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- If like us you're still thinking about Tom Petty, here are a bunch of good tributes to read.
- Vulture argues that Jimmy Kimmel is the most important late night host right now because of his usual reluctance to speak out about serious issues.
- Huh, legendary Kanye hater Noel Gallagher now is inspired by Kanye.
- Roman Polanski has been accused of rape by a former German actress.
- If we were actually able to fly from NY to Shanghai in less than an hour, we would likely need plenty of barf bags.
- Frances McDormand gets the NY Times Magazine profile treatment.
- Rosanne Cash wrote an impassioned op-ed for the NY Times calling on country musicians to stand up to the NRA.
- Before you go see Blade Runner 2049 this weekend, check out the honest trailer for the original film.
- These statues of two buildings making sweet love is too much for Louvre.
- Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic announced they were scuttling a half-billion-dollar plan for a gut renovation of David Geffen Hall.
- Pence’s chief of staff floated a "purge" of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors.
- Locals are trying to drum up support to get the block of Eighth Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues named after Jimi Hendrix.
- The woman who tried to extort Spitzer agreed to a plea deal.
- And finally, this dog has no interest in leaving his dad's lap: