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A new book argues that Elton John spent the entire early 1970s hiding in plain sight, stuffing queer longing into chart-topping hits that millions of straight people sang along to without once catching the subtext. The piano man was doing it on purpose, and "Goodbye Yellow Brick...
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Justin Baldoni, the man currently staring down an $8 million legal fee request from Blake Lively's attorneys, has broken his 13-month...
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