OnLast Week Tonight, John Oliver talked about the highly influential role of prosecutors play in court cases.“‘Prosecutors will decide’: It’s one of those three-word phrases that you hear so often you don’t even think about what it means anymore, like ‘User Agreement Update’ or ‘Some Restrictions Apply’ or ‘Tyler Perry …
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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — This was his life now. Paul J. Manafort Jr. took his seat in Room 900 of the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, just before 9 a.m. Tuesday. The disgraced political influence-peddler and former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign wore a dark suit and said …
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Yung Miami is readjusting. She’s only been rapping for 11 months, but is already signed to a major label as half of the duo City Girls, released a critically acclaimed mixtape (Period) and is currently featured on a Number One song (Drake‘s “In My Feelings“). Just as everything began to …
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The dialogue on Letterkenny seems impenetrable the first time you watch it, maybe even the second or third. The Canadian comedy, which Hulu recently added to its library, takes place in a small town in rural Ontario populated by “hicks, skids, hockey players and Christians,” and each group has its …
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If MTV’s long-running reality competition show The Challenge were the NBA, six-time champion Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio would undoubtably be Michael Jordan. But Chris “C.T.” Tamburello would be Shaq. His enormous size, intimidating demeanor, athletic prowess and keen gameplay have kept him a key component of the game across 14 seasons, …
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Stephen Colbert provided Late Show viewers with a rundown onSupreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh as well as speculated on why President Trump chosehim. Following the primetime unveiling of the Kavanaugh selection – “I had a little drinking game: I would pour myself a drink every time my glass was …
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Four minutes into God Level, 03 Greedo’s sprawling, excellent new album, the Watts rapper cackles: “This is my last episode, season finale.” It’s not the end of the record. At that point, there are still 95 minutes left. But at the moment of this writing, Greedo has already marched to …
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Pantera bassist Rex Brown remembered his longtime friend and bandmate, Vinnie Paul Abbott, as a game-changing drummerin a heartfelt tribute toRolling Stone. “He changed the game,” said Brown. “He was the original for his generation, a generation that’s still going. Everybody wanted to play like him. People always thought those …
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