Sometimes, in politics, truth is stranger than fiction. As a cub reporter at Mother Jones in the late Nineties, I wrote an article about novels by American politicians called “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” reviewing a noir thriller by former Republican Gov. Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Called Mackerel by Moonlight, …
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In the first presidential election season since Democrats elected a black man as president twice and nominated a woman for the first time, a white man with a terrible record of campaigning for the job and a litany of gaffes sits at or near the top of the 2020 primary …
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Brian Wilson, Tom Petty, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash and other rock architects reflect on the creative explosion of mid-Sixties Los Angeles in a new trailer for upcoming documentary Echo in the Canyon. Andrew Slater — a former music journalist, record producer and label executive — helmed the film, …
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A concert documentary centered on Diana Ross will be released in honor of the legendary singer’s 75th birthday, and in this exclusive clip from Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy, Ross performs “I’m Coming Out” to a rain-soaked audience at New York’s Central Park. In the clip, Ross can …
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This month: Elisabeth Moss is a rocker on the brink of a breakdown; Robert Pattinson plunges into deep space: Andrew Garfield takes a tour of the old, weird L.A.; and Terry Gilliam finally unveils a pet project that’s literally been decades in the making. And there are also teen-singer dramas, …
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In recent years, the corporate world has given rise to a new figure: the Ladyboss. The Ladyboss is usually white. She is usually young. She is usually pretty. She pays lip service to promoting diversity and equality in the workplace, even though it’s hard not to notice that there are …
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Li “Cindy” Yang, the former owner of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, is many things: an entrepreneur, a Trump supporter, a lover of all things bedazzled. Yet she is not a foreign government agent, as she insisted in her first interview with NBC Nightly News with …
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As the push to legalize cannabis nationwide continues to gain ground — a record 61 percent of Americans support U.S.-wide weed legalization — those opposed to marijuana reform are doubling down, in part by citing research pointing to the health risks associated with daily cannabis consumption. The latest entry in …
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 18th, 2019.A quote from Janet Jackson regarding her brother’s legacy has been added following the story’s publication. HBO’s two-part documentary, Leaving Neverland, had all the makings of a #MeToo bombshell: Over four hours, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, two former child …
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Earlier this year, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready completed the music for a new documentary, The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, which premiered this week at South by Southwest. The movie, directed by Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher), uses archival footage and interviews with Cash’s family and friends …
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