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The October 2015 issue of Vanity Fair has a story titled “Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever.” The piece highlights 10 humans, who — as the title suggests — are responsible for late-night...
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One of the gifts of the latter days of summer was the video to Future’s song “Where Ya At,” from his third studio album, Dirty Sprite 2. The song features a verse from an increasingly swoll and bearded...
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View Article#Holywatergate: The Theft of a Pope’s Beverage Rocks Washington, D.C.
Sometimes the Internet completely lets you down. And then you have to do things to make the Internet aware of your disappointment with the hope that it never happens again. Last week, His Holiness...
View ArticleGenius: A Conversation With ‘Hamilton’ Maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda
This morning, the MacArthur Foundation announced its annual “genius grant” recipients. Playwright, composer, singer, rapper, and Washington Heights native Lin-Manuel Miranda was among the 24. The...
View ArticleThree Pivotal Scenes From Jamie Foxx’s Upcoming Street-Dancing Rodent Movie...
Big news from Hollywood yesterday: The next film featuring Academy Award–winning actor Jamie Foxx has been revealed. That film: Groove Tails. I learned this via another human saying it aloud in my...
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Saturday nights are special. They’re consistently my only true night of the week to do exactly what I want. These carefree nights can happen, in theory, on any night, but Saturdays are when they happen...
View ArticleDRAKE DANCE REVOLUTION: The ‘Hotline Bling’ Video
I have this friend named Felipe. He’s a great man. A strong man. A smart man. And at his most indifferent, still a life of the party. Someone who can be sitting on a couch for two hours, hear a song he...
View ArticleRembert Explains Sisqo’s ‘Unleash the Dragon’
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains. Every so often, 28-year-old Rembert Browne will watch a video from the past. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he’s watching the video, then we’ll...
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