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Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband’s manhood… then hid a secret new lover for 20 years: Now we unmask America’s bravest boyfriend and his dark past for the first time
The Daily Mail reports that Lorena Bobbitt — who became notorious 33 years ago for severing her husband’s penis with a kitchen knife as he slept in 1993 — is now living quietly in suburban Virginia. Reverting to her maiden name, Lorena Gallo, she shares her life with her long-term partner Dave Bellinger, their 21-year-old…
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BTS Hit ‘Swim’ Faces Copyright Lawsuit Claiming it Was Stolen From Demo: ‘Obvious and Inescapable’
Three little-known songwriters — Steve Cooper, Jon Sandler and Greylyn Johnson — have filed a copyright lawsuit alleging that BTS’s chart-topping single “Swim” copied key elements from their own unpublished demo of the same name. The suit, filed on Wednesday 8 July and first reported by Billboard, matters because “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on…
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Reservoir signs publishing deal with Grammy-winning rapper T.I.
Reservoir Media has signed a publishing deal with the Grammy-winning rapper T.I., covering his entire catalogue of both past and future works. The agreement, announced on Thursday 9 July, encompasses his new album Kill the King, which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts. The deal adds…
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Schlage’s Sense Pro unlocks the door so I don’t have to
The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has reviewed the Schlage Sense Pro, a $399 smart lock that abandons the physical key in favour of ultra-wideband (UWB) hands-free unlocking, opening the door automatically as the owner approaches. It is Schlage’s first lock to use UWB auto-unlock, its first to support Matter-over-Thread, and its first without a keyhole,…
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VANS WARPED TOUR 2026 To Be Livestreamed Via AMAZON MUSIC
Amazon Music has announced it will be the exclusive livestream partner for the return of the Vans Warped Tour in 2026, broadcasting the festival globally to fans who cannot attend in person. The stream will come from the tour’s Long Beach stop at the Shoreline Waterfront on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July, and can…
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My Chemical Romance Bring Wembley Stadium to Its Knees With ‘Black Parade’ Show
My Chemical Romance opened a sold-out, three-night residency at London’s Wembley Stadium with an elaborate, theatrical performance of their 2006 album The Black Parade, blending live music with political satire and full stage production. Fronted by Gerard Way, the show transformed the venue into a fictional authoritarian state and underscored the band’s journey from emo…
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Did j-hope Just Tease That BTS Is Releasing a New Song for the FIFA World Cup Final?
BTS member j-hope has appeared to hint that the group may be releasing a new song for FIFA ahead of their co-headlining appearance at the 2026 World Cup Final halftime show. During a Weverse livestream on Wednesday 8 July, he read out a fan question asking whether BTS were putting out a FIFA song, responded…
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The genre Tom Petty never liked: “It all sounds alike to me”
An article from Far Out Magazine reports on a musical genre that the late American rock musician Tom Petty is said to have disliked, with the headline quoting him as saying “it all sounds alike to me.” The piece appears to explore Petty’s personal tastes and his critical views on certain styles of music. However,…
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Five lyrics so terrible the artists ought to issue an apology
This is a music feature article from Far Out Magazine that sets out to identify five song lyrics so poorly written that, in the writer’s view, the artists responsible owe their listeners an apology. The piece falls into the familiar entertainment-journalism genre of light-hearted critique, poking fun at moments when otherwise respected musicians produced clumsy,…
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3 Rock Frontwomen From the 1960s Who Found New Life as Solo Artists
This American Songwriter piece profiles three women who fronted rock groups in the 1960s before going on to build successful careers as solo artists. It frames their stories as examples of performers who, having started out in a band, ultimately found that they thrived more on their own. The three artists highlighted are Linda Ronstadt,…