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Wayne LaPierre, the Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, has written an extraordinary letter to the board of the NRA, accusing the organization’s ceremonial president, Col. Oliver North, of both seeking his ouster and threatening to share a “damaging letter” with the NRA board if LaPierre refused to …

[UPDATE: A federal judge has sentenced Butina to a term of 18 months.] Maria Butina is ready to tell her side of the story. Last Friday, the U.S. government filed a sentencing memo calling the Russian national an “access agent,” claiming she was part of a sophisticated intelligence operation that …

Paul McCartney will reissue his 2018 album Egypt Station with an additional disc filled with bonus songs and live tracks. Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition, due out May 17th and available to preorder now, will feature the original LP alongside another album dubbed Egypt Station II, which compiles all of the …

A setlist is one of the rarest items you can take home from a concert, usually going to VIPs or the lucky fan who gets a guitar tech’s attention. But starting today, getting one is easier – you can bid on more than 100 of them as part of Setlists …

Guava Island, the new movie starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, is now available for streaming — free for the next 18 hours — on Amazon after debuting at Coachella. The 54-minute film is a “tropical thriller,” according to Vanity Fair, influenced by both City of God and Purple Rain. The …

We swear it by the old gods and the new: The last time we stepped foot in Westeros back in August of 2017, Game of Thrones had just finished its most ambitious and high-fantasy-epic season to date. (Three words: zombie ice dragon.) We know it’s a matter of logistics and …

The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that magician David Blaine sexually assaulted at least two women, The Daily Beast reports. Detectives with the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit reportedly took statements from two women, though one may fall outside the statute of limitations. That victim claimed Blaine sexually assaulted …

President Trump has been riding high since Attorney General William Barr submitted his four-page summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report to Congress. Though Barr’s conclusion raises more questions than it provides answers about the investigation’s findings, the president and his allies are falsely claiming “total exoneration” while also …

Less than a year after Paul Simon ended his farewell tour with a hometown gig in Queens, New York, the singer-songwriter will return to the stage after booking a headlining slot at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival this August. While the festival won’t announce their full lineup until March 26th, …

John Oliver dedicated Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to “one of America’s favorite pastimes,” public shaming. He detailed the devastating effects and the ethical grey areas of targeting a public versus a private citizen. On hand to discuss her own “shitstorm” experience was Monica Lewinsky, who became a punching bag for …