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![Ron Funches Talks Being an Icon of Self-Care, Taking Down Kobe Haters and Chasing the Rock]()
FeaturesRon Funches Talks Being an Icon of Self-Care, Taking Down Kobe Haters and Chasing the Rock Published Feb 21, 2020Ron Funches usually starts his insightful interview podcast, Gettin' Better, with an affirmation. The Los Angeles-based comedian, a tale...
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![Sarah Harmer's New Album Is Haunted by Ghosts, Including a Very Familiar One]()
FeaturesSarah Harmer's New Album Is Haunted by Ghosts, Including a Very Familiar One Published Feb 19, 2020On a crisp winter morning in Campbellville, ON, it's bright and sunny inside the Trail Eatery, a cozy joint down the road from where Sarah H...
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![Royce 5'9" Tells Harsh Truths on 'The Allegory' but Not for Rap Beef Cred]()
FeaturesRoyce 5'9" Tells Harsh Truths on 'The Allegory' but Not for Rap Beef Cred Published Feb 19, 2020Although Royce 5'9" tersely calls out fellow Eminem associate Yelawolf on "Overcomer" (a single released ahead of the Detroit vet's new LP,...
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![Comedian Beth Stelling Knows Your Secrets and Might Have Heard Them from Your Mom]()
FeaturesComedian Beth Stelling Knows Your Secrets and Might Have Heard Them from Your Mom Published Feb 18, 2020"One of my favourite things in comedy is when you say something you think is only for you, and the crowd laughs and are basically like, 'Yea...
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!['Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Star Noémie Merlant Discusses #MeToo and Playing a Woman Outside the Patriarchy]()
Features'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Star Noémie Merlant Discusses #MeToo and Playing a Woman Outside the Patriarchy Published Feb 13, 2020"It represents a way of telling a story that we've been missing for a long time," Noémie Merlant tells Exclaim! about her new film, Portrait...
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![Trixie Mattel The Exclaim! Questionnaire]()
FeaturesTrixie Mattel The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Feb 12, 2020Trixie Mattel is the drag persona of Brian Firkus, and a self-proclaimed "bleach blonde, over-tanned beach bunny with a really dark sense of...
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![Makaya McCraven Honours, and Remixes, Gil Scott-Heron with 'We're New Again']()
FeaturesMakaya McCraven Honours, and Remixes, Gil Scott-Heron with 'We're New Again' Published Feb 10, 2020"It's a bit of a responsibility kind of thrown on my plate. To have to deal with the legacy of such an important and influential artist who...
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![Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Explains How a Kanye West Concert Put Him on the Path to Psych Rock Stardom]()
FeaturesTame Impala's Kevin Parker Explains How a Kanye West Concert Put Him on the Path to Psych Rock Stardom Published Feb 07, 2020There's a paradox at the heart of Tame Impala's enormous popularity. On one hand, Kevin Parker records his albums in solitude, playing a...
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!['How Did This Get Made?' Hosts Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas Talk Brad Pitt's Oscar Nom and Their JFL NorthWest Podcast Taping]()
Features'How Did This Get Made?' Hosts Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas Talk Brad Pitt's Oscar Nom and Their JFL NorthWest Podcast Taping Published Feb 06, 2020If a recent "mini-sode" of the popular How Did This Get Made? film re-evaluation podcast is to be believed, co-host Paul Scheer may have cau...
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![Caribou Finds His Voice After Life-Changing Surprises, with Some Help from Four Tet]()
FeaturesCaribou Finds His Voice After Life-Changing Surprises, with Some Help from Four Tet Published Feb 04, 2020The last few years for Dan Snaith, better known to music fans by his recording moniker Caribou, were littered with momentous changes that cr...
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!['Letterkenny' Uses the Power of Niche Comedy to Unite a Country (or Two)]()
Features'Letterkenny' Uses the Power of Niche Comedy to Unite a Country (or Two) Published Feb 03, 2020In 2018, Canadian TV got a morsel of international attention when, in a test of aptitude away from home, the hicks, skids, hockey players an...
