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Ernest Simon Jr., a driver for Grey’s Anatomy, is suing the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming he was racially profiled when he was held at gunpoint for no good reason during a March 2021 incident at work. The suit claims that LAPD officers “initiated an unwarranted, unjustified, and unlawful ‘high …

Despite staring down a two-plus-year pandemic, the very real possibility of WWIII, and the Great State of Texas’s bullshit attempts to roll back the rights of women and the LGBTQ community to the dark ages, Rolling Stone has made it to South by Southwest. And we’re damn glad to be …

Muna was stuck. In 2019, the band — lead songwriter and vocalist Katie Gavin, 29, and multi-instrumentalists and producers Naomi McPherson, 29, and Josette Maskin, 28 — was at a rare co-writing session with their new friend Mitski, who was helping them refine an unfinished tune called “No Idea.” At …

Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in prison and 30 months probation on Thursday after being found guilty in December of lying to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The judge also ordered Smollett to pay the City of Chicago $120,000 and fined him $25,000. During …

Florence Welch anoints herself royalty in Florence and the Machine‘s new gender-challenging song “King.” “I am no mother, I am no bride … I am king,” Welch sings on the song, which is built on throbbing bass and sparse textures. Halfway through, she howls long and proud as an orchestra …

Fontaines D.C. have shared their new video for “I Love You,” the latest single off the Irish post-punk group’s upcoming third LP Skinty Fia. In the Sam Taylor-directed video, singer Grian Chatten performs what he calls “the first overtly political song we’ve written” from inside a candle-lit church; the song …

Lobbyists for at least 13 corporations that pledged to stop giving money to election-denying Republicans have been stuffing the pockets of those very Republicans, according to Federal Election Commission filings reviewed by Politico. The findings underscore how influence peddlers have worked around their employers’ attempts to distance themselves from lawmakers …

Before she was a radio show host and CNN legal analyst, Laura Coates was an attorney for the Department of Justice. Raised on the stories of Ruby Bridges and the Freedom Riders, she wanted to make a difference by upholding the Constitution in ways that affected every-dayAmericans. At first, she …

Comedy albums by John Mulaney, Tiffany Haddish, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart and more were removed from Spotify over the past week after the streaming service reached an impasse with a licensing company seeking better royalties for comedians and spoken word artists. The aforementioned comedians and dozens more — like Mike …

UPDATE (11/2): Cardi B has been tapped to host the 2021 American Music Awards, which airs live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles via ABC on Nov. 21. “When I received the invite to host the AMAs, I was so excited,” the five-time AMA winner said in a statement. “I’m …