April 17, 2025

Now Drake Says Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance Was Defamatory Too

  Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images When Drake first sued Universal Music Group for defamation over “Not Like Us,” some wondered if the move would keep Kendrick Lamar from performing the song at the Super Bowl. But Lamar still got the whole stadium yelling “A-minor” and even referenced the lawsuit during his set. Now, predictably, Drake …

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Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James Was Never Going to Play a Loser

  Photo: Gilles Mingasson/Disney The queen is back on her throne. Actually, scratch that. The throne is wherever she sits. The final five episodes of Abbott Elementary’s fourth season proved just how far Ava Coleman (Janelle James) has come as a principal and, most affectingly, a human being. This season, Ava took the fall for …

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Fatma Hassona, Palestinian Protagonist of Cannes Film, Killed in Missile Strike

  Photo: WATER DREAMS PRODUCTIONS “What is the daily life of Palestinian people under war?” filmmaker Sepideh Farsi sought to answer from Paris. In order to learn, she was connected by a friend in Cairo to photojournalist Fatma Hassona, who became the director’s eyes and ears in Gaza for Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul on …

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What Happens When Your Biggest Hit Leads to an Existential Crisis?

  Animation: Vulture; Photos: Redferns (Mariano Regidor, Martin Philbey) The Ting Tings needed a lot of spins to hit the jackpot. After struggling for years in Manchester, England’s underground scene, Katie White and Jules De Martino signed a record deal with a small label in the mid-aughts thanks to, as White puts it, their “authentically …

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Lil Wayne Denies COVID Fraud, Defends Explicit Text to Reporter

  Photo: Julia Beverly/Getty Images Lil Wayne is denying spending millis in pandemic-relief money on himself. Business Insider reported last year that the rapper received $8.9 million from the Shuttered Venues Operators Grant and spent portions of the money on private jets, clothing, and “mystery women.” When asked about the funds in a new Rolling …

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