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With the hasty, hypocritical business of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court completed, the Republican-led Senate has gone into recess for the next two weeks — meaning there will be no action on a new economic relief bill before the election. The move by majority leader Mitch McConnell …

So it’s about … does the plot matter? It’s Borat. And the full title of this sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, does sort of say it all. It’s been 14 years since Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron …

Trini Lopez, the guitarist and singer whose renditions of “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree” climbed the charts in the 1960s and an actor who appeared in films including The Dirty Dozen, has died of complications from COVID-19, the Hollywood Reporter reports. He was 83. The news was …

Last Saturday, Chase Rice played a concert in Petros, Tennessee, for nearly 1,000 smiling fans. You could tell they were smiling because virtually none of them were wearing masks. Photos and videos of the gig showing concertgoers packed in tight by the stage — some of them shared by Rice …

Judy Collins‘ iconic rendition of “Amazing Grace” was released on 1970’s Whales & Nightingales, an album that turns 50 in August. But Collins initially performed the hymn many years before that, during the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964 and at the height of the Vietnam War. Now, the legendary singer …

Guns N’ Roses are rescheduling their North American stadium tour “out of an abundance of caution,” presumably due to the coronavirus crisis. The trek was originally slated to kickoff on July 4th during Milwaukee’s Summerfest and wrap on August 26th at Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana. The Smashing Pumpkins were …

Robert De Niro called in from quarantine onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night, catching up with the late-night host on how his quarantine is going. For the distinguished actor and producer, it’s a lot of reading scripts, a bit of working out and “trying to stay alive.” When …

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called intoJimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night, bringing along his cherished pets: a miniature horse named Whiskey and a miniature donkey named Lulu. Schwarzenegger was feeding the animals when he first appeared on video chat with Kimmel, who naturally had to ask a few questions …

The 21st annual Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) will be held entirely online this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a press release announced on Tuesday. In the wake of the financial challenges facing the music industry during this crisis, conference organizers have chosen to make the event entirely …

Last month’s $2 trillion bailout bill barred President Donald Trump, his family or other officials from benefiting from one of the law’s giant loan programs. But as reporters noticed, there was no such language included for other elements of the bailout. Some provisions of the bailout are particularly beneficial to …