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Plus, McKinley Dixon’s short and sweet return. Ichiko Aoba and the sound of the sea.

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Last night, Diane Warren, the legendary songwriter who’s still waiting for her Oscar, took another L in the Best Original Song category — her sixteenth (yes, sixteenth) nomination without a win.

Meanwhile, Billy McFarland, the fraudster behind the infamous Fyre Festival, is back at it — attempting to revive the disaster three years after his release from prison. His second act is set to kick off on May 30th in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. No lineup has been announced, but tickets are already on sale, with prices starting at a casual $1,400. It’s almost certainly not going to be worth the money in terms of the actual festival experience, but if you’ve got cash to burn, the spectacle alone might justify the price.

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In our last newsletter, we spent a fair bit of time discussing K-pop darlings BLACKPINK — consider this part two. With their signature slogan, “BLACKPINK in your area,” the quartet, alongside groups like TWICE and Red Velvet, has cemented its place in the upper echelon of third-generation K-pop girl groups…