The Karnes County Family Residential Center outside of San Antonio was built to house families detained at the border, but in April, it switched to become a facility that housed single adult women instead. The switch was a disaster: families are typically released after soon processing, but adults are not, …
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When Mr. Robot debuted in the summer of 2015, none of its individual components were clearly new. The cyberpunk drama’s then-unknown creator, Sam Esmail, readily copped to the influences of paranoid Seventies thrillers like The Parallax View. Late in that first season, the show even played a piano version of …
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R.E.M. have dug into their vault and are offering fans the chance to download their lost song “Fascinating” via Bandcamp for $2 to aid victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. All proceeds will benefit Mercy Corps’ hurricane relief and recovery effort in the Bahamas. “I’m glad the song is …
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Last year, “Luke,” a music-industry veteran who oversees label radio campaigns, received a dispiriting message: A onetime “starter station” — a radio outlet willing to give a song a chance before it’s a proven hit — was now working with an independent promoter. The new relationship meant that the independent …
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On Wednesday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that her state would become the first in the country to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, both online and in brick-and-mortar stores. The ban, which will go into effect immediately, gives vendors 30 days to comply and remove all flavored nicotine vapes, …
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Is it weird to say that It: Chapter Two is almost as scary but not quite as grabby as Chapter One? Sorry, the truth hurts. The sequel to the 2017 horror smash faithfully follows Stephen King’s epic, 1,100-page, 1986 bestseller by skipping ahead 27 years and tracking its protagonist kids …
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A franchise that started in 2006. A franchise that started in 2014. A 1992 film, remade. A franchise that started in 1954. A franchise that started in 2016. A franchise that started in 1997. A franchise that started in 1995. The third big-screen version of a franchise that started in …
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It’s almost impossible to spot Spike Edney in the video of Queen’s legendary set at Live Aid, but if you pause the footage near the end of “Hammer to Fall” at the 12:22 mark you can just about see him in the background. He’s the dark-haired fellow playing guitar next …
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After years of rumors, Aaron Paul is set to play Jesse Pinkman once again. Netflix announced that it will be releasingEl Camino, a new film that will pick up where Breaking Badleft off, on October 11th. The film, which is subtitledA Breaking Bad Movie, will be written and directed by …
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Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide in federal custody on August 10th means that the wealthy financier will never be criminally prosecuted for sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy. The July indictment alleged that Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes” in New York City, Palm …
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