Samantha Bee deconstructed the Machiavellian aura Roger Stone has built for himself, comparing the Republican operative and President Donald Trump’s longtime ally, instead, to athletes foot on Full Frontal Wednesday. Last Friday, Stone was indicted as part of the Special Counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and …
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Yo Gotti recruited Lil Baby for a playful live version of “Put a Date on It” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show.While the rappers exchanged triplet-filled, heavily-bleeped verses over a sleek trap beat and live scratching, a random guest mimed the song’s central trumpet hook and a group of dancers flaunted shirts …
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On June 23rd, 1974, 21-year-old jazz-fusion guitarist Daryl Stuermer was watching the short-lived talk show Speakeasy when the guests for the evening included Beach Boys singer Mike Love, English guitarist John McLaughlin, jazz flutist Charles Lloyd and Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel. Stuermer had never heard of Genesis and the brief …
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Three days before Christmas, Chris Isaak’s longtime bass player Rowland Salley headed for LAC+USC Medical Center, where former Isaak guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, the man behind the dreamy sound of Isaak’s multimillion-selling hit, “Wicked Game,” was hospitalized. “I’d driven to the L.A. hospitalto see him,” Salley said. “I took my …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Updatehosts Colin Jost and Michael Che opened their segment by mocking the president for ending the shutdown without getting funding for his beloved wall and caving to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “It’s pretty clear that Trump has not figured out how to deal with Nancy Pelosi …
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RegularRuPaul’s Drag Raceviewers already know that Valentina sees herself as a megastar. With her forthcoming role as Angel Dumott Schunard forRent: Live,Fox’s live production of the musicalthat debuts Sunday, January 27th, she’ll come one step closer to dominating the world outside of drag. “I started with a dream — always …
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Bohemian Rhapsody has been removed as a nominee for the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards after new sexual misconduct allegations against director Bryan Singer surfaced, Variety reports. The news comes just before the media watchdog group unveils its official nominees list on Friday. On Wednesday, The Atlantic published an exposé detailing …
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Like many singer-songwriters, Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs are good at pouring their melancholy into their music. But that only hints at what makes the Australian duo, who record as Oh Pep!, so great. They’re even better at transforming mundane experiences into anecdotal gold, as heard on their recent LP …
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Cassadee Pope has given yet another preview of her upcoming album Stages with the release of the ballad “If My Heart Had a Heart.” The song follows Pope’s recent offerings “Take You Home” and “One More Red Light.” Penned by Hannah Ellis, Josh Kerr and Matt McGinn, “If My Heart …
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Future’s reign was always unsustainable. For nearly a decade, Nayvadius Wilburn played a Kirkwood, Atlanta, underdog-turned-villain with many names: Super Future, Future Hendrix, Fire Marshal Future, Astronaut Kid, Pluto. His alter egos sang, rapped and growled stories of drug addiction, poverty and proud misogyny, a toxic but alluring mixture that …
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