fox Theatre on June 22nd, but said she wouldn’t do her show in Georgia unless the heartbeat bill is rescinded. “After much deliberation, …
Read More »'Los Espookys' Review: Horror-Comedy Mashup Keeps It Weird
Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco), the hero of HBO’s new comedy Los Espookys, is a study in contradictions. He dresses in Goth fashions and is obsessed with horror movies, but his most natural expression is a broad and welcoming smile. He starts up a business with best friends Úrsula (Cassandra Ciangherotti) and …
Read More »Flashback: NFL Great Terry Bradshaw Has a Hit With a Hank Williams Classic
In 1976, NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Pittsburgh Steelers earned their second consecutive Super Bowl trophy. Yet while his football career would eventually ensure him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Bradshaw was also moonlighting in another profession, that of country singer. Just two weeks after …
Read More »Country Artist You Need to Know: Willie Jones
In December 2017, Willie Jones was in a recording studio in Los Angeles, freestyling about his family. Jones had just spent his holidays at home in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, and at a family reunion in Tulsa and had been touched by the occasions — by how much his cousins …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Best Friend Louie Kemp Breaks Silence With New Book 'Dylan And Me'
Shortly before Bob Dylan took the stage at The Last Waltz in November 1976, he turned to concert promoter Bill Graham and told him he’d only play if Martin Scorsese’s camera crew agreed to film just two of the four songs he planned to play during his set. “I’m going …
Read More »Watch Halsey Perform a Smoldering Rendition of Jonas Brothers' 'Sucker'
Halsey transformed Jonas Brothers‘ pop-rock song into a smoldering, jazzy ballad for her rendition of “Sucker.” The singer performed the cover on Thursday for a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session. Halsey gently swayed as she sang the song about diving head first into infatuation. Moving between sultry soul intonations …
Read More »Miley Cyrus Detours Back to Twerkville on 'She Is Coming'
Just when Miley was looking like the sane one, she’s back with a new EP that’s sure to irritate everyone who’d hoped her writhing, wrecking-ball days were in the past. She Is Coming is an unkempt little EP that tries to cram her wild oeuvre, from molly to Mark Ronson, …
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