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Believe it or not, we’re apparently going to see a softer side of Fez this season. By Frazier Tharpe January 9, 2022 Angus Cloud in Euphoria.Courtesy of Eddy Chen/HBO. It’s been almost two-and-a-half years since HBO’s Zendaya-fronted teen drama Euphoria wrapped its first season, and in season 2 (which began an eight-week run tonight), creator-writer-director
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Michael Lang, the co-creator and organizer of the 1969 music festival Woodstock, has died at the age of 77, Variety reports. He passed away on Saturday at Sloan Kettering in New York City. The cause of death was a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to family spokesperson Michael Pagnotta. Born in Brooklyn in 1944, Lang
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Public pleas to reconcile, real estate drama and two famous rebounds: The mega-couple’s news cycle continues even in divorce. By Grant Rindner January 7, 2022 Kanye West in Chelsea on January 05, 2022 in New York City.Courtesy of Gotham/Getty. We’re creeping up on a year since Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West, but
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Calvin Simon, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, died on Thursday. “We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” former P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins wrote in a statement on Twitter. “A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic. He’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in
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Nashville pop-country singer Maren Morris has unveiled a new single, ‘Circles Around This Town’, alongside an accompanying music video. The track was written by Morris with frequent collaborators Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels and Jimmy Robbins and produced by Greg Kurstin. Check out the Harper Smith-directed visual below. “I could see the visuals for ‘Circles Around
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The legendary director, who died Thursday at the age of 82, had a memorable role on The Sopranos as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg—a.k.a. Tony Soprano’s therapist’s therapist. By Gabriella Paiella January 7, 2022 Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot KupferbergCourtesy of HBO Peter Bogdanovich, director and titan of 1970s Hollywood, died on Thursday at the age of
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  Beacon Audiobooks has just released “Diary of Secrets: UFO Conspiracies & the Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe” written by author Nick Redfern and narrated by Doug Green. “On the day of Marilyn’s death, Robert Kennedy checked out.” “Assassination can seldom be employed with a clear conscience.” “Discredit any statements she may have made before
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Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director behind The Last Picture Show (1971), Paper Moon (1973), and What’s Up, Doc? (1972), passed away at the age of 82. His daughter Antonia Bogdanovich stated that he died of natural causes. As a director, Bogdanovich was regarded as an auteur and became most well-known for his 1971 film The Last Picture Show starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ben Johnson,
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FKA twigs has announced a new mixtape, CAPRISONGS, which is out on January 14. The 17-track project will feature the artist’s recent Weeknd collaboration ‘Tears in the Club’, which made our Best New Songs segment, as well as guest appearances from Pa Salieu, Daniel Caesar, Shygirl, Jorja Smith and Unknown T, and Dystopia. Executive produced
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Designer Sue Wong threw an epic New Year’s Eve bash at her historical estate, The Cedars. Drinks and food flooded generously along with super jams, entertainment and wild times. Celebrity guests included amazing light workers Sacha Stone, Michael Jaco, SHIFU Abbot Yeanfan of the Shaolin Temple, and the Reverend Patrick McCollum, actors Billy Zane, Sadie
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White and blue flowers bloom from the cracks of a woman’s face in Daydream. Split in half, her left face rests upon two hands that console her while her right face detaches itself from the commotion. Her eyes glisten in melancholy that her parted lips mirror. Her emotions, so moving and magnificent, overflow, consuming the
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Master of world cinema Asghar Farhadi examines the darker side of viral fame in his new film, A Hero. By Zach Baron January 4, 2022 Asghar Farhadi at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2021. Paul Best/Getty Images Even during a pandemic, Los Angeles remains a meetings town, fueled by bottled water and fizzy lunches full
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David Bowie’s estate has sold the singer’s publishing catalogue to Warner Chappell Music. According to a report by Variety, the catalogue was acquired for “upwards of $250 million.” The deal, which has been in the works for several months, spans Bowie’s career from 1968 to 2016, including 26 studio albums, his recent posthumous release Toy, both
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