In the summer of 2014, Whitney Wolfe Herd found herself in a “perpetual state of sheer and utter anxiety. I did not want to leave my house.” The 29-year old entrepreneur had just left Tindr, where she was a co-founder and the VP of marketing until she sued the company …
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) launched his presidential campaign with a rally in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised in a rent-controlled apartment by his mother and immigrant father. In a speech delivered at Brooklyn College, where he was a student for a year, Sanders emphasized his personal story, a …
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Kacey Musgrave has been covering the 2006 Gnarls Barkley hit “Crazy” in her concerts for years. But on Thursday night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, she surprised fans by singing it with a special guest: CeeLo Green. The R&B vocalist, who made up the duo Gnarls Barkley with the …
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In his latest bid to win over the hearts and minds of the left leading up to his 2020 presidential campaign, Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) has rolled out a new federal marijuana legalization bill. On Thursday, Booker and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced the Marijuana …
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R.-Ohio) is many things: an ardent climate change denier, a fierce opponent of reproductive rights, an advocate for “traditional” marriageand a staunch defender of the President’s right to straight-up lie to the American people. He is also alleged to be something else: an ignorer of rampant campus …
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President Trump will meet with Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Wednesday. It will be the second time Trump has met with the North Korean dictator since taking office, the first coming last June when the two leaders convened in Singapore. Trump emerged from that summit speaking breathlessly about the …
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Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler deftly handled stand-in opening monologue duties for the host-less Academy Awards Sunday as they arrived onstage to introduce the first category of the night, Best Supporting Actress. The trio opened with a few knocks on the Academy, with Rudolph noting the absence of …
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The day after the Academy Awards, Jade Bird has taken her own stab at the realities of cinematic creation, embodying the role of a tireless stuntwoman in the new video for her song “I Get No Joy,” from her forthcoming self-titled debut LP. In bright red coveralls and silver go-go …
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On Saturday, February 2nd, a made-up DJ played to more than 10 million made-up characters in a made-up world. And the real-life music industry gasped in unison. The fictional DJ has a name: Marshmello. No one truly knows his identity, thanks to his white bucket helmet with an unambiguous painted …
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The Strokes’ Albert Hammond, Jr. reminisces about gloriously aimless, adolescent nights on his new song, “Fast Times.” The track boasts the distinct vibe of the earliest Strokes records, with Hammond, Jr. cutting a bright rhythm guitar part with languid, buzzing riffs. Looking back on his teenage years, Hammond, Jr. keeps …
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