Last year, Alex “Yung Skayda” Calderon, a member of the duo WhoKilledXIX, casually wrote a TikTok hit while holding down a day-job as a warehouse worker for Amazon. His groupmate, Kareem “Karm the Tool” Patterson, fleshed out the demo into a wriggling, buzz-saw single titled “Kismet”; TikTokers started using one …
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Jerry Seinfeld will produce, direct and star in a new comedy based around the creation of the popular, mass-produced breakfast pastry, the Pop Tart, Variety reports. The film, which will be released on Netflix, boasts the fitting title: Unfrosted. Seinfeld co-wrote the movie with Spike Feresten and Barry Marder. It’s …
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During the early stages of the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump was looking for ways not to bring infected Americans in Asia home for care and asked White House staff if sending them to Guantánamo Bay — where the United States holds terrorist suspects — was an option. This is according …
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Soundgarden and the estate of Chris Cornell announced a “temporary” agreement Wednesday where the band’s social media accounts will transfer back to the band’s surviving members. In February, in response to another lawsuit between the band and the estate, Soundgarden said in a statement, “For more than a year, Soundgarden’s …
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A month after releasing his 28-song screed,Latest Record Project: Vol. 1, Van Morrison has once again teamed up with Eric Clapton for an ornery collaboration. Released under the moniker Slowhand & Van, “The Rebels” is a duet of “Where Have All the Rebels Gone,” one of the songs on Morrison’s …
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Anyone living in America knows that billionaires don’t pay their fair share in taxes. But extraordinary new documents obtained by ProPublica prove it in never-before-seen detail. The public-interest news organization has secured a massive trove of private tax information about some of the richest people in America, including Amazon founder …
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For $1,000, Carrie Underwood will wish you a happy birthday. The country music superstar is one of a number of country singers appearing on the video service Cameo for the month of June, part of a charitable partnership with the Academy of Country Music’s philanthropic organization, ACM Lifting Lives. Among …
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is imploring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring to the floor a bill that would transform the way sexual assault and other major crimes are handled within the military. Gillibrand has been working across the aisle to garner support for the bill, which currently has 64 …
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MadGic, a collaboration between Logic and the producer Madlib, have released their second single “Raddest Dad.” The new track follows “Mars Only Pt. 3,” a surprise release in April given the Logic’s “retirement.” The artwork for “Raddest Dad” features Logic and his son on the cover, with the rapper proclaiming …
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BTS have released their second English-language song, “Butter,” following their smash hit “Dynamite” from last August. Prior to dropping the accompanying video for the track, the group hosted a YouTube preview where the guys concocted buttered-up sandwiches and discussed the song, which they described as “charismatic” and hoped would “melt …
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