Jay-Z, Meek Mill and more push for law that would stop New York prosecutors using rap lyrics as evidence

New York University has officially launched a new course focused on Taylor Swift, just in time for spring semester.As part of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, the course will run from January 26 to March 9, and students can expect to learn more about the singer’s career and her cultural influence.

A’Ziah “Zola” King, Jeremy O. Harris, Tommy Dorfman, and Cat Marnell.According to Page Six, the rapper “flew into New York City for [Fox’s] birthday” but immediately returned to Los Angeles to continue working on the Donda sequel.

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Taylor Swift.The course began at the Davis Institute, which is part of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, on January 26 and will run through to March 9.Set to be taught by Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos, the course will cover “Swift’s evolution as a creative music entrepreneur, the legacy of pop and country songwriters, discourses of youth and girlhood, and the politics of race in contemporary popular music” (via Variety).“This course proposes to deconstruct both the appeal and aversions to Taylor Swift through close readings of her music and public discourse as it relates to her own growth as an artist and a celebrity,” a description adds.“Through readings, lectures and more, the class delves into analyses of the culture and politics of teen girlhood in pop music, fandom, media studies, whiteness and power as it relates to her image and the images of those who have both preceded and succeeded her. We’ll also consider topics like copyright and ownership, American nationalism and the ongoing impact of social media on the pop music industry.”The Swift course already has a long waiting list of students, a representative for the course told Variety.

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Preview in new tabSome news leaves us without words.Wordle — the addictive, five-letter puzzle phenom of this year — is being taken over by the New York Times for “an undisclosed price in the low seven figures,” the newspaper and Brooklyn-based creator Josh Wardle announced Monday afternoon.The “Wheel of Fortune”-esque online game — in which players have six guesses to determine one new word each day — will be transitioning to the paper’s website and will reportedly remain free to play.“The game has gotten bigger than I imagined,” Wardle said, adding that he was “thrilled” with the move. A timetable for the changeover was not released.

Ellise Shafer The New York Times has purchased Wordle, the daily word game that has recently taken the internet by storm.The publication announced the acquisition in a press release on Monday, writing: “As The Times looks to entertain more solvers with puzzles every day — especially during these anxious times — we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired Wordle, the stimulating and wildly popular daily word game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Wordle, which gives players six tries to guess a five-letter mystery word, will join New York Times Games’s portfolio of original, engaging puzzle games that delight and challenge solvers every day.”The press release also states that Wordle was purchased for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures.” The game was created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software engineer, and released to the public in October 2021.

Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst has died at the age of 30 after falling from her high-rise New York City apartment. Cheslie's body was found at 7:05 a.m. Sunday 30 Januaury on the sidewalk just outside the Orion Condominium building in Manhattan where she resided.

There are far weightier consequences of the Omicron variant’s holiday-season surge than New York media types having to puzzle out the fate of red-carpet events.

Bon appétit for Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom! Ahead of the singer’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the engaged pair squeezed in a date night in New York City on Thursday at celebrity Italian staple Carbone.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom! Ahead of the singer's appearance on this weekend, the engaged pair squeezed in a date night in New York City on Thursday at celebrity Italian staple Carbone. For their night out on the town, both stars put a fashionable foot forward, Bloom in a denim blue ensemble and Perry in head-to-toe camel corduroy, a stark change from the leather, oxblood-hued outfit and black fur coat she was photographed in while spotted in Midtown. And what would date night be without some romance? «Orlando is such a gentleman, he opened the doors for her, held her hand, and led her into and out of the restaurant,» an eyewitness told ET. «They still seem very much in the honeymoon phase!» While they are parents to 1-year-old daughter Daisy, the infant did not join them for dinner.

New York Post ran an article that included commentary from social media users who branded Dr. Anthony Fauci a “narcissist” for having a portrait of himself – and a bobblehead in his image – in his own house.“Meanwhile, the unfortunate punching bag when it comes to COVID continues to be Dr.

Locksmith Animation (Ron’s Gone Wrong) has optioned Marissa Meyer’s New York Times bestselling novel series The Lunar Chronicles for film, the London-based CG animation producer announced today.