Maryland’s Republican governor said that he has deployed both the state’s National Guard and the state police to protect the 500,000 coronavirus tests he secured from seizure by the federal government and “whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks who needed it.” On Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan …
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This post contains spoilers for the entire first season of FXX’s Dave, which aired its finale last night. (All episodes are now streaming on Hulu.) Late in the first-season finale of Dave, the show’s title character — an aspiring rapper who performs under the name Lil Dicky, just as star/co-creator …
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Nashville mainstay Chuck Mead has released what he calls “the official song of quarantine,” a remake of Hank Snow‘s 1962 hit “I’ve Been Everywhere” retitled — appropriately — “I Ain’t Been Nowhere.” Widely known today as a Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere” had Cash dropping a rapid-fire list of …
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Sara Bareilles and the cast of Waitress paid tribute to former cast member Nick Cordero, who has been battling COVID-19 since March 31st. Cordero, who starred as Earl Hunterson in the 2016 original production, has been in a medically induced coma after getting his right leg amputated and having a …
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Joy Division/New Order‘s Peter Hook discusses his friendship with Dennis Anderson and Lois Kahlert in a new clip — the New York couple are the subject of Chris Cassidy’s new documentary Dennis and Lois,out April 28th. “They’re iconic in the way that they were there when a movement started,” Hook …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by former Ohio State senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner, who makes her second appearance on the show and discusses the future of progressive politics in America after Sanders suspended his campaign. Taibbi makes …
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In a bizarre, even for Donald Trump, White House coronavirus daily briefing, the president pitched his ideas on whether disinfectants or ultraviolet light could be used to cure coronavirus patients. Trump directed some of his scientific genius at William Bryan, the secretary for science and technology at the Department of …
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Vermont singer-songwriter Henry Jamison has teamed with Grizzly Bear‘s Ed Droste for a new song, “Green Room.” The track will appear on Jamison’s upcoming Tourism EP, out May 15th via Color Study. “Green Room” boasts a wistful folk-rock sway and finds Jamison recounting a moment of existential woe in the …
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A24 will auction off paraphernalia from some of its films and TV shows, including Uncut Gems, Midsommar and Euphoria, to raise money for charities aiding essential workers and communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. The studio will host a handful of auctions over the coming weeks, each with different …
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The Rolling Stones went into 2020 thinking they’d once again be playing to sold-out football stadiums across North America on their ongoing No Filter tour. It’s still theoretically possible that they’ll find a way to squeeze in those dates before the end of the year, but it’s far more likely …
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