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Christoph Eschenbach, the controversial music director of the National Symphony Orchestra and The Kennedy Center, will step down from his post in the 2017-18 season after seven years. -
'American Sniper' Shatters Box Office Records with $90.2 Million Weekend Opening
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British Musicians Offered Money, Lodging and Car to Train Qatari Military Bandsmen to Perform at Controversial 2022 World Cup
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Khloé Kardashian Incites Social Media Controversy for Posting 'KKK' Joke on Instagram
When Khloé Kardashian posted a meme to her Instagram account Tuesday, Nov. 11, we have to wonder what she was thinking. The image featured Khloé with her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian all wearing white. It was captioned, "The only KKK ever to let black men in," and Khloé's comment was one word: "True."That is all it took to light up a debate that is still growing strong today. Making any comparison or reference to the Ku Klux Klan, an extremist white supremacist group, is thought to be in really bad taste.Khloé's post grabbed more than 405,000 likes and 26,000 comments in only two hours. While many of her supporters suggested that people just lighten up a little and see the humor in the actual reference, an equal number were offended by the comment. Many people believe the KKK never belongs as a punchline in any joke. Others totally got the fact that both Khloé and Kim have caught heat for only dating dark-skinned men. -
Sinead O'Connor Promises Memoir on Marriages, Music Career Will Include 'Sexual Dirt'; Fans Turned Off by Subject Matter
What do you do when you are a popular singer who likes to stir up controversy and fly in the face of established rules? Well, if you are Sinead O'Connor, you decide to channel your energy and candor into a tell-all memoir. Penguin Random House imprint Blue Rider Press announced Tuesday, Oct. 7, that the Irish rocker has inked a book deal that will include "sexual dirt" stemming from four marriages and 25 years in the music industry — and fans are not happy about that. -
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xxx Ani DiFranco is well known as being one of the leading feminist musicians in the United States today. So, when the "Both Hands" singer planned her four-day Righteous Retreat at one of Louisiana's largest former slave plantations, Nottoway Plantation, it understandably raised a few eyebrows. -
REVIEW Justin Bieber 'All Bad': teen idol takes on public persona in new Music Mondays single [LISTEN]
It's been a rough year to be Justin Bieber. Sure, there's the sold-out tour and the millions of adoring Beliebers at his helm, but the aging teen idol has also seen his fair share of controversies. There have been car accidents, run-ins with paparazzi, late shows and more bizarre controversies (getting carried up the Great Wall of China, being spotted in a Brazillian brothel, etc.). But, amidst all that, there has also been music. Yes, Bieber is deep into his Music Mondays/music journals project, and now, he's using his new single as a way to tell the world he ain't all bad in "All Bad." -
Justin Bieber 'Believe 3D' Release Date Set for Christmas 2013? On Twitter, Manager Scooter Braun, 'Baby' Singer Tease the 'Truth' Will Be Revealed in Time for Holiday Season
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