While Joaquín“El Chapo” Guzmán stands trial in Brooklyn, one of the Mexican drug lord’s key rivals in the drug trade has died while behind bars. Héctor Beltrán “El H” Leyva, one of four brothers to helm the Beltran Leyva cartel, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at a Mexican …
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Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson announced the end of their beloved podcast 2 Dope Queens. The final episode features an intimate conversation with Michelle Obama. “We couldn’t have dreamed up a better, more meaningful, finale,” the pair wrote in a letter posted on WNYC about the end of their podcast …
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Penske Media Corporation, Rolling Stone‘s parent company, has acquired two of the leading art world publications, ARTnews and Art in America as part of an overall acquisition of Art Media Holdings, LLC. The sale also includes The Magazine Antiques and Modern Magazine. “For more than a century ARTnews and Art …
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Craig Zadan, the prolific producer of musicals who, along with his producing partnerNeil Meron, had success with big-screen versions ofChicagoandHairsprayas well as the Oscars telecast,died of complications following shoulder replacement surgery,Robert Greenblatt, chairman NBC entertainment, confirmed in a statement. Zadan was 69. “It is with profound sadness that I am …
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The problem with being a world-famous conspiratorialist like Alex Jones is that there is no room for half-measures. Once you say that the parents of the children slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School are frauds and actors, once you claim the young victims were not murdered by Adam Lanza but …
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R. Kelly is finally getting the #MeToo spotlight. After decades of stories and allegations, #MeToo leader Tarana Burke and others have made it a priority to bring about Kelly’s reckoning. Using the hashtag #MuteRKelly, they’re calling on companies like RCA Records, Spotify and Ticketmaster to stop doing business with him. …
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Update: Sacramento CountyDistrictAttorney Anne Marie Schubert confirmed that the police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo as the primary suspect in the Golden State Killer case on Wednesday, acting on the conclusions of a task force containing members of law enforcement from multiple agencies and multiple counties. So far he has been …
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After decades of struggle, marijuana legalization is finally sweeping the land – now, with the expansion of cannabis, we must be careful both as consumers and as businesses to not allow the industry to put profits above the health and wellbeing of the people. Consumers must take the lead in …
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Empire Records, the beloved Nineties cult classic about a group of young record store employees, is being revived as a Broadway musical, with a targeted 2020 premiere. The news notably arrives just in time for Empire Records fans to celebrate Rex Manning Day on Sunday, April 8th. Released in 1995, …
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In December 2016, a fire at the Ghost Ship, an Oakland warehouse that doubled as a living and arts space, claimed 36 lives. In the tragedy’s immediate aftermath, DIY venues from Baltimore to Nashville began to face heightened scrutiny, closures and harassment. How can venue owners, artists, and people building …
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