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Police said it was ‘reasonable force’ to shoot Roxanne Moore 16 times. (Getty) Police officers who fired 16 shots at Black trans woman Roxanne Moore used “reasonable force”, says the Pennsylvania district attorney. Moore, 29, remains in hospital, in critical but stable condition, after being fired at by officers on September 13. At a press
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Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on February 13, 2020.(TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) The Conservative minister for women and equalities, Liz Truss, has been accused by Liberal Democrat peer baroness Liz Barker of hiding details of meetings she had about the Gender Recognition Act. Baroness Barker, who is the LGBT+ spokesperson in
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Industry without inspiration never leaves a lasting impact. Hard work and discipline often produce a reliable product but, without the spark of love behind its creation, posterity will take a dim view of its ultimate worth. Ten years ago, worldwide charting singer/songwriter, musician, and producer Stephen Wrench launched Musik and Film, LLC, henceforth referred to
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“I’m facing four walls / I’m going nowhere at all” complains a frustrated Jupiter in Velvet at the onset of the record-opening “And so the Earth Stood Still” from Punk Goes the Velvet, his vocal and its lyrics echoing much of the mood that will persist throughout the entirety of the tracklist here. Putting rebellion at
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Ellen DeGeneres wants that Kardashian tea, and knows that Kris Jenner can provide.  On Thursday, Sept. 24, Kris appeared virtually on Ellen’s talk show, where the two chatted about everything from Kris’ 10 grandchildren (and their new passion for drumming) to their respective wax figures. Of course, it wouldn’t be The Ellen DeGeneres Show if Ellen didn’t attempt to score
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Following last year’s The Sound of My Voice, Linda Ronstadt is the subject of another documentary due next month. It’s called Linda and the Mockingbirds, and it follows the singer with the Bay Area performing arts group Los Cenzontles (and Jackson Browne) on a 2019 trip to Mexico. It arrives on iTunes on October 20.
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Gay and bisexual men still face outdated restrictions on blood donation. (Pexels) A study has revealed that when a lifetime ban on blood donation for queer men in the US was lifted, there was no “statistically significant” increase in HIV-positive blood. New research has revealed that there was “no increase in HIV incidence or HIV
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A new film, Against All Odds, will chart grime’s rise from the underground to become a cornerstone of British culture. Directed by Femi Oyeniran (Kidulthood) and Nicky “Slimting” Walker (The Intent), it is billed as the first dedicated grime movie. Watch the trailer below.  A soundtrack EP, released via the new UK wing of Motown
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Penske Media Corporation (PMC)—the parent company of Rolling Stone, Variety, and Music Business Worldwide, among other media publications—has announced a new joint venture with MRC, the company that operates Billboard, Vibe, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. Their joint venture, named PMRC, will find Penske taking over the “daily operations” of Billboard, the Hollywood Reporter, and
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Pop singer Giadora has been taking her time stepping into fame. Her first single, “Twisted,” was released in 2019 to more than a warm reception from critics and fans – it lit up almost sixty thousand streams in the wake of its debut, and immediately had the independent press sniffing around for the new and
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It’s been a decade since The Hills ended. However, fans still can’t get enough of the friendships (and frenemies) formed on the MTV hit.  Take Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, for instance. The former co-stars virtually reunited for a recent episode of Dear Media’s With Whit podcast and answered the questions loyal followers have been wanting to
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The French singer, actress, and cultural icon Juliette Gréco has died. She was 93. “Juliette Gréco died this Wednesday surrounded by her family in the house she loved so much,” her family said in a statement to the Associated Press. “Her life was one like no other.” Gréco was born in Montpellier, France, in 1927
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