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The Morning After: 'Flight Simulator' update adds high-res US landmarks
While many of us cut down on our travel across the US, anyone playing Microsoft Flight Simulator should be enjoying a better view. The game’s latest update has added high-res versions of many US landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty and …
While many of us cut down on our travel across the US, anyone playing Microsoft Flight Simulatorshould be enjoying a better view. The game’s latest update has added high-res versions of many US landm… [+2775 chars]
Engadget
2020-11-25 12:25:29
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Spotify taps big-name musicians to help test Instagram-like stories
If you’re in the festive spirit and you’re already listening to seasonal music, you might have noticed Spotify's Christmas Hits playlist is looking a little different. The company updated its mammoth mix of holiday songs early Friday. If you open it on the iO…
Spotify confirmed to Engadget that this is a test, so there's no word as yet on if or when you'll see more stories or whether you'll be able to add them to your own playlists eventually. "At Spotify,… [+789 chars]
Kris Holt
2020-11-27 20:25:40
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Bill Bailey: Comic, musician … and now Strictly dance master
Behind the comedian’s hippy persona lies a quick mind and even quicker step, as fans of the TV show are finding outBill Bailey has been focusing on Blondie. Specifically on the band’s 1978 hit One Way or Another. It is a slightly menacing track, covered more …
Bill Bailey has been focusing on Blondie. Specifically on the bands 1978 hit One Way or Another. It is a slightly menacing track, covered more recently, it is true, by One Direction, in a way that to… [+7966 chars]
Vanessa Thorpe
2020-11-29 06:30:20
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Inexplicably jazzy Santa is the beating heart of Netflix's 'Christmas Chronicles 2'
Welcome to Thanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we're obsessed with this week.
Gather ‘round all ye struggling to find the 2020 Christmas spirit, and I’ll tell you a tale of Kurt Russell jamming out as a jazzy, sax-playing Santa.
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Welcome toThanks, I Love It, our series highlighting something onscreen we're obsessed with this week.
Gather round all ye struggling to find the 2020 Christmas spirit, and Ill tell you a tale of K… [+3245 chars]
Alison Foreman
2020-12-03 15:41:45
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Why do artists like the Pogues and Frank Capra have a special Christmas pedestal? | Rick Burin
With their stories of lost dreams and love, Fairytale of New York and It’s a Wonderful Life evoke a unique and persistent magicIt’s the most tedious tiiiime … of the year. It is, of course, the week when the Pogues’ alternative carol, Fairytale of New York, r…
Its the most tedious tiiiime of the year. It is, of course, the week when the Pogues alternative carol, Fairytale of New York, returns to the airwaves, only to be immediately drowned out by the stupi… [+5130 chars]
Rick Burin
2020-11-29 13:00:28
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Please, Stop Adding Stories to Every Single App
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Et tu, Spotify?
The moment Thanksgiving was over, Spotify updated its annual Christmas Hits playlist. But as spotted by Engadget, the big addition this year wasnt Christmas Without You by Ava Max, a… [+6267 chars]
Victoria Song
2020-11-30 17:30:00
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Should the BBC have censored Fairytale of New York?
The BBC has laid out differing rules when playing the Pogues song, which features homophobic and misogynist slurs. Listeners to Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music consider the decision- Radio 1 to air censored version of Pogues’ Fairytale of New York
The Radio 1 listener: Alex Hood
A culture war around the Pogues song Fairytale of New York feels like a new Christmas tradition, like a Lindt chocolate Santa, but homophobic. In this years iteration… [+8400 chars]
Patrick Strudwick, Luke Turner and Alex Hood
2020-11-19 16:40:13
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Amazon’s Black Friday Deals Week gets detailed, here’s what will be on sale
Amazon's Black Friday Deals Week begins in just a few days! Once Friday, November 20 arrives, tens of thousands of Black Friday deals will be unleashed online at Amazon with new offers appearing daily through Black Friday on November 27 — many of which will o…
Amazon's Black Friday Deals Week begins in just a few days! Once Friday, November 20 arrives, tens of thousands of Black Friday deals will be unleashed online at Amazon with new offers appearing dail… [+13234 chars]
Alex Smith
2020-11-16 16:14:20
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Field Music – “Home For Christmas”
The world's best music blog.
Wanna feel old? Field Music’s latest album, the WWI-inspired Making A New World, arrived in what was technically the same year we are currently living in, even though it was in the earliest days of J… [+1420 chars]
Ryan Leas
2020-11-24 21:31:47
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Thousands from Covid-blighted jobs join parcel courier army
Home delivery is now a boom industry, but many who have joined it worry about how precarious their new roles are- Coronavirus – latest updates
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For as long as Anna-Jane Casey can remember she has spent th…
For as long as Anna-Jane Casey can remember she has spent the run-up to Christmas on the stage in the West End. But this year Casey is joining a growing army of workers from Covid-blighted industries… [+6934 chars]
Tom Wall
2020-11-29 08:45:23
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Music Projects You Missed This Week
As we power through another week, HYPEBEAST has rounded up a carefully curated list of Music Projects You Missed This Week.This selection includes a trio of collaborations from Big Sean, Fivio Foreign and Hit-Boy, femdot. and Saba, Loski and Stormzy, and Open…
As we power through another week, HYPEBEAST has rounded up a carefully curated list of Music Projects You Missed This Week.
This selection includes a trio of collaborations from Big Sean, Fivio Fore… [+3605 chars]
info@hypebeast.com (HYPEBEAST), HYPEBEAST
2020-11-18 09:50:06
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Obama's memoir playlist is so boring that people are spicing it up for him
Obama’s got a new memoir out today called A Promised Land, and in keeping with pretty much every major event (and seasonal change) of his modern political career, he’s also released a Spotify playlist to soundtrack it. Unfortunately, the mixtape—featuring the…
Obamas got a new memoir out today called A Promised Land, and in keeping with pretty much every major event (and seasonal change) of his modern political career, hes also released a Spotify playlist … [+767 chars]
Andrew Paul on News, shared by Andrew Paul to The A.V. Club
2020-11-17 17:35:00
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M.A.N.K.I.N.D's FW20 Collection Examines Persisting Cultural Elements
Back for Fall/Winter 2020, Bandung, Indonesia-based label M.A.N.K.I.N.D has returned with its latest collection, titled "Soile Solstice."Building on the established theme of how the continuous story of M.A.N.K.I.N.D manifests itself, the seasonal range focuse…
Back for Fall/Winter 2020, Bandung, Indonesia-based label M.A.N.K.I.N.D has returned with its latest collection, titled “Soile Solstice.”
Building on the established theme of how the continuous stor… [+901 chars]
info@hypebeast.com (HYPEBEAST), HYPEBEAST
2020-11-03 02:48:27
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Midnight Studios Founder Shane Gonzales Recruits A$AP Nast for 'Ray Gun' x Diesel Campaign
A$AP Nast's modeling career continues, following his recent gig for Stüssy. The rapper is now the face of Shane Gonzales' new Diesel collaboration, realizing an ode to Ray Gun, the ultra-influential '90s music magazine that played a key role in shaping the Mi…
A$AP Nast‘s modeling career continues, following his recent gig for Stüssy. The rapper is now the face of Shane Gonzales‘ new Diesel collaboration, realizing an ode to Ray Gun, the ultra-influential … [+1669 chars]
info@hypebeast.com (HYPEBEAST), HYPEBEAST
2020-11-12 19:19:23
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Missing ‘The Nutcracker’? How to Get Your Holiday Fix at Home
Many seasonal mainstays have been reimagined for online viewing this year. Here are some of our favorites, from “A Christmas Carol” to Handel’s “Messiah.”
We all have our holiday traditions. Maybe yours is seeing the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and gazing at the Rockefeller Center tree, all done up in lights. Well, this year The Christmas Specta… [+992 chars]
The New York Times
2020-11-26 10:00:19
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‘Jingle Jangle’ Review: Dancing Through the Snow
This Netflix holiday movie offers energetic sequences, charming music and a delightful cast.
The magic of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, a fun seasonal Netflix offering, hinges on belief in reinvention, imagination and the ability of even the most familiar stories to offer fresh lessons… [+604 chars]
Lovia Gyarkye
2020-11-12 16:18:02
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Byredo's Latest Candle Is a "Symphonique" of Scents
Ben Gorham's luxurious scent-centric brand Byredo is dropping a very special candle this Black Friday weekend, titled "Symphonique."The limited-edition homeware essential isn't just called "Symphonique" for the sake of things -- it truly is a symphony of mome…
Ben Gorham‘s luxurious scent-centric brand Byredo is dropping a very special candle this Black Friday weekend, titled “Symphonique.”
The limited-edition homeware essential isn’t just called “Symphon… [+1064 chars]
info@hypebeast.com (HYPEBEAST), HYPEBEAST
2020-11-27 16:19:24
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