Music
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Bill Maher Revives Macklemore’s Antisemitic Costume Controversy Amid Ed Sheeran Fallout
“Everyone is just really so stupid,” the comedian says
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Hundreds Form Human Chain Around Kennedy Center in Protest of Trump’s Plans: ‘Hands Off’
The demonstration is led by the Hands Off the Arts advocacy group
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Duncan Sheik, ‘Spring Awakening’ and ‘Barely Breathing’ Musician, Dies at 56
The Tony winner’s mother confirms his death due to organ failure after a hospitalization
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Miley Cyrus Details Final Conversation With Dolly Parton: ‘She Was Always Right’
The “Bass Persuades” singer says she still plans to send her legendary godmother a vinyl copy of her new record
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VMAs 2026 Adds Lisa, Shaboozey and Raye to Performance Lineup
Gener8ion, Gunna, Sienna Spiro and Yung Lean will also perform during the MTV awards show hosted by Snoop Dogg
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Dolly Parton Posthumously Accepts Another Lifetime Achievement Award Weeks After Her Death
“Just know that I will always love you,” the country music icon tells the Americana Music Association
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Macklemore Donates $1 Million From Ed Sheeran Tour to Pro-Palestine Organizations, Challenges Robert Kraft to Match
“I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation and still fighting for their freedom,” the rapper says
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Madonna to Perform at the VMAs for the First Time in 23 Years
Snoop Dogg hosts the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27
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Ed Sheeran Backlash Ratchets Up as Hannah Einbinder, Colin Kaepernick and More Slam Macklemore Firing
The former NFL star and activist called out stadium owners like Robert Kraft for “willingly colluding” to “protect their money”
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Sean Penn’s CORE Enlists Foreigner and Stella Lefty for Disaster Response Benefit Event
“Lasting recovery is only possible when we come together as a community,” fellow co-founder Ann Lee says of the Venezuela earthquakes and Los Angeles wildfires
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ABC to Air Dolly Parton Special From the Country Music Association
“CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton” airs live Oct. 21, with Robert Deaton executive producing
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AOC Says the Real Problem in Ed Sheeran-Macklemore Fallout Is Stadium Owners’ Censorship: ‘Not Just About One Artist’
“We need to be very clear about how dangerous a precedent this is,” the New York congresswoman says
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Ed Sheeran Fallout: Tour Openers Finneas, Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe Drop in Solidarity With Macklemore
“Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed,” Finneas writes after Macklemore was barred for speaking in support of Palestine on stage
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Ed Sheeran Insists Dropping Macklemore Was Not His Decision: ‘I Am Not Complicit’
“There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics,” the Loop Tour singer says, while condemning the pain caused by “both sides” of Israel and Palestine
