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PARK CITY, Utah—A history lesson for any millennial or Gen-Z music fan who might think “We Are the World” is that 2010 abomination spearheaded by Wyclef Jean, The Greatest Night in Pop (which premiered Jan. 19 at the Sundance Film Festival, ahead of its Jan. 29 bow on Netflix) is a nostalgic look back at the creation of the insanely popular and well-known 1985 charity single. Featuring copious behind-the-scenes footage as well as the participation of many song contributors, Bao Nguyen’s... Читать дальше...

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AYODHYA, India—It was supposed to be an iconic moment to cement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s place as one of the greatest Hindu nationalists in Indian history, but despite all the fanfare and celebrations he has failed to deliver.

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Progressives rightly treat the Catholic Church’s conservative attitudes towards medical innovations—such as IVF, contraception and abortion—as regressive and puritanical. Yet, when it comes to other technologies, the Vatican gets a pass, if not praise for applying similar logic—even when there is less theological justification.

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When Trump-loving youth group Turning Point USA hosted a four-day extravaganza last month featuring right-wing media’s leading lights, it did so with cash from two groups the feds say bilked millions from elderly Republicans and anti-communist émigrés from China.

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PARK CITY, Utah—In fiction, a “magical negro” is a stereotypical figure whose purpose is to use their (quasi-supernatural) powers to aid a white protagonist. The cinema abounds with such individuals, from Dick Hallorann in The Shining to John Coffey in The Green Mile to Bagger Vance in The Legend of Bagger Vance, and it’s that state of affairs which writer/director Kobi Libii strives to satirize with The American Society of Magical Negroes.

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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) went all-in in defense of former President Donald Trump during a campaign stop of his in New Hampshire on Friday night, lashing out at the media and saying she doesn’t believe E. Jean Carroll, who a jury found was sexually abused by Trump in the dressing room of a department store in the 1990s.

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PARK CITY, Utah—If Tom Cruise ever retires from action movies, I know a 94-year-old actress more than capable of taking his place.

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Kelly Osbourne has seen your memes and TikTok videos mocking that tone-deaf comment she made on The View in 2015, and actually, she thinks they’re pretty funny.

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If the American right is to be believed, conservatives are the only people remaining in this gosh darn country who can take a joke.

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An art teacher at a Christian school in Missouri was arrested this week after she allegedly tried to poison her husband’s smoothie with a potentially deadly plant.

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The CEO of Kyte Baby, a children’s sleepwear company, was forced to apologize after firing an employee over her request to work remotely so she could tend to her newly adopted premature baby in a hospital.

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In September 2023, New York Times reporter David Marchese pressed Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine, on why he insists in the introduction of his book The Masters that Black and female musicians are “not in [his] zeitgeist.” The Masters consists of interviews with seven pioneers of rock—all white men.

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A Russia-backed group of hackers broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft leadership, according to a blog post posted Friday by Microsoft.

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Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Had Ron DeSantis learned from the mistakes made by Donald Trump’s 2016 rivals, he would have run a better campaign (or skipped it altogether).

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Police in Colorado have launched a homicide investigation after a human head and hands were found in a freezer at a home that was recently sold.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he’d support Donald Trump if the former president were to win the 2024 Republican nomination.

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A Japanese spacecraft touched down on the moon early Saturday, Tokyo time, making Japan the fifth country to reach the moon.

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California prosecutors alleged Friday that a man who appears to be a Google engineer went on a rampage against his wife this week, punching her repeatedly in the head until she died and he was “spattered with blood.”

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A grand jury was convened in Uvalde, Texas, on Friday to examine the law enforcement response during the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two teachers.

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After four years, Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix and When They See Us director Ava DuVernay is expected to come to trial in June. But before arguments begin in the Manhattan federal court, DuVernay and the Netflix team want the jury to watch their complete series about the infamous 1989 case.

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During Donald Trump’s New York bank fraud trial, the former president almost made it a sport to attack one of the court’s officers—the law clerk for the judge presiding over the case. Trump particularly complained that the law clerk had made political donations, arguing that such activity barred her from participating in his trial.

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PARK CITY, Utah—If Free Solo and Man on Wire made you queasy, then prepare to have your stomach churn, your heart race and your palms go sweaty with Skywalkers: A Love Story, writer/director Jeff Zimbalist’s breathtaking and nerve-wracking documentary about two daredevils whose fondness for pushing themselves—and their death-defying vocation—to the absolute limit winds up bringing them together. A vertiginous non-fiction film that demands the biggest screen possible... Читать дальше...