There’s a scene in Babylon, the 1980 cult classic considered by many to be the great U.K. reggae movie, where a bunch of Brixton residents gather together in a rehearsal space. It’s the meeting place for their up-and-coming sound system, named Ital Lion; one of them has just procured a …
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Gayle King discussed stoically facing R. Kelly‘s outburst during her recent interview with the singer when the CBS This Morning co-host visited Stephen Colbert and the Late Show Thursday. “I could see [Kelly] getting more heated. He was upset with me about some of the questions, that’s okay. He was …
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After Election Day, Stacey Abrams briefly considered moving far away from Atlanta. “There was probably a 24-hour period, maybe 48 hours, where I was ready to move to a small island and become a writer full-time,” she says. As the author of eight romance novels, Abrams could have done just …
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Ashley Graham was discovered in a Nebraska mall at age 12 and started modeling soon after. She later became the first size-16 woman to cover Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue in 2016. The next year, she was the first curvy model to walk the Michael Kors runway at New York Fashion …
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Since last fall’s midterm elections, over a dozen Democrats have announced their intention to run for president in 2020. And then there’s John Delaney, who had already been campaigning for well over a year by the time his party regained control of the House. “I tend to be pretty objective …
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Alice Cooper and Halestorm will embark on a co-headlining North American tour this summer. The 19-date trek is set to kick off July 17th at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The tour will also stop in cities like Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Houston and Nashville before wrapping August 16th …
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Janice Freeman, a contestant on The Voice in 2017, has died at the age of 33. Freeman’s family confirmed her death to TMZ, saying “she was at home in Pasadena with her husband, Dion, when she started complaining she couldn’t breathe.” On Saturday, her husband called 911 and subsequently performed …
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Fifty-three years ago today, on March 1st, 1966, construction began on the barn-shaped structure that would for several decades house the original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Music Row. Now located in downtown Nashville, the museum anchors a booming tourist industry and, with more than 350,000 square …
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Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB (real name James Baker) was arrested on drug, gun and robbery charges, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Twitter Thursday. Authorities issued a warrant for Baker’s arrest earlier this month. He was wanted for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm as …
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Fox’s The Masked Singer, the bonkers TV series that features masked celebrities competing via song as one is eliminated each week and their true identity is revealed, has unveiled its winner. Spoiler alert: it’s Monster, who it turns out is T-Pain. The rapper also surprise released new album1UPvia Cinematic Music …
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