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Prosecutors Appeal Decision to Toss Terror Charge Against Kneecap's Mo Chara
The band called the decision "a massive waste of taxpayers money, of police time, of court time"
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Zach Bryan Has a New Song Bashing ICE. Republicans Are Big Mad
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Justin Bieber Sips Guinness Solo at a Scottish Bar in 'Bad Honey' Video
The manager of the bar where Bieber filmed the video called him "lovely," and shared that the singer "chatted to the bar staff like we were actually people"
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Right-Wingers Are Getting Mad at (and Misunderstanding) 'One Battle After Another'
Paul Thomas Anderson's celebrated family drama and political thriller is far from the "apologia for radical left-wing terrorism" its conservative critics claim it is
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Taylor Swift 'Welcomes the Chaos' of Reactions to 'The Life of a Showgirl'
"I have a lot of respect for people's subjective opinions on art. I'm not the art police," the singer tells Zane Lowe
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A Bearded Jacob Elordi Wants to Replace Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in ‘Day One’ Video
St. Vincent’s Annie Clark, Cristin Milioti, and Dijon audition to take the singer’s spot in the band, too
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Pooh Shiesty Released Early From Federal Prison
In 2022, the Memphis rapper was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge
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A Bearded Jacob Elordi Wants to Replace Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in ‘Day One’ Video
St. Vincent’s Annie Clark, Cristin Milioti, and Dijon audition to take the singer’s spot in the band, too
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Pooh Shiesty Released Early From Federal Prison
In 2022, the Memphis rapper was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge
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Cody Johnson Cancels Remaining 2025 Shows: ‘I Burst My Eardrum’
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Remembering Oct. 7 Through the Strange Comfort of a Pop Song
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Mark Ronson on How an Aaliyah Song ‘F-cked Everybody’s Head Up’
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No, Zohran Mamdani Did Not Drop a New Rap Verse After Winning New York’s Mayoral Primary
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