Melissa Fares
By Melissa Fares
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The Schmooze Joey Alexander, 13-Year-Old Jazz Prodigy, Talks About Second Album
In the first decade of his life, jazz pianist Joey Alexander released his first album and became the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Grammy at age 11. Now, at 13, Alexander has a second album, “Countdown,” which he said shows more exploration. But the Bali native, who at the age of eight…
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Fast Forward Why Bernie Sanders’s Social Media Guru Tweets With Brooklyn Accent
Last August, Bernie Sanders sat on a Craigslist-bought beige couch in his Washington office plotting to steal the social media spotlight from 10 Republicans taking the stage for the first televised debate of the 2016 presidential campaign. Next to the Democratic presidential candidate, 74, sat 27-year-old Hector Sigala, his digital media director. For the next…
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Life Swipe Right for Bernie Sanders? Not So Fast, Tinder Warns.
Robyn Gedrich, front, was booted from Tinder for campaigning on the site for Bernie Sanders, which the dating site says is a violation of its rules. Stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tinder is getting some women banned from the online dating app after sending campaign messages to prospective matches. Two women —…
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