Traci Brimhall is the 2025 poet in residence at the Guggenheim New York, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets.

The director Jon M. Chu narrates a sequence from his film featuring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jeff Goldblum performing ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Florence + The Machine (aka Florence Welch and backing band) is releasing a new album, Everybody Scream, this Friday (aka Halloween) via Republic. Now she has shared its third single, “Sympathy Magic, ...

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The Blue Jays are off to the World Series for the first time since 1993. We speak to Blue Jays play-by-play broadcast Ben Shulman about a night Toronto baseball fans will never forget. Carney calls ...

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Taylor Swift has released her raunchiest song to date, Wood, all about fiancé Travis Kelce's penis. Fans - including rapper Nicki Minaj - have been left with their jaws dropped after the squeaky clean ...

A lot can happen if a drinking hole manages to stay open 89 years. Tobacco Road started as a speakeasy and gambling den during Prohibition and would have been a strip club back in the Mariel days, but ...