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Satirist Bill Maher is this year's recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Maher will receive the award at the Kennedy Center on June 28th. The show will stream on Netflix at a later date. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

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Bill Maher is getting the Mark Twain Prize after all

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Bill Maher is getting the Mark Twain Prize after all

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"I always felt like there's this drag aspect to performing a female role," Robyn says. "It was so claustrophobic for me when I was younger but now it feels interesting to play with." Marili Andre hide caption

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Marili Andre

Music Interviews

Robyn on her trolling, playful new album 'Sexistential'

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Robyn on her trolling, playful new album ‘Sexistential’

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry is shown on a computer screen as she speaks at a live-streamed press briefing Thursday from Lausanne, Switzerland, about the ban on transgender athletes in women's events. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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The Olympic committee bans trans athletes from women's events, raising many questions

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