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What Happened When 15 of Twitter’s Top Celebrities Joined Threads

Threads, the new social app from Meta, had a fast start this month when it racked up 100 million downloads in less than a week. With so much momentum, the […]










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An AI Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World

For Drake and the Weeknd, two of the most popular musicians on the planet, the existence of “Heart on My Sleeve,” a track that claimed to use A.I. versions of […]




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Tips on Buying Tickets the Next Time Your Favorite Singer Is in Town

Here’s my takeaway: If you want tickets to a big, highly promoted arena show, whether it’s Bruce or Beyoncé, set a budget and register for the sale. If there are […]




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Britney Spears Felt Trapped. Her Business Manager Benefited.

In early 2008, a small-time Tennessee company with big-time aspirations made a loan to Britney Spears’s father, who for years had struggled financially.Less than a month later — after consulting […]




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Police in China Detain Canadian Pop Star Kris Wu on Suspicion of Rape

The police in Beijing said Saturday they had detained Kris Wu, a popular Canadian Chinese singer, on suspicion of rape amid a #MeToo controversy that has set off outrage in […]




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Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor as Its Top Editor

Rolling Stone has chosen Noah Shachtman, the top editor of the news site The Daily Beast, as its next editor in chief, the magazine announced on Thursday, calling on him […]




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‘Friends’ Reunion Is Censored in China, Cutting BTS and Lady Gaga

In China, the reunion episode of “Friends” was all about grudges.The problem wasn’t “Friends,” but the friends of “Friends.”Appearances by Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and the K-pop group BTS were […]




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What Giant Skeletons and Puppy Shortages Told Us About the 2020 Economy

America has Zoom towns.Many middle-class millennials who lingered on the housing market’s sidelines for years reported that the pandemic had hastened their buying plans. They have been lured by the […]