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DJ Greg James mocks Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift at inaugural BBC Music Awards

LONDON — BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James made a valiant attempt to emulate Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift during a skit at the first ever BBC Music Awards. See also: Watch Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran perform … Continue reading

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Hong Kong protests are over: A look at 75 days of dissent

HONG KONG — They lasted 75 days, survived torrential rains, heat waves and cold snaps. They even marked Halloween and the run-up to Christmas with pumpkin decorations and umbrella-bedecked Christmas trees. Now, finally, the end has come for the Hong … Continue reading

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18 best Jimmy Fallon moments of 2014

We’ve danced, we’ve cried, we’ve ew!-ed with Jimmy Fallon Now it’s time to sit back and reflect on some of the best (and, inevitably, most viral) moments from The Tonight Show in 2014. See also: The 25 best Vines of … Continue reading

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Spotify now lets you find out the top tracks amongst your friends

Spotify on Thursday introduced a new feature designed to help users get better insights into the most popular songs amongst their friends. The new feature is called Top Tracks in Your Network, and just like it sounds, it’s a new … Continue reading

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American Authors see the world through 23 months of tour

Welcome to Throwback Tunesday, where Mashable amplifies the echoes of music past. With genre trends and throwbacks, we synthesize music and nostalgia. Twenty-three months of tour. Yes, that’s right. Alt rockers American Authors signed a major label record deal on … Continue reading

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How Sony lost the Steve Jobs movie: The inside story from the hacked emails

A major motion picture about Steve Jobs was inevitable. Even before the Apple cofounder and CEO’s death in 2011, Jobs was a figure of almost unparalleled universal interest Apple, after all, was one of the biggest companies in the world, … Continue reading

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Sharing family photos helps keep your ancestry alive

Our family photos are in danger. Most families have hundreds of disorganized analog photos deteriorating in their homes. These photos hold valuable family memories and are highly susceptible to damage and loss. To historians, family photos exist on the margins … Continue reading

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Happy ‘Bird Day’ to Angry Birds as it turns 5

Mobile sensation Angry Birds, which launched on Apple’s App Store on Dec. 11, 2009, turns 5 years old on Thursday after flapping its way onto more than a billion devices since launch. The mobile game has come to almost every … Continue reading

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Sony may be using an old tactic in its war with hackers, but can it work?

Sony Pictures may not be standing idly while its corporate data is being disseminated all over the internet, following the devastating hack of its servers in late November According to a report from Re/Code, which quotes two anonymous sources, the … Continue reading

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Rick Springfield has a role in ‘True Detective’ Season 2

True Detective has added to its Season 2 ranks with someone whose casting was — unlike the main cast — highly unexpected: “Jessie’s Girl” singer Rick Springfield The singer Thursday boasted about competing his first day of filming on the … Continue reading