ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA —There were gasps in the courtroom, then stunned silence. It was close to 11 a.m. on the seventh day of Paul Manafort’s fraud trial, and Kevin Downing, one of Manafort’s lawyers, had just lobbed a grenade at Rick Gates, Manafort’s former protégé turned star witness for Special Counsel …
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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA —Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s case against Paul Manafort, the once-mighty political fixer and ex-chairman of President Trump’s 2016 campaign, rests in large part on four words. On Day 6 of the blockbuster trial, the jury heard those words uttered by Mueller’s star witness, Rick Gates: “At Mr. Manafort’s …
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Travis Scott has some of the most outsized and ambitious artistic impulses in modern rap. His album covers come courtesy of fashion icon Nick Knight, famed Rolling Stone illustrator Ralph Steadman and, on his latest, candy-coated photographer David LaChappelle. His fashion-forward eye has produced collaboration with Helmut Lang. His recent …
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UPDATE: A day after Twitter permanently banned Alex Jones and Infowars, Apple announced Friday night that it has also permanently removed the Infowars app from its App Store, Buzzfeed News reports. The Infowars app had remained in the Apple App Store even after Apple removed all of Jones and Infowars‘ …
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On September 28th, ever-blunted hip-hop pioneers Cypress Hill will return with Elephants on Acid, their ninth album and first in eight years. The dank, fuzz-infused, acid-rock-inspired LP will be the first produced entirely by Muggs, the sonic architect behind landmarks like 1991’s Cypress Hill and 1993’s Black Sunday, since 2001. …
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As Facebook continues to face scrutiny for its role in spreading misinformation, the company announced Tuesday that it has detected a coordinated campaign to influence November’s midterm elections. Facebook divulged the findings to Congress and the White House this week, and the company says it has removed 32 pages from …
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Kesha is releasing adocumentary about recording herthird LP,Rainbow – her first record after her ongoinglegal battles with Dr. Luke. In the trailer forRainbow –The Film, Kesha claims making the album was a life-saving journey. “Sometimes things feel like they’re too much to handle,” she says in the clip. “You may …
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“Raise your hand if you’ve ever posted anything online to quote unquote own the libs,” President Trump’s Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley recently asked a crowd of high schoolers. Most of the teens in the audience raised their hands, then exploded into uproarious applause. “I know that it’s fun …
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James Corden claimed his moment of boy band glory on Tuesday’s Late Late Show, crashing theBackstreet Boys‘ long-running Las Vegas residency. The host offered singer Brian Littrell an unwanted performance break so he could perform the group’s 1999 hit “Larger Than Life.” Corden arrived at the band’s rehearsal with his …
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Chris Stapleton and Don Henley are set to join Joe Walsh this fall for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s second annual VetsAid benefit concert, set for November 11th in Tacoma, Washington. Launched in 2017, VetsAid is a nonprofit organization that Walsh — the son of a flight instructor …
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