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Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Meghan Markle is diving right back into work after finishing her maternity leave. First order of business? Helping to get other women back to work. On Thursday, four months after giving birth to her and Prince Harry‘s son Archie Harrison, the Duchess of Sussex headed over to the John Lewis department store on London’s Oxford Street to launch
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Earlier this week, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood premiered his new composition Horror vacui at the BBC’s Prom 70. Greenwood composed the piece for solo violin and a 68-piece string section. Hugh Brunt conducted the debut, which was played by violinist Daniel Pioro, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Proms Youth Ensemble. Hear the 27-minute
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Daniel Johnston, the lo-fi singer-songwriter and visual artist who rose to underground fame in the ’80s, has died after suffering a heart attack, his former manager manager Jeff Tartakov confirmed to The Austin Chronicle. He was 58 years old. Johnston was a prolific musician, recording numerous albums primarily on homemade cassette tapes. His simple, sincere,
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Rupert Everett will take over for the previously announced Eddie Izzard as George in director Joe Mantello’s upcoming Broadway staging of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? co-starring Laurie Metcalf as Martha. The announcement was made today by producers Scott Rudin/Barry Diller/David Geffen, who said Izzard is leaving the production due to scheduling conflicts. The revival
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Six months after Louis Tomlinson tragically lost his little sister Félicité Tomlinson, her cause of death has been revealed. According to reports, the One Direction alum’s sibling died from an accidental overdose. Coroner Shirley Radcliffe concluded that the 18-year-old fell victim to the “perfect storm” of lethal drugs, including cocaine, Xanax and Oxycontin. The combination, said Radcliffe, “proved fatal.” The model and social
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Trey Songz is no longer facing a lawsuit for alleged assault, The Blast reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The lawsuit, filed in August 2018 by a woman named Andrea Buera, stemmed from an alleged February 2018 incident. Buera’s attorney filed a request for a dismissal of the suit with prejudice yesterday (September 10) in the
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Broadway box office was down nearly 10% from the previous week’s Labor Day holiday tourist bulge, with the 25 productions grossing a total $25,965,471. Attendance of 224,402 was steady with the prior week, though should have been better: The roster count was up by two over the previous week’s 23 shows. Just about every production
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Instagram British actress Mya-Lecia Naylor’s cause of death has been revealed, nearly five months after the 16-year-old passed away. According to several outlets, the coroner reports that the rising star died by hanging at her home. Her passing, however, has been cited as a misadventure with assistant coroner Toby Watkin concluding she “did not intent
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Lana Del Rey visited BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” today, as The FADER notes. She performed her take on Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” from her recent album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, along with a cover of Ariana Grande’s thank u, next song “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored.” Hear it via the BBC (at the 2:08:42
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Sleater-Kinney have hired a new drummer to fill the vacancy left by Janet Weiss after she announced her departure in early July, the band revealed in an Instagram post. Angie Boylan—a member of Aye Nako and Freezing Cold—joined the band for the first show on their 2019 tour behind the new St. Vincent-produced album The
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Muse have announced a new box set, Origin of Muse, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Showbiz. It’s out December 6 on Warner. The collection includes 2xLP reissues of 1999’s Showbiz and 2001’s Origin of Symmetry, as well as nine CDs of demos, live recordings, and B-sides from the band’s earliest
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