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Disgraced but Embraced: Pop Culture Pariahs Are Making Big Comebacks

Shane Gillis hosted “S.N.L.,” the show that rebuffed him. Ye topped the Billboard chart after making antisemitic remarks. Has the mainstream given up on banishing bad actors?

By Jon Caramanica

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Toby Keith and His Complexities

A conversation about his loudest (and quieter) moments, and how patriotism has played into country music.

By Chris PizzelloInvision via Associated Press

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Roni Stoneman, Country Music’s ‘First Lady of the Banjo,’ Dies at 85

A featured player on ‘Hee Haw’ and member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

By Bill Friskics-Warren

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Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Top Billboard Country Chart

Her single “Texas Hold ’Em” debuted atop the country airplay chart after its release during the Super Bowl.

By Christopher Kuo