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In harrowing testimony to U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Paris Hilton recounted abuses she faced while institutionalized as a teenager in “for-profit” youth behavioural treatment facilities. Hilton told the House Ways and Means Committee she was “force-fed medications and sexually abused by staff” at four different residential institutions for troubled teens. The media mogul appeared before
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In the immediate aftermath of the first presidential debate Thursday night, an old question emerged with renewed urgency: Should Biden drop out of the race? The 90-minute debate, hosted by CNN and moderated by the organizations’ Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, was, as Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin wrote, “a terrible night that left people who
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This isn’t your father’s “Come Together”. We’re better off for it. Pangaea’s respect for The Beatles is audible throughout their cover of “Come Together”. The Geogia-based septet recast the Abbey Road opener as a groove-centric mix of raucous jazzy horns, slinky bass, varied percussion, and tough-as-nails rock guitar laid over top. However, the spirit of
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Following Thursday night’s presidential debate, in which Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced off for the first time since 2020, Jon Stewart broadcasted live from the Daily Show desk. And the late-night host didn’t mince words regarding the bleak picture painted by both candidates’ performances. Upon seeing 78-year-old Trump and 81-year-old Biden walk onstage, Stewart
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“Many Americans don’t recognize Biden’s custodianship of our democracy, which is a bad sign for his campaign,” Justin Gest, a professor of policy and government at George Mason University, told the Post, in perhaps the understatement of a lifetime. It’s not clear how the Biden campaign plans to change these people’s minds, but for the
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View gallery Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Foo Another layer has been brought to light in the Taylor Swift–Dave Grohl “controversy.” Prior to Dave’s comment about playing “live” during the Foo Fighters’ recent show, the band’s guitarist Pat Smear was revealed to have attended the first night of the popstar’s three-night run at Wembley Stadium on Friday,
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Here’s how to immediately determine the winner of Thursday night’s presidential debate: search “Joe Biden” and “drugs.” If social media mentions are spiking, the current president has out-maneuvered the former president, and the Republican slime machine has revved into top speed, just as it did back in March by suggesting the 81-year-old Democrat must have
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Rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Miami, Fla., and charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication early Thursday. According to Miami-Dade County jail records, Scott (born Jacques Bermon Webster) was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center around 4:30 a.m. local time. Scott, 33, submitted bond of US$650 (about C$890). According to a police affidavit
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