Jay-Z talked Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick, #MeToo and more as guest on the first episode of CNN’s Van Jones Show. The rapper’s appearance also elicited a Twitter response from the president Sunday morning. With unemployment among African-Americans dropping under Trump, Jones asked Jay-Z whether the president is actually delivering what …
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Its Oscar nomination this week as Best Foreign-Language Film isn’t the only thing that makes The Insult a must-see – Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri’s legal thriller fairly crackles with timely provocations. And don’t be put off if the film’s structure initially seems schematic to a fault. This is a director …
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The debut trailer for Netflix anthology crime-drama series Seven Seconds explores the intersection of grief, deceit and social injustice. When a white police officer critically injures a black teenager with his car and attempts to cover up the crime, a New Jersey town careens into turbulent racial tension. The clip …
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Ann Curry discussed the firing of her former Today co-host Matt Lauerand correcting power imbalances in the workplace with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Monday. Curry’s professional relationship with Lauer at Today was strained and Colbert pointed out that he was widely seen as the man behind her …
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Thousands of Cranberries fans lined up outside of a Limerick, Ireland church – where Dolores O’Riordan was lying in repose ahead of her funeral Tuesday – to pay tribute to the singer who died Monday at the age of 46. According to the Irish Times, fans congregated outside of St …
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Nashville string band Old Crow Medicine Show recently revealed the details for their new album Volunteer and on Friday, they shared the first single from the project. A blistering, fiddle-driven romp filled with themes of brotherhood and togetherness, the track was written by bandleader Ketch Secor and guitarist Kevin Hayes. …
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Justin Timberlake released a dystopianvideo for “Supplies” featuring Pharrell Williams on Thursday. The song is the second track the singer has revealed from his forthcoming album, Man of the Woods. “Supplies” blends a steady beat, a sitar-like melody and onomatopoeic interjections from Williams. The Neptunes (Williams’ group with Chad Hugo) …
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Matt Damon backtracked on his controversial comments last month about there being a “spectrum of behavior” when it comes to sexual misconduct, apologizing for speaking in haste and hurting many people in the process. “I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this,” he told …
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Bill Murray made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live to portray Steve Bannon and Fred Armisen returned to play author Michael Wolff in the cold open sketch about the Trump White House book Fire and Fury. Taking place on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Armisen’s Wolff told Kate …
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Carrie Brownstein is heading into the eighth and final season of Portlandia, but she already has another show in the works. The Sleater-Kinney cofounder is adapting her 2015 memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, into a pilot for Hulu, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The half-hour show, Search and …
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