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  Mikey Day and His 'SNL' Buddies Bake a Fresh Comedic Confection

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  The Season 3 finale of Netflix's baking design challenge series Is It Cake? features a rather unique panel of celebrity judges. Though come...

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  Nicolette & the Nobodies Find the Universal Spirit of Country Music: "I Don't Think It Matters Where You're From"

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  On the cover of old-school country band Nicolette & the Nobodies' new LP, 'The Long Way,' band leader Nicolette Hoang...

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  METZ Rank Their 5 Best Songs

  PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2024

  After spending over a decade and a half kicking up a noisy racket, METZ are ushering in a new chapter. It's not that 'Up on Gravity Hill'...

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  'Civil War' Director Alex Garland Is Sick of Being Lectured To: "I Am a Sentient Grown-Up"

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  "I'm trying to have a conversation, as opposed to a lecture," Alex Garland tells Exclaim! while in London, UK promoting his latest film...

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  iskwē's Vulnerable Strength: "I Had a Good Front, but I Was a Mess"

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  When I ask iskwē why she recorded her fourth and latest album, 'nīna,' in Mexico City, she smiles in that honeyed way of hers that leaves...

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  Blunt Chunks' Painful Transformation Brought Her a "Toronto Diss Track" and a Beautiful Album

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2024

  I meet Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien at the historic Broadview Hotel, which she promptly informs me used to be a strip club. "When they first...

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: April 5, 2024

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2024

  Thanks for stopping by the planet, Joe, good luck with that Scott Moe, 'SPACEBALLS III: THE SEARCH FOR SPACEBALLS II,' I don't think you've...

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  Five Must-See Acts at the Ottawa Jazz Festival 2024

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2024

  Founded in 1980, the Ottawa Jazz Festival has brought all-star acts to Canada's capitol for more than 40 years. The festival takes a broad...