
August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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‘I always had the fears of coming out, or my family finding out,’ Thais-Williams told The Times. ‘I found myself there.’
‘I deeply regret that such offensive and deplorable behavior appeared on the BBC,’ director-general Tim Davie wrote.
‘It sends a signal to victims that despite the MeToo movement, we’re still not there in believing victims,’ says Lauren Hersh, director of World Without Exploitation.
It was a bold gambit that used a strategy typically reserved for organized crime cases to prosecute a music legend for alleged violence, threats and payoffs.
The split decision is at least a partial victory for Combs, whose attorneys had argued that prosecutors overcharged him and did not prove their case.
The investigation comes after rap-punk group Bob Vylan called for “death, death to the IDF” onstage.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s long-awaited David Geffen Galleries building opens for a sneak peak Thursday -- the first look inside the raw, empty interior of architect Peter Zumthor’s poured concrete creation.
The Boss’ new box set organizes 83 previously unheard songs into seven distinct LPs, each with its own sound and theme.
Singer Abel Tesfaye kicked off a run of four shows at the Inglewood venue on Wednesday night, the site of some of his greatest triumphs and most bitter disappointments as a live performer.
Ralphs’ guitar work helped move rock out of the psychedelic ‘60s and into the arty pomp of ‘70s glam.