WASHINGTON — Imagine this: It is the evening of Sunday, November 1, 2020. In two days American voters will go to the polls and pick their next president. Seemingly out of nowhere, a strange video appears online. First on Twitter, then Facebook, then everywhere. The video shows the Democratic nominee …
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When 30-year-old Erik Iglesias Rodríguez — the med school student-turned-bandleader Cimafunk — took the stage at Miami’s Global Cuba Festival in March, the crowd’s enthusiastic roar nearly overwhelmed the sound system. Cimafunk represents Havana’s modern street sound: an electrifying combination of funk and soul, layered over the five-beat clave, or …
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This article is a part of RS Recommends, an editorial series reviewing products in music and entertainment. Items are independently selected; Penske Media may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. Burning Man takes over Black Rock City again this week as the annual festival marks its 33rd …
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It wasn’t that long ago that racism carried decisive political cost for Republicans. Back in 2012, Ken Cuccinelli, then the attorney general of Virginia, did an interview with a conservative show called The Morning Majority and spoke of immigrants in a manner many considered to be a comparison to vermin. …
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When Metallica books a tour, the band doesn’t just prepare to play its biggest hits in the biggest cities — it uses granular Spotify data to tease out the specific preferences of its city-specific fanbases, tailoring set lists to location, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek revealed on an earnings call last …
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Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance at Barbra Streisand’s concert at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday night. Together the duo performed “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),” the 1979 hit song recorded as a duet by Streisand and Donna Summer for the album Wet. “I love you so …
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“[When] I started Spotify … I was single and 23 and spraying champagne on people in bars in downtown Stockholm … I used to think that people who went and picked up their kids from day care were losers and were checking out too early. That’s the honest truth.” Daniel …
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The late Nipsey Hussle is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney’s office, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, Hussle, his business associates and his Marathon Clothing store are under investigation to determine if the strip mall location of Hussle’s store was …
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Chris Brown‘s new LP Indigo debuted atop Rolling Stone‘s Top 200 Albums chart, with the singer’s ninth studio album compiled a total of 110,000 album units in its first week of release. The 32-song Indigo, Brown’s follow-up to 2017’s similarly expansive Heartbreak on a Full Moon, was propelled to the …
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Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey teased their forthcoming single in the new trailer for the upcoming remake of Charlie’s Angels. The new film stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska as the crime-fighting trio, while screenwriter and director Elizabeth Banks also steps in as the Angels’ …
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