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Gwyneth Paltrow, PR crisis speaker? The ex-wife of Coldplay's Chris Martin was hired to speak about the company that made headlines when executives were caught hugging on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert. (Steven Ferdman / Getty Images)

The Goop-fication of corporate crisis PR

A fan holds up a sign during a kiss cam segment in the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Angels at Citizens Bank Park on July 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Yes, you can enjoy the kiss-cam scandal

At a recent Coldplay concert, the kiss-cam moment got a few tech execs in trouble. Now it's a viral phenomenon. ( Robert Okine / Getty Images)

Coldplay kiss cam costs CEO his job

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Ontario (Photo by Robert Okine/Getty Images)

Is it "illicit affair" summer?

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Coldplay (James Marcus Haney)

Coldplay's new album is an unholy mess

Coldplay (Tim Saccenti/Atlantic Records)

Coldplay fights global malaise with hope

Ariana Grande (Getty/Frederick M. Brown)

Ariana Grande benefit concert

Drake at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Music business is booming

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"Sex with the lights on"

Brendan Gauthier

Rudy has nothing on Beyonce

Brendan Gauthier

Beyoncé performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl 50. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

Beyoncé won Super Bowl 50

Coldplay (AP/Jack Plunkett)

How Coldplay became cool

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Chris Martin sings David Bowie

Brendan Gauthier

Beyoncé in Coldplay's "Hymn for the Weekend" (YouTube)

Coldplay’s eat-pray-love India

Paula Young Lee

(Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Why we love to hate Coldplay

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 19, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP) (Powers Imagery/invision/ap)

Coldplay at the Super Bowl

Brendan Gauthier

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Katie McDonough

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