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Thursday, April 29, 2021
'Jeopardy!' Players Demand Apology for Contestant's Alleged 'White Power' Symbol - The Daily Beast
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Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to assault and battery - BBC News
Rapper Kodak Black has pleaded guilty to assault and battery in the US.
It relates to an incident involving a high school student following a show in Florence County, South Carolina in 2016.
23-year-old Kodak, real name Bill Kapri, had previously denied sexual assault at a hotel.
He's been given an 18-month probation and 10-year suspended prison sentence for the lesser charge.
The court heard how Kodak Black had tried to have a "romantic encounter" with the alleged victim, which she didn't want and that the rapper had then bitten her.
Kodak Black said this was true.
He also said sorry in court: "I apologise. I'm hopeful we can all moved forward. I wish her the best in her life."
The victim appeared by computer screen and had agreed with the plea and terms.
As part of the negotiated plea Kodak Black agreed to counselling.
He's best known for his track ZEZE with Travis Scott and Offset and had a number one album in the US in 2018.
In 2019 he was pardoned over weapons charges by former President Donald Trump on his last day of office.
He should've spent years in prison for giving false information on background forms to buy guns, but was freed over his commitment to helping underprivileged children.
The White House praised his philanthropic work. "Kodak Black is a prominent artist and community leader," officials noted.
He also had the support of activist Hunter Pollack, whose sister was killed in a school shooting in 2018, and fellow artists Gucci Mane, Lil Pump and Lil Yachty.
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Miley Cyrus criticised by fans for promoting her SNL appearance with Elon Musk - Daily Mail
'Delete this!' Miley Cyrus criticised by fans for promoting her SNL appearance with Elon Musk... after he was accused of 'destroying the planet' and being a 'men's rights activist'
Miley Cyrus was criticised by fans as she promoted her upcoming Saturday Night Live appearance with Elon Musk - after he was accused of 'destroying the planet.'
The billionaire's girlfriend Grimes staunchly defended him earlier this week when TikTokers also slammed him over his treatment of women - with Miley, 28, facing a backlash from SNL fans over a playful Instagram exchange in support of the show,
The pair are both slated to appear on the show on May 8 - with a fan tweeting a picture to Musk with him sitting on a massive wrecking ball in a parody of Miley's 2013 video for the hit Wrecking Ball and captioned: 'Alright Elon just…. hear me out.'
Oh dear: Miley Cyrus was criticised by fans as she promoted her upcoming Saturday Night Live appearance with Elon Musk - after he was accused of 'destroying the planet'
Musk said in response, 'Might be something there haha,' to which Cyrus responded, 'I’m down if you are!' with an emoji of a rocket, moon and Saturn. She added, '#MileyAndMusk to the moon!'
Some irate fans took Cyrus to task among her cozy demeanor with the SpaceX magnate, who Forbes has estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $177 billion - and urged her to remove the exchange.
One user wrote, 'Delete this we will pretend that we didn't see,' while another said, 'Bestieeeee it’s not too late delete this.'
Details: Some took Cyrus to task among her cozy demeanor with the SpaceX magnate, who Forbes has estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $177 billion
A Cyrus fan wrote, 'Miley please you don’t have to pretend to like him,' while another said, 'No thanks we only want miley.'
Another user brought up Musk's massive wealth, writing: 'Yes queen infiltrate and redistribute that wealth we love to see it.'
Other past business moguls to host the show include late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in 1990, and former NBC programming president Brandon Tartikoff in 1983.
A number of fans were put off by Miley's collaboration with the billionaire businessman
Cyrus has been a musical guest on the show on five previous occasions.
Her most recent came in April 2020 during an at-home episode in which she sang the Pink Floyd song Wish You Were Here. She's hosted the show in 2011, 2013 and 2015, also being the musical guest in the latter two.
The music superstar is getting ready to release a collaboration with The Kid Laroi's called Without You, which is set to be released Friday.
This comes as Musk's girlfriend Grimes did not sit idly by when TikTokers came for her boyfriend, billionaire Elon Musk on social media on Sunday.
Support: Some of the singer's fans noted Musk's massive personal wealth in their responses and showed their support for the upcoming appearance
The 33-year-old, whose real name is Claire Boucher, jumped into the comments of a video of herself 'sword dancing' to defend Elon against criticism about his treatment of women and 'destroying the planet and humanity.'
'I try to correct the misconceptions,' Grimes said to one person.
Commenters came after Elon, and by extension Grimes herself, on a recent TikTok video shared by the avant garde singer on Sunday.
In one typo riddled message, a TikToker asked: 'GRIMESSS. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS AND ACTIVLEY [sic] SLEEP1NG WITH THE MAN WHO LOTERALLY [sic] DESTROY THE PLANET AND HUMANITY.'
Defender: Grimes jumped into the comments of a TikTok video Sunday to defend her boyfriend Elon against criticism about his treatment of women and 'destroying the planet and humanity'
Rather than letting the comments slide, Grimes responded directly: 'How is he doing these things? His whole career is about making travel/house power etc sustainable and green. It's worth a deep dive.'
Other users jumped in with various critiques of the 49-year-old Tesla CEO - from his treatment of women to how he spends his considerable wealth.
'Ppl keep asking this,' Grimes said in reference to those commenting on how Musk is rich enough to end mass hunger. 'But just throwing $ doesn't solve it. He's trying to focus on the issues he knows he can solve and they r real essential issues.'
Another user asked: 'Bestie can you confirm he's not a men's rights activist? Some people online have been saying that & I'm concerned.'
'He's not,' Grimes snapped back. 'Def he's been very immature at points on Twitter but for ex the president of spaceX is a woman, as is his right hand at Neuralink etc.'
![In one typo riddled message, a TikToker asked: 'GRIMESSS. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS AND ACTIVLEY [sic] SLEEP1NG WITH THE MAN WHO LOTERALLY [sic] DESTROY THE PLANET AND HUMANITY,'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/04/26/19/42246094-9513685-image-a-13_1619461851086.jpg)
In one typo riddled message, a TikToker asked: 'GRIMESSS. HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS AND ACTIVLEY [sic] SLEEP1NG WITH THE MAN WHO LOTERALLY [sic] DESTROY THE PLANET AND HUMANITY,'
Elsewhere in the comments, Grimes said she 'accepted' this type of talk about her boyfriend of several years but was just too 'close to it so sum times.'
'I try to correct the misconceptions haha,' she wrote.
Grimes and Elon have been romantically linked since 2018. Last May they welcomed their first child together, a baby boy they bizarrely named X AE A-XII.
This recent back and forth between Grimes and Elon's detractors comes as the mogul is catching backlash from comedy fans who are upset that he will host an upcoming episode of SNL next month.
The longtime NBC variety show made the announcement via social media as they shared a photo with Musk's name alongside Miley Cyrus — who was tapped as musical guest — captioning the image 'Musk See TV.'
'He's not,' Grimes snapped back at someone accusing Musk of being a 'men's rights activist'. 'Def he's been very immature at points on Twitter but for ex the president of spaceX is a woman, as is his right hand at Neuralink etc.'
Committed couple: Grimes and Elon have been romantically linked since 2018 and last May they welcomed their first child together, a baby boy they bizarrely named X AE A-XII
Not having it: This recent back and forth between Grimes and Elon's detractors comes as the mogul is catching backlash from comedy fans who are upset that he will host an upcoming episode of SNL next month
The news came as shock to many as the program does not usually tap business moguls such as the SpaceX founder to play host, but it seemed a lucrative move on SNL's part despite overwhelmingly negative fan reaction.
Amongst a flurry of 'OMG, NO,' comments on the show's Instagram account and Twitter, one remark of approval was hard to come by.
'idk how much communication you have with lorne or the higher ups, but someone needs to tell them that absolutely no one wants this. i can not think of a single person who wants this,' a Twitter user wrote.
Jokes? The longtime NBC variety show made the announcement via social media as they shared a photo with Musk's name alongside Miley Cyrus — who was tapped as musical guest — captioning the image 'Musk See TV'
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Prince William and Kate mark 10-year wedding anniversary with newly released pictures - CNN
The couple, who married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, released the portraits on Wednesday ahead of their anniversary on Thursday.
The photographs were taken at Kensington Palace, in London, this week by the photographer Chris Floyd, who shared them on Instagram.
Floyd said he had recently visited Cambridge, eastern England, for the first time and that by "astonishing coincidence" on that same day he was asked to photograph the couple to commemorate their anniversary.
"It was a thrill to spend some time with them at Kensington Palace, especially as The Duchess is a rather keen photographer," Floyd wrote on Instagram, wishing the couple a "happy anniversary."
William and Catherine's star-studded ceremony 10 years ago was attended by around 1,900 guests and watched by millions across the world.
Catherine wore an ivory and white satin bridal dress with lace sleeves made by British designer Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, while William wore the uniform of a colonel of the Irish Guards, with a scarlet jacket and blue sash.
The couple waved to an audience of thousands from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the ceremony, while many more lined the streets in celebration of the marriage.
The couple first met as students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Their status as a couple was made public in 2004 when they were photographed holidaying together in the Swiss ski resort of Klosters.
They have three children -- 7-year-old Prince George, 5-year-old Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, who turned three last week.
Earlier this month, the royal family gathered for a more sombre occasion as the nation, and well wishers around the world, mourned the death of William's grandfather, Prince Philip.
The Duke of Edinburgh's funeral was held in an intimate service at St. George's Chapel, within the grounds of Windsor Castle, and was attended by 30 people including members of the royal family.
He died at the age of 99 on April 9 in Windsor Castle and had been married to the Queen for 73 years. He was the nation's longest-serving consort.
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Farewell, Anita Lane: A Storm in the Form of a Girl - Rolling Stone
The music world has lost a true icon: Anita Lane, the Bad Seed who helped redefine the spirit of evil in rock & roll. “Once there came a storm in the form of a girl,” Nick Cave famously sang, and for many fans, Anita Lane was that storm. She was a key Cave collaborator, but also an artist and cult figure in her own right, with solo gems like Dirty Pearl and Sex O’Clock. She co-wrote classics like “From Her to Eternity” and “Stranger Than Kindness,” the song that provided the title for Cave’s new photo book. “The world’s a girl/And I’m taking her apart,” Lane sang in her great 1993 solo theme song “The World’s a Girl,” and she lived up to that spirit.
Anita Lane stood out in the Eighties for her sinister mystique. Her role in the Bad Seeds was comparable to Anita Pallenberg with the Rolling Stones. She was a lot more than a muse — she was the girl who schooled these boys in the art of badness, the queen of this underground. And like Pallenberg, she had a star power that was all her own. She gave Nick Cave his lessons in how to work a vacant stare, how to curl his lip, how to twist his whole body into a sneer against the world. That’s part of what made her a cult hero — she showed shy girls how to come on scary. It was all in that sneer.
When Cave did a solo piano show in May 2018, at Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theater, he paid a fond tribute to Lane when he introduced “Stranger Than Kindness.” He said, “Anita Lane wrote these lyrics about a sexual encounter that’s not going so well. I have this terrible feeling they were written about me.”
He then did a darkly funny version of this nightmare ballad, which has appeared in his live set for nearly 40 years, singing, “You caress yourself and grind my soft cold bones below/Your map of desire burned in your flesh/Even a fool can come.” He sounded downright disturbed. That’s the power of Anita Lane — the Nick Cave collaborator that even Nick Cave was afraid of.
She grew up in Melbourne, where she met Cave in art school in 1977; they were introduced by her friend Rowland S. Howard, who became the guitarist in the Birthday Party. Anita and Nick became teen sweethearts and kindred creative spirits. As she said in 1988, “I guess everyone came to life out of punk rock.”
She’s the one who got him thinking like a poet. “Anita was responsible for Nick doing certain things creatively,” Howard said in Ian Johnston’s essential Cave bio Bad Seed. “I knew that when he first met her he felt that the lyrics he was writing were outrageously stupid and he almost started to be articulate to show he could be.”
When Cave and Howard started the the Birthday Party, Lane co-wrote “A Dead Song” on their explosive 1981 debut Prayers on Fire. She contributed poetry to other Cave songs, such as “Dead Joe” and “Kiss Me Black,” using the “exquisite corpse” method of passing a piece of paper back and forth, with each taking turns adding lines.
When Cave left to start the Bad Seeds, she played an even bigger creative role. He sang about her in “Cabin Fever,” a pirate with an “A-N-I-T-A” tattoo. She got credited as a band member, with her photo at the center of the back cover, a touch Howard compared to Leonard Cohen putting Marianne on the cover of Songs From a Room. But the art came from a place of pain. “I was grieving all the time and pining for something,” Lane said in Bad Seed. “I had this sadness a lot, like it was raining in my chest.”
As a style icon, she invented a whole new way for rock girls to look tough. She epitomized the proto-goth look of the sullen Pre-Raphaelite femme, the spoiled Victorian child gone rotten, but with her own intimidating glare. At at time when rock fans (of all genders) were desperate for female role models, she had something new. This made her massively influential on the fashion and facial expressions of alienated art kids of the Eighties.
The couple split in 1983, but they remained a presence in each other’s music. Lane released her solo debut Dirty Sings in 1988. Cave joined her on piano for an eerie cover of Sister Sledge’s disco classic “Lost In Music,” turning it into an obsessive dirge about emotional disintegration. “I didn’t want to be on a pedestal on the record,” she said. “I wanted to talk to other girls.”
But her finest moment was Dirty Pearl in 1993, with “The World’s a Girl” (“You took me from the pedestal down to the abyss”) and violent gospel songs like “Jesus Almost Got Me” and “The Fullness of His Coming.” Inspirational verse: “I lifted up God’s dress/Punched him and got in.” And you’ve never heard a version of “Sexual Healing” quite like this — she makes “wake up, wake up, wake up” sound downright terrifying.
She did some of her best singing on her old Bad Seed mate Mick Harvey’s tributes to Serge Gainsbourg, Intoxicated Man and Pink Elephants. Lane played the Jane Birkin/Brigitte Bardot role with her breathy vocals on “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Ford Mustang,” and “69 Erotic Year.” She sounded intense rocking with Einstürzende Neubauten or Die Haut. Her 12-inch single of “The World’s a Girl” had two great Cave duets on the flip side — the Serge-and-Jane filth fest “Je T’Aime … Moi Non Plus,” and the Peter Cook/Dudley Moore mod satire “Bedazzled,” where she sighs, “I’m self-contained, I’m fickle, I’m cold.”
She had a memorable cameo on Nick’s 1996 album Murder Ballads, his collection of morbid blues and country songs. After all the bloodshed, the album ends with a bizarrely cheerful sing-along on Bob Dylan’s spiritual “Death Is Not the End,” featuring vocals from a host of friends and collaborators: Polly Jean Harvey, Shane MacGowan, Kylie Minogue. Anita Lane takes her own verse, singing, “When there’s no one there to comfort you with a helping hand to lend/Just remember that death is not the end.” She’s the scariest voice in the whole song.
A fitting way to remember her. R.I.P. to the unforgettable Anita Lane. From her to eternity.
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