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• Coco Solid: meet the hip-hop artist – and protege of Taika Waititi

  02-04-2018 20:00
  The rapper, TV writer, artist, director and producer is already a cult figure in New Zealand, where she’s part of a Polynesian pop culture takeover
  Coco Solid has made a career out of adapting. Whether it’s being part of Taika Waititi’s prestigious Piki Films collective; as a director of Heaven’s Gate, a documentary about queer Polynesian culture in South Auckland; a writer on bilingual Māori drama TV series Ahikāroa; appearing as an actress on sketch shows like
  
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• Hall and Oates: how we made I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

  02-04-2018 17:41
  ‘It was a cry of defiance at all the stupid things we had to do – like when MTV made us race each other across America in Learjets full of fans’ Continue reading...
  
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• Blac Chyna Responds After Footage Emerges Of Theme Park Altercation

  02-04-2018 17:36
  The reality star has since praised the mothers who "protect their children at all costs."
  
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• This Is Why Bella Thorne Won’t Be On Social-Media For The Rest Of 2018

  02-04-2018 16:45
  You'll have to find your OOTD inspiration somewhere else.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Is Countersuing A Photographer Over *That* T Shirt Collection

  02-04-2018 16:06
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is seeking a casual $22,000.
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Gets Real About Being So Damn Popular On Social-Media

  02-04-2018 15:32
  When will your tweet ever get 100,000 likes? Never.
  
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• LA Witch review – California nightmares from rising goth-garage trio

  02-04-2018 14:54
  Headrow House, Leeds
  With their black clothes and even darker moods, this Los Angeles band create musical film noir – but work best when they let some light inAs they have comically had to explain in interviews, LA Witch aren’t really witches. However, popping the “W” question is perhaps understandable given their music is so dark. The three Los Angeles twentysomethings, who aren’t averse to wearing black, tap into the sleazy City of Angels underbelly that has inspi
  
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• Pregnant Khloe Kardashian Can’t Wait To Hit The Gym After Giving Birth

  02-04-2018 14:11
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has missed her intense workouts.
  
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• When good TV goes bad: the time MTV Unplugged went nu-metal

  02-04-2018 14:00
  Whether a proving ground for nascent acts or an opportunity for the old guard to win new fans, the acoustic staple was unmissable. Until Korn showed upFrom Toys R Us to the state of Gary Lineker’s upper lip and chin, many things fared better in the 90s. This includes the acoustic performance show MTV Unplugged, which, for a while, showcased stripped-back and often surprising performances from a range of worthy musicians.It was where Nirvana offered up obscure cover versions and the adorabl
  
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• Macklemore review – pop meets panto in a fight for the right to party

  02-04-2018 13:47
  Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
  It’s a return to goofball silliness as the rapper’s social issues are ditched in favour of confetti, choreography and Willy Wonka outfitsWhen he was a struggling unknown, Seattle’s Ben Haggerty, AKA Macklemore, pondered being a white rapper: “I give everything I have when I write a rhyme / But that doesn’t change the fact that this culture’s not mine.” Years later, Macklemore’s triumph at the 2014 Grammys – when
  
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• Sam Gowland Challenges Marty McKenna To A Boxing Match Over This Chloe Ferry Joke

  02-04-2018 13:18
  The Geordie Shore lad wasn't thrilled with the comment about his girlfriend.
  
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• Nicole Scherzinger ‘Axed From The X Factor’ Amid Major Line-Up Changes?

  02-04-2018 12:31
  It sounds like ITV are hoping to introduce some new blood to the series.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Celebrates Stormi’s First Easter With Travis Scott And The Kardashians

  02-04-2018 11:55
  Hint: Their celebration was extra af.
  
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• How Petula Clark and Harry Belafonte fought racism arm in arm

  02-04-2018 11:00
  Petula Clark was an uncool 60s pop star on the rise when, 50 years ago today, she held on to Harry Belafonte’s arm on US television, and sparked a race relations furoreHad you asked anyone in 1968 to pick the British female singer most likely to become embroiled in a race-related TV scandal, no one would have said Petula Clark. Not “Pet”. Not pop’s prim Miss Jean Brodie to the St Trinian’s brass of Sandie, Cilla and Lulu. Not the “Singing Sweetheart” of
  
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