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Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s ‘Freedom 250 Festival,’ as headlines continue to drop out
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel ridiculed President Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250 Festival,” a celebration scheduled at the National Mall from June 27 to July 10 and advertised as a nonpartisan commemoration of America’s 250th birthday. The event has suffered significant withdrawals as major artists claim they were misled about its political nature. Country star Martina McBride,…
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Power Ballad’s Tale of Artistic Theft Is Almost Too Much to Bear
Jonas and Rudd, at the scene of the crime —Courtesy of Lionsgate Writer-director John Carney has become something of a cottage industry, making charming Dublin-set films about everyday people who love to make music whether it brings them fame or not. Movies like Once and Sing Street are designed to make you believe in the…
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Brisport walks off the $$$ plank
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW YEARS MAKE: When state Sen. Jabari Brisport ran for City Council in 2017, he promised that, if elected, he would forgo most of his government salary. In social media posts, candidate questionnaires and even on his own campaign website, Brisport argued it isn’t reasonable for Council members to pull $148,000…
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Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake’ TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious
Author and illustrator Loryn Brantz never imagined that a popular cartoon character she created almost a decade ago would one day be the subject of an intellectual property dispute involving BuzzFeed, Amazon’s video streaming service, and generative artificial intelligence. But that’s exactly the situation she finds herself in today. “Nothing said in good faith by…
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Luka Doncic invests in purchase of Italian basketball team with eye on NBA Europe
Luka Doncic could be involved in two championship bids this upcoming season. The Lakers superstar and former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson are leading an investor group that acquired a professional basketball team in Italy, it was announced Friday, with hopes that the franchise could become part of the NBA’s new European venture. The…
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‘Going to have a hissy’: Kennedy Center blow triggers deluge of Trump mockery
A judge ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump‘s move to add his name to the Kennedy Center violated the law — and the internet responded to the president’s latest legal blow. U.S. District Judge Casey Cooper wrote that the law “makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy.” Kennedy…
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‘Star City’ Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Drop?
“Star City” is taking the “For All Mankind” universe back to the beginning. The new Apple TV show is spinning out from the streamer’s alternate history sci-fi story about the ramifications of the Russians winning the space race and landing on the moon before the United States. Where “For All Mankind” spent its first season…
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Kenya Blocks U.S. Plan for an Ebola Facility for Americans
A general view shows the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya on May 20, 2026. —Monicah Mwangi—Reuters The U.S. government’s plan for managing Americans who might have been exposed to the Ebola virus in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is to triage them in a newly built facility in…
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Springsteen, Trump and two very different music events. Guess which one artists want to play?
It was a busy week in music. The announcement Wednesday of a concert series honoring the country’s 250th anniversary prompted a swift reaction, and it wasn’t from zealous fans. Within hours of the lineup reveal, multiple music acts slated to play the Great American State Fair declared they were dropping out of the 16-day event…
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‘Something happening’ in Texas as furious GOP voter says she will ‘turncoat’ against party
Texas Republicans have to deal with more than just being stuck with scandal-plagued Attorney General Ken Paxton as they hope to hang onto a US Senate seat sought by Democratic rising star James Talarico. According to a report from MS NOW’s Josh Einiger, there is a massive groundswell of anger aimed at AI data centers…