Yapeht Kotto, the prolific character actor who starred in Alien, the James Bond film Live and Let Die, and the long-running TV series Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday night at the age of 81. Kotto’s wife, Thessa Sinahon, announced his death in a Facebook post, though acause of …
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Among the the music biopic‘s many tropes is the inevitable recording-session scene, where we watch a recreation of the artist at work — or, if the subject is a band, see them quarrel and throw drum sticks at each other. Rare, though, are the sequences where you feel as if …
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Republican Senator Ron Johnson, a staunch Trump sycophant, let his racist flag fly high when he said that he was unafraid of the insurrectionists on January 6 because they were not members of Black Lives Matter or antifa. Johnson made the remarks during a Thursday interview on conservative radio host …
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The members of Gang of Four would likely be the first to tell you that you do not need an extravagant Gang of Four box set. They’re the ones who released a 45 sarcastically titled “To Hell With Poverty” and backed it up with “Capital (It Fails Us Now),” a …
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Anna B Savage keeps writing about birds, but she’s not sure why. Her debut album, A Common Turn, released in January, is full of them: swallows, corncrakes, doves, and in one punny instance, a song about terns. “I’m still trying to work this one out,” she says. “When I was …
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Marijuana is gaining social and legal traction across the U.S. And while this is a good thing for cannabis brands, navigating the stigma that surrounds the cannabis plant is a bit of a marketing challenge. Not only do companies have to grow brand awareness within this restricted market, but they …
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Nick Jonas is having a big week on the charts after pulling double duty as host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live on February 28th, performing “This Is Heaven” and “Spaceman.” Jonas saw a 122 percent increase in streams during the week of February 26th through March 4th compared …
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WASHINGTON —Six weeks into Joe Biden‘s presidency, there are new signs filibuster reform might happen. After a marathon overnight voting session last week, the Senate voted along party lines to pass the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill supported by Biden. The American Recovery Plan Act of 2021 now heads to …
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Todd Snider’s live shows are unparalleled experiences. The folk singer delivers hilarious, heartbreaking songs about his life, punctuating them with stories that can stretch as long as 18 minutes — about everything from the time he joined a Memphis cover band called K.K. Rider to the time he took mushrooms …
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Last Friday, Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces had dropped seven 500-pound bombs on a small building complex in Syria believed to be used by members of an Iranian-backed militia responsible for a rocket attack on U.S. forces in neighboring Iraq earlier last month. Already, it is easy to get …
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