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When Fans Go To War, Can Anything Be Done To Stop Them?
Courtney E. Smith
Aug 23, 2019
Music
Taylor Swift Knows
Lover
Is All You Need
Courtney E. Smith
Aug 23, 2019
Music
The Woman Behind The Jonas Brothers & Ariana Grande Shares Their Secrets To ...
Courtney E. Smith
Aug 22, 2019
Music
Country Musicians Want To Talk Gun Control, But Their Fans Want T...
It was just about the golden hour when Kacey Musgraves played her set on Sunday night during the first weekend of Lollapalooza. “Thank you,” she said t
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Yola Día Is A Music Festival Powered By Women, From The Stage To ...
Music festival season is drawing to a close for 2019, but there's still one left to make its mark: Yola Día. In a world where women have a hard time
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Lana Del Rey Is Looking For America ...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
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Even Texans Don't Agree With Their Lax Gun Laws
At about the same time that Texas passed a concealed carry law, I moved back to Texas. It was 2015. The law allowed licensed firearms to be hidden and carr
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Courtney E. Smith
News
9 Killed & 27 Injured After Mass Shooting In Dayton, OH
A shooter killed nine and injured 27 more in a mass shooting early Sunday morning in Dayton, OH, the city's mayor, Nan Whaley, said in a press confere
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Courtney E. Smith
US News
20 Dead & Two Dozen Injured In Mass Shooting In El Paso, TX
Twenty people were killed in a shooting at an El Paso, TX Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall was the scene of an active shooter on Saturday afternoon, Gov.
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Haim Have A Chill Girl Summer, Angel...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Samantha Sidley Turns
Singing In The Rain
Into A Pro-Les...
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29's home for music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites, and (
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Meet Yola, The Black British Country Music Disrupter You Need To ...
The summer of 2019 has reinvigorated a conversation about what and who constitutes country music, largely thanks to Lil Nas X and his history-making hit ?
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Sexual Assault Is Still Rampant At Music Festivals. Here's How We...
Ana was standing with friends, anxiously waiting for Beyoncé to take the stage at Coachella in 2018. She was turning 21 at midnight and wanted to celebrat
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Courtney E. Smith
Food & Drinks
Leonardo DiCaprio Shares His One-Of-A-Kind Take On Tacos
Is Taco Tuesday a weekly staple in your house? Does National Taco Day constitute a holiday you'd call in sick to work to celebrate? If so, turn back n
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Icona Pop Bring Back '00s Pop, Aless...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Lucy & La Mer Puts Bi Advocate Gaby Dunn In A "Blue Dress" To Rai...
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29's home for music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites, and (
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Grace VanderWaal Says "UR So Beautiful" Is About Admiring Someone...
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29’s home for music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites, and
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Brittany Howard, The Highwomen & More
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
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The Best Tracks Off Beyoncé's New Album Are A Big "Mood 4 Eva"
It's always a blessed day when Beyoncé drops new music, unexpected or not. But, Queen Bey made Lion King's release day into an even more memorab
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Lila Iké Brings Us To Jamaica, Doe P...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
TV Shows
The Crown
's Young Princess Diana Is About To Be Everywhere
You've got a wait ahead of you until you see Emma Corrin as the young Princess Diana on season 4 of The Crown (season 3 is somehow not even out yet!),
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Courtney E. Smith
TV Shows
Maya Hawke Knows Exactly Where Robin Will Be In Season 4 Of
S...
Now that about 40.7 million people have watched Stranger Things 3 and dubbed Maya Hawke's character, Robin, their new fave, it's safe to call her
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Courtney E. Smith
News
Gone Girl
Author "Sickened" By Theory Invoking Her Book ...
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five from Connecticut, went missing in May and her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, along with his girlfriend were arrested for
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Courtney E. Smith
Pop Culture
Evan Rachel Wood Is Not A Fan Of This
Stranger Things
Re...
Warning: spoilers ahead for Stranger Things 3. This post reveals some plot points about the season, turn back if you haven't watched it. Jim Hopper (D
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know: Rosalía Doesn't Need A Money Man, Kate Nash Ca...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Every Gloriously '80s Song From Stranger Things Season 3
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Ed Sheeran Picked Out Your Perfect Fourth Of July Travel Playlist
If you're going anywhere over the Fourth of July weekend, you better be prepared to amuse yourself while you travel. That's especially true if yo
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
You Bring The Fireworks & We'll Bring The Fourth Of July Playlist
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Taylor Swift Wants To Own Her Masters. Here's What That Means.
On Sunday, Taylor Swift set the internet ablaze talking about her latest feud with artist manager Scooter Braun and her former label head at Big Machine Re
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
10 Years After Michael Jackson’s Death, The King Of Pop’s Legacy ...
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. His death was a surprise, in part because his life was so shrouded in the kind of secrecy that only superstars can c
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Courtney E. Smith
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