Turn on any Latin pop radio station, and you’re almost certain to hear Bad Bunny‘s new single “Estamos Bien,” an emphatic track with a gloriously idiosyncratic beat. Yet even more popular with programmers is “No Es Justo,” an airy reggaeton single featuring J Balvin and Zion & Lennox. And still …
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For the last 18 months, the GOP largely dismissed as a liberal fantasy the idea that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) might pose a real threat to incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection bid. But with just eight weeks left until election day, the long-held notion that a Democrat can’t …
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EDITORS’ PICK: Paul McCartney, Egypt Station “Egypt Stationflows as a unit, structured like a long ride on a cosmic train, beginning and ending with ambient railway-station noise,” writes Rob Sheffield. “These days, he’s not on any kind of assembly line—he only makes albums when he’s got enough worthy songs saved …
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus said she feels “good” and “strong” since returning to the set of Veep less than one year after revealing that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. In an interview with The Associated Press, Louis-Dreyfus said it felt “fantastic” to be working again, adding, “I feel good. I feel …
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Spotify announced on Wednesday that it is throwing in a free Showtime subscription for student users — who already get a free Hulu subscription, per a bundle deal that Spotify announced last year, as well as the discounted rate of $5 a month for access to Spotify’s free tier. That …
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Michael Jackson was born 60 years ago today. Ten years ago, in advance of turning 50, Jackson gave a brief but revealing interview to Good Morning America‘s Chris Connelly, in which he discussed his favorite career moments, his parenting style, his thoughts on younger artists and more. The 2008 conversation …
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