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Duran Duran’s original ‘Rio’ girl, the Mona Lisa of the new wave age, finally found after 42 years By

  In the words of Simon Le Bon: Hey now, woo, look at that! Forty-two years after decade-defining Playboy illustrator Patrick Nagel was commissioned by Duran Duran to create one...

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Mike Love on unheard singing footage filmed for Beach Boys doc: ‘We were mic’d and it didn’t make the cut’ By

(Photo : YouTube) The surviving Beach Boys on the sands on Malibu’s Paradise Cove, September 2023. Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny’s new The Beach Boys documentary, streaming now on Disney+,...

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Chrissy Chlapecka on ‘Girlie pop’ EP, ‘bimbo feminism’ & the male Gaze: ‘There’s so much queerness coded into hyper-femininity’ By

(Photo : Michael Arellano) Chrissy Chlapecka is in her ‘Girlie Pop’ era. A self-described “silly dumb girl saying these actually very smart things,” over the past five years TikTok sensation...

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How Cyndi Lauper turned original, macho ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ into feminist anthem: ‘They didn’t understand who the hell they gave that to’   By

(Photo : cyndilauper.com) Cyndi Lauper today, rocking her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund T-shirt. Cyndi Lauper’s inspiring new Alison Elwood-directed Paramount+ documentary, Let the Canary Sing, is...

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Ben Platt on new album, finding his soulmate, and telling love stories from a ‘super-expressly queer perspective’ By

(Photo : Vince Aung) Ben Platt, living his best queer life at at 30. “With all the anti-LGBTQ legislation and particularly the anti-trans legislation, I feel like a lot of...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘Music Mayhem’: Music Feuds By

I am back on AXS TV’s Music Mayhem this talking music feuds. June 3, 12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT, or check your local listings. View this post on Instagram A...

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How Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ video shifted queer culture in a big way: ‘Everything was changing in 1984′ By

(Photo : YouTube) Jimmy Somerville faces his worst nightmare in the all-too-realistic “silent movie” for Bronski Beat’s hit “Smalltown Boy.” In 1984, director Bernard Rose lensed music videos for two...

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Darius Rucker had it his way: How his bonkers Burger King ad cheddar-paved the way for his country career By

(Photo : YouTube) Darius Rucker makes his country music debut, with an Appalachian-style ode to bacon. Darius Rucker has been a trailblazer for Black artists in country music ever since...

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Maya Hawke cover story for FLOOD magazine By

I recently had the immense delight and honor of chatting with Maya Hawke, about her amazing new album Chaos Angel and how it intersects with her Oscar-worthy star turn in the...

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Vanessa Hudgens on her dream Coachella duet, ‘Spring Breakers,’ and life After ‘High School’: ‘I didn’t want to keep playing the girl next door’ By

(Photo : Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Vanessa Hudgens attends the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023. When Vanessa Hudgens was revealed to be the Goldfish on Wednesday’s Masked Singer Season 11 finale,...

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