When Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned his post earlier this week, the president praised him in a tweet, saying Mattis served “with distinction” and added, “I greatly thank Jim for his service!” Mattis said he intended to stay another two months, leaving the administration in February. But in a Sunday …
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This week’s list of must-hear songs features a holiday theme, as there was no shortage of new Christmas recordings released this year. Here’s 10 of the best. Jillian Jacqueline, “Kid at Christmas” Two acoustic guitars and a pair of harmonized voices trace circles around one another in this wintry ballad, …
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T ravis Scott wants to see Kylie Jenner before her private jet takes off, but he’s running late to meet her, so he punches the gas on his Lamborghini SUV and sends the speedometer into hysterics: 80 miles an hour becomes 95 becomes a screaming 110, or exactly double the …
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SiriusXM will air concerts from an array of artists including Phish, Post Malone, Willie Nelson and Lynyrd Skynyrd on New Year’s Eve. The shows will air on various Sirius stations: Nelson’s hometown gig at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas will air on Willie’s Roadhouse, Phish’s Madison Square Garden gig …
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Pollstar released its year-end report on Monday, and Ed Sheeran‘s “Divide” Tour sits definitively at the top. The singer’s global tour is the most money-making jaunt in any single year of Pollstar’s 30-year history, according to the box office research group. Sheeran, who performed mostly solo onstage but had Elton …
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Former foreign policy advisor to President Donald Trump, George “Coffee Boy” Papadopoulos, says he plans to run for Congress only days after he was released from a 12-day prison stay. Papadopoulos was sentenced for lying to the FBI when he was questioned regarding his contacts with foreign officials in the …
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Earlier this year, comedian John Mulaney appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers to hysterically mock the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the annual event that “inducts half a dozen ungrateful bands” that “dress like John Varvatos pirates.” “Think of it like a wedding if every speech …
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Samantha Bee examined the uncut nonsense being spewed on Fox News’ new streaming platform, Fox Nation, on Full Frontal Wednesday. Loosely described as “Netflix for conservatives,” Fox Nation features a mix of lifestyle, history, talk and news magazine shows. But of course, as Bee noted, they’re all filtered through the …
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Def Leppard, the Cure, Roxy Music and the Zombies will all join the class of 2019. The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on March 29th. An edited version …
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Justin Timberlake has rescheduled the tour dates he was forced to postpone earlier this fall due to bruised vocal cords, Variety reports. The dates will be slotted into the already scheduled 2019 North American leg of the pop star’s Man of the Woods tour, which starts January 4th in Washington …
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