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As Pokémon trainers, our ascent to Champion status in the video game franchise is practically foretold. The gym leaders along the way, meanwhile, are supposed to be the best in the world — so you gotta imagine that these people feel something when they get beat. And while some leaders take defeat gracefully, some of them seem likely to struggle with their failure and perhaps doubt themselves in the future. Gym leaders are, after all, merely human. This isn’t something we ever see in the games, but it’s the entire premise behind the latest short for Pokémon: Twilight Wings. Here,…

Justin & Hailey Bieber Looking to Buy, Complete 1st Home ... Could Spend $20 Million 2/18/2020 7:32 AM PT Exclusive X17 Justin and Hailey Bieber's potential starter home is one that's still under construction -- but we're hearing they're eyeing it pretty hard, and could spend a fortune to get it. Sources tell TMZ ... Mr. and Mrs. Bieber have been looking at this monster of a home in Brentwood, which is currently owned by the CEO of Playboy Enterprises. The guy bought the place when it was a vacant lot in 2014, spending around $9 million just for the…

Foo Fighters have announced a tour celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary. The 2020 Van Tour, which will revisit cities that Foo Fighters toured through in 1995 behind their eponymous debut album, kicks off April 12 in Phoenix and will take them across North America. Find the band’s full roster of tour dates below and buy tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Foo Fighters’ last album was 2017’s Concrete and Gold. Loading Loading Read More

February 18, 2020 7:24AM PT Deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are slated to begin on Tuesday, but there were plenty of fireworks even before Justice James Burke could give jurors instructions. Before the jury was called in, prosecutors accused the former movie mogul’s lawyers of jury tampering, vociferously objecting to a Newsweek op-ed. The article, penned by Weinstein’s lead attorney Donna Rotunno, implored the jury to “look past the headlines” and “to base their verdict solely on the facts, testimony and evidence presented to them in the courtroom.” Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi objected to the piece, saying…

February 18, 2020 | 10:23am | Updated February 18, 2020 | 11:45am Enlarge Image Robert Lee Noye faces charges of first-degree harassment and false imprisonment. Linn Co. Sheriff's Office; Everett Collection This is the wrong kind of captive audience. Don’t worry if you can’t afford to pay $2,500 to have your white privilege checked — this Michigan man will do it for free. Robert Lee Noye, 52, was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman and forcing her to watch the landmark 1977 miniseries “Roots,” the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. Noye is accused of abducting an unnamed woman of unspecified race,…