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Electro-R&B supergroup Helado Tropical brings the heat to the Ford on Aug. 13
Latin pop supergroups are few and far between. Serú Girán and Texas Tornados are probably the twin pillars, but beyond that? Bad Bunny and J Balvin went no further beyond “Oasis.” Alex & Daniel? Sadly, you can’t even stream their record anymore. And unfortunately, the crew from the “Mas Maíz”video never made a full album.…
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Ex-US Marine beaten into psychotic ‘stupor’ finally freed from Russian prison: report
Russia has released American military veteran Robert Gilman after more than four years of imprisonment on disputed charges, following reports that he was gravely ill and at risk of dying. The 32-year-old Gilman, a teacher and former U.S. Marine who had been detained since 2022, was en route to a U.S. military hospital in Texas…
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David Ellison Threatens to Move Paramount Out of California if State AGs Won’t Negotiate
David Ellison is threatening to move Paramount Skydance out of California if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to budge over the Warner Bros. Discovery merger by Oct. 1. An individual with knowledge of the conversation told TheWrap that Ellison held an hourlong lunch meeting on the Paramount lot with his 12-member executive leadership team…
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‘Widow’s Bay’ seemed to come from nowhere. But Stephen Root always knew it was special
Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” is filled with idiosyncratic characters who wear their charming small-town quirks on their sleeves. But for Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), the local personalities pale in comparison to the evils lurking beneath the cursed island’s surface. Every few decades since its founding a dark and deadly cycle begins, terrorizing the local…
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DOJ rankles judge as Trump-tied billionaire’s charges dropped: ‘Unbecoming of his office’
A federal judge blasted the Justice Department for dropping bribery charges against an Indian billionaire with connections to President Donald Trump, calling the move “highly unusual.” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis issued the ruling Monday against Gautam Adani, the billionaire chairman of India’s Adani Group, who was indicted in November 2024 on charges of orchestrating…
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UK Radio Station Mistakenly Aired King Charles Death Report ‘Out of Curiosity’
A British radio station mistakenly announced King Charles III’s death after a staffer played pre-recorded announcements “out of curiosity,” according to the U.K.’s media regulator. Radio Caroline aired three statements declaring the King dead during “The Barry Marsh Show” on May 19, according to an Ofcom ruling released Monday. The national anthem was also played…
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Video appears to show catering truck secretly moving Trump to military jet from Air Force One following NATO summit in Turkey
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s secret ride inside an Turkish airport catering truck to board a military jet appears to have been captured on video last month — the climax of a stunning plane swap carried out while journalists and even some White House staffers sat unaware on Air Force One. The footage shows a catering…
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Kaia Gerber reveals ‘disordered eating’ struggles amid Hollywood’s ‘very, very very thin’ craze
Kaia Gerber revealed her struggles with “disordered eating” and being “jealous” of her supermodel mom, Cindy Crawford. “I’ve had disordered eating in my life. People are like, ‘You look terrible,’ and it doesn’t exactly make you go, ‘Oh, good. Let me get over this mental illness then!’” the actress told Vogue for its Tuesday cover…
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Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes
DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead. The sentences at the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus are the first against Assad or…
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Chaos at federal agency as FOIA system buckles under weight of Trump cuts
I file a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests. I’ve been requesting staff lists from both Trump administrations, and I have tracked thousands of federal political appointees in order to publish financial disclosures in searchable databases. Much of that data was sourced from the Office of Personnel Management, which maintains a trove of information…