Erica Garner resembled her father very much in life, and now shares his misfortune in early death, passing from heart failure this weekend. She was 27. The horrible unexpected loss of someone so young is particularly painful and tragic because she only just had a child, a baby boy she …
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UPDATE: Kid Rock has changed the name of his current trek from the “Greatest Show on Earth Tour” to the “American Rock N Roll Tour” following a trademark infringement lawsuit. “While I firmly believe that I am entitled under the First Amendment to name my Tour after my song,” Rock …
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Former USC football player Owen “O-Dog” Hanson was sentenced to 21 years and three months in prison on charges of drug trafficking and racketeering last Friday. The athlete-turned-drug-kingpin pleaded guilty to the charges in January. In addition to the prison sentence, Hanson was subjected to a court-mandated forfeiture of $5 …
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Alexander Payne, one of our best and most inventive filmmakers, is thinking big about being small. In Downsizing, a bracing comedy of shocking gravity, Payne and longtime writing partner Jim Taylor posit a future where human beings are offered the chance to shrink down to about five-inches in size and …
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Foo Fighters transformed their hit “Everlong” into a Christmas medley on Saturday Night Live, where the band served as musical guest on the 2017 finale. For the band’s second performance of the night, Dave Grohl, wearing a festive red sweater, delivered a slowed-down, solo rendition of the 1997 single. However, …
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While using the term “country and western” to describe much of contemporary country music is woefully outdated, there remains a legendary exception to that rule: Riders in the Sky. The quartet, who celebrated 40 years of performing together at a special performance in Nashville, has been on what they term …
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In 1965, Shawn Colvin was a young piano student in Vermillion, South, Dakota, when she was given Lullabies and Night Songs, a book of songs for children, including many traditional tunes, arranged for piano by Alex Wilder and distinctively illustrated by Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of classic, award-winning …
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This year, we’ve asked 10 writers to pick some of their favorite TV episodes from 2017 and weigh in on why they were great stand-alone eps and the highlights of our viewing year. Today: Rob Sheffield on I Love Dick‘s“A Short History of Weird Girls.” Let’s hear it for the …
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Major League Baseball‘s tectonic plates moved early Saturday morning as the Miami Marlinsreached a deal to send star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Yankees, according to the Associated Press. Stanton, the National League’s reigning MVP and baseball‘s 2017 home run leader, had spent his entire career with the …
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Quincy Jones‘ new subscription video-on-demand platform dedicated entirely to jazz will launch December 15th. Qwest TV will offer a curated lineup of over 100 “concerts, documentaries, interviews and archives of premium jazz and related eclectic music original content.” The initial line-up boasts films featuring Aretha Franklin, Anderson .Paak, B.B. King, …
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