WASHINGTON — Sherrod Brown was pissed off. For days, the U.S. Senate had delayed crafting a massive coronavirus relief bill as the economy went into free fall. Rather than work through the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had flown home to watch Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh swear …
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As the world fights a pandemic, we reached out to some of our favorite artists with three questions about these unprecedented times. Here’s what Kesha, who released her latest album, High Road, in January, had to share via email. What are you doing with your unexpected time at home? I …
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Especially if you were born years after their release, it can be hard to picture anyone writing Motown Records’ Sixties hits – “Heat Wave,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There” feel like they were handed down on tablets. But for the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team, …
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Luis Espada, an Austin DJ who performs under the name King Louie, expected to spend this week padding his South by Southwest itinerary with a few extra gigs. “A lot of these companies work very last minute — they didn’t get a DJ or a musician on time — so …
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Justin Timberlake and Anderson .Paak promote productivity in “Don’t Slack,” an upbeat, funky song from the Trolls World Tour soundtrack, out March 13th. “Don’t Slack” features Timberlake and .Paak trading off lines. “Imagine all the lives that we can save/You don’t even know the power you got in them legs,” Timberlake …
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Antebellum The thriller’s trailer clocks in at only 42 seconds, but despite its brevity, it’s enough time for reality to seriously blur. Veronica (portrayed by Janelle Monáe) is a successful, 21st-century author. Until she’s also a pre-Civil War era slave. How these two realities reconcile remains a mystery, but the …
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The Monkees are launching their 2020 tour on April 3rd at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, the same day that their new live album The Mike and Micky Show is arriving in stores. The set was recorded on the duo’s 2019 tour and features big hits like “Pleasant Valley Sunday” …
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On Thursday, Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free — his longtime collaborator at TDE — announced the arrival of a new business endeavor. Their respective Instagrams feature the two announcing themselves as the founders of pgLang, a “service company,” along with three, cryptic posts and a link to the company’s website. …
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At 8 a.m. on a frigid January morning, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 49-year-old widow of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, was standing on a busy street corner in Baltimore, enthusiastically waving at passing cars next to a campaign sign with her name on it. She’d been doing this every morning and …
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Long-time Judge Judy television personality Judy Sheindlin told Ellen DeGeneres on Monday that her CBS show will be coming to an end after concluding its 2020 to 2021 season, its 25th in total. “I’ve had a 25-year-long marriage with CBS, and it’s been successful,” she said to the talk show …
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