How a lifelong Gerard Way fan managed to interview him without vomiting

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They say to never meet your heroes, but I did it anyway. 

I’ve put Gerard Way — former My Chemical Romance frontman, current comic book writer — on a pedestal for about 13 years. He seemed a genius, an impossibly aloof icon. 

But in real life? He’s just a nice dude who is mildly insane and makes weird, good sh*t. 

I saw that the second we started talking about our home state, New Jersey. Suddenly it dawns on me: he’s that kid who lived down the block and that everyone thought was a little off because he listened to weird ambient noise while he made comics.  Read more…

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Adam Driver doesn’t know what ’emo’ means and no one can cope

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Star Wars is full of shocking revelations, but the latest reveal to rock the franchise is comfortably the most earth-trembling of all: Adam Driver apparently doesn’t know what the word “emo” means.

It started on Wednesday evening, when Rolling Stone published a feature about The Last Jedi which included interviews with the cast.

“Adam Driver has a question for me. ‘What,’ he asks, ‘is emo?’ ” 😂 https://t.co/LznmT5SWIO via @RollingStone

— Alex Kane (@alexjkane) November 29, 2017

Here’s the exact moment in the interview where the bombshell gets dropped: Read more…

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Rapper Lil Peep has died aged 21

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Lil Peep, a rising young star of the rap-emo scene, has died aged 21, his publicist told Pitchfork and The Guardian

The cause of the death is still unknown but music manager Adam Grandmaison told The Guardian the artist had been taken to hospital after an overdose. 

Lil Peep, who grew up in Long Beach, New York, and whose real name was Gustav Åhr, released his debut album “Come Over When You’re Sober (Part One)” in August this year after earning a cult following for a series of short mixtapes in which he opened up about his drug use and mental health issues.    Read more…

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