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More bad news for Bill Cosby!

Paine College interim president says the university could become the next school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby. Interim President Samuel Sullivan told the Augusta Chronicle that the school’s board of trustees will vote on rescinding Cosby’s 2003 honorary doctorate during a meeting next week. Paine College is located in Augusta, Georgia. Sullivan says numerous sexual assault ...

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‘I suffer with it every single day’ – Lady Gaga opens up about her battle with depression

LADY Gaga has spoken about her battle with depression and anxiety. The Born This Way singer said that she hopes to inspire her younger fans with the same problems by being open. Speaking to Billboard, the engaged star said she blamed society’s obsession with technology for making people’s problems worse. “There is something in the way that we are now, ...

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Usher And Nas Release Interactive Video For Song About Police Brutality, ‘Chains’

Nas and Usher have collaborated on a track aimed at addressing police brutality against people of color. The song, titled “Chains,” comes with an interactive video released via TIDAL that uses facial recognition technology in order to play. Viewers must look at the screen continuously as the faces of victims, like Trayvon Martin and Rekia Boyd, appear on the screen ...

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Angelina Jolie admits she and husband Brad Pitt have ‘issues’

ANGELINA Jolie has admitted her and husband Brad Pitt have their “issues” in a telling interview about their marriage. The actress – who tied the knot with Hollywood icon Brad in a secret ceremony in France last year – revealed they have to work hard at their relationship. But speaking about the pair’s new film, By The Sea, Angelina insisted ...

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Supergrass star nominated for Mercury Prize

Former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes has been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, 20 years after his band’s debut album made the shortlist. The singer was just 19 when Supergrass appeared on the list. His solo album, Matador, is more introspective and experimental than his Britpop band. Other artists nominated for the £20,000 prize include Florence + The Machine, Jamie ...

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Artists write ‘Homeland is racist’ graffiti on set

Artists hired by the makers of the US show Homeland to write graffiti on one of its sets in Berlin say they wrote messages criticising the show’s alleged stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims. The artists wrote graffiti reading “Homeland is racist” and “Homeland is rubbish”, among others. They say they were asked to write the graffiti in June to “lend ...

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Sienna Miller turned down a play over pay inequality

Sienna Miller has said she turned down a play because she was offered less than half the pay of her male co-star. She told E! news she did “what we have to start doing, unfortunately, at the expense of our creative dreams”. She said: “I walked away from a play I wanted to do because I was offered less than ...

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Bond star plays down Craig quit quote

Daniel Craig was “just being sarcastic” when he said he wanted to “move on” from playing James Bond, according to his co-star Naomie Harris. “Daniel lives and breathes Bond,” said the actress, who will reprise her role as Moneypenny in the new film Spectre, which comes out later this month. Time Out magazine recently quoted Craig as saying he would ...

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Nick Gordon ‘injected’ Bobbi Kristina Brown with ‘toxic’ cocktail claim lawyers: report

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon is accused of having “injected” her with a dangerous cocktail that led to her death, according to a report. Attorneys for Brown’s estate claim that the couple had “a violent altercation” after which Gordon “injected her with a toxic mixture” and then left her unconscious in a bathtub of cold water, according to court ...

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