In his 2014 memoir Black and White: The Way I See It, Richard Williams — father of tennis legends Venus and Serena and a noted celebri-dad in his own right — tells the story of the lynching of his childhood best friend, a boy his age named Lil Man. This …
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Mickey Guyton hasn’t had an easy path on her way to becoming one of the few Black women in country music today. But after years of false starts and disappointments in the music business, she decided to do things her way on her debut album, Remember Her Name. Staying true …
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UPDATE Nov. 12, 2021: After 14 years, Britney Spears‘ conservatorship has been terminated. The contentious fight over Britney Spears’ conservatorship entered a new phase after the singer’s scathing testimony in front of Los Angeles probate judge Brenda Penny in June, during which the pop star offered a harrowing account of …
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The homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who last summer shot and killed two people in Wisconsin, saw its most eventful day yet on Wednesday, with Rittenhouse breaking into tears on the stand and Judge Bruce Schroeder berating the prosecution. Rittenhouse has been charged with homicide and attempted homicide …
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Tragedy struck Friday, Nov. 5, when at least eight people were killed and hundreds were injured following a crowd surge during Travis Scott’s set at the rapper’s Astroworld festival in Houston. Authorities are still sifting through the aftermath of the horrific incident Sunday, but here is what we currently know …
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Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well,” a fan favorite and Rob Sheffield’s Number One Swift song, is getting a short film out Nov. 12. Swift dropped a teaser of the film on Good Morning America on Friday, revealing she’ll direct and star alongside Stranger Thing‘s Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien. The news …
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Igor Danchenko — the analyst who was the lead researcher on the infamous Steele dossier that made outlandish claims about then-President Elect Donald Trump, including the allegation that a tape existed of him with urinating hookers in a Russian hotel room — was arrested Thursday by federal authorities, The New …
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Warning: This story contains spoilers for the Season Three finale of What We Do in the Shadows, which aired tonight on FX and will be streaming on Hulu starting on Friday Oct. 29. The penultimate episode of the third season of What We Do in the Shadows featured one of …
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Earlier this month, Paul McCartney spoke to The New Yorker about the Rolling Stones in a less than artful way. “[The Beatles’] net was cast a bit wider than [the Stones’],” he said. “I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what …
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UPDATE (10/18): The Weeknd is shifting around his 2022 tour plans, pushing back the start of the trek to next summer and moving his gigs from arenas to stadiums. In a statement, the Weeknd said, “Due to constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows I want to do …
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