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Image Credit: Getty Images Joe Rogan is set to interview Donald Trump for his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, in his Austin, Texas-based studio this Friday, according to multiple media reports. Rogan, the former host of NBC’s mid-2000s reality game show Fear Factor, has approximately 17.5 million YouTube subscribers and 19.3 million Instagram followers. With around 15 million Spotify listeners, he reaches an
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Image Credit: Soqui Ted The Menendez brothers have been infamous criminals ever since killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. Over 35 years later, their case has resurfaced, especially after the release of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and new evidence suggesting that their father had sexually abused them
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Few modern musical artists boast the balance Taylor Jules keeps between entertaining listeners and making an enduring artistic statement. Los Angeles is a traditional hub for up-and-coming singer/songwriters to begin building their reputations. The City of Angels has given Taylor Jules a high-visibility platform for broadcasting her talents across the pop world, and her considerable gifts compel us to
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Image Credit: WWD via Getty Images Brianna Chickenfry won over fans’ hearts with her relatable social media content. After landing new gigs in the public eye, her career and net worth steadily increased over time. And eventually, she found love with another celebrity, her now-former boyfriend Zach Bryan, who abruptly announced their breakup in an
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Actor Michael Newman of Baywatch died on Sunday, 18 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He was 68. Newman, who brought his real-world lifeguarding experience to play Michael “Newmie” Newman on the successful ’80s and ’90s soapy drama, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2006. His close friend, director Matt Felker, announced news of Newman’s death
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Donald Trump has never been shy about proclaiming his affection for various dictators and right-wing authoritarians. One individual he has consistently praised since his time in office? Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom the ex-president dubbed a “great guy” in a recent interview, despite the minor manner of that whole bone-saw-murder business. Appearing on
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Image Credit: Donald Traill/Shutterstock Thirty years ago, a city of millions turned its hate on five teenage boys. The Central Park Five — Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam — were accused of gang-raping a white jogger. They were vilified in the press, Donald Trump called for their execution and they
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Just last year, Jennifer Lawrence announced her willingness to return to the Hunger Games franchise, saying “If Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.” But right now, she has an even more demanding project on her plate: the upcoming birth of her second child. The news came after the Lawrence—once the
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Image Credit: Getty Images Simon Cowell is known for many things in the entertainment industry, from being a judge on talent competition shows to forming one of the biggest boy bands, One Direction. Recently, he made headlines by breaking his silence on former band member Liam Payne’s passing. In a statement released on Instagram on Friday,
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Lily Gladstone remembers where she was when she first heard that over 200 unmarked graves had possibly been found at Kamloops Indian Residential School—a segregated boarding school for First Nations youth run by the Catholic Church in Canada. At the time, Gladstone was in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in the midst of filming Killers of the Flower
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People often say to me that I wouldn’t personally be affected by a second Donald Trump presidency. After all, I live in a blue city in a blue state, and I’m a married, heterosexual woman who isn’t looking to have any more children. I won’t need medication like mifepristone for a miscarriage (though I do
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Image Credit: Getty Images Kaseem Ryan, better known as “Ka,” has died at the age of 52. On Monday, October 14, 2024, his family announced his passing through an Instagram post, stating,  “He leaves an extraordinary legacy as a recording artist, including eleven remarkable self-released solo albums. Ka is survived by his wife, mother and
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Another week, another series of sexual assault-related bombshells from the world of music. First, Diddy. The firehose of stories about Sean (Diddy) Combs and his “freak off parties” involve everything from alleged sexual assault and sex trafficking to kidnapping, weapons charges, drug use and arson. The memes involving the more than 1,000 bottles of lube
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In a musical landscape that thrives on reinvention, UniversalDice’s Misfit Memoirs comes across as both refreshingly grounded and intriguingly unclassifiable. The band, helmed by Gerry Dantone, crafts a 14-track album that veers between heartfelt simplicity and sprawling complexity, offering up slices of life that are alternately raw, tender, and jagged. The album opens with “My
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