At first glance, Netflix‘s Ginny & Georgia seems like it was created by a streaming-service algorithm. The story of a single mom (Brianne Howey’s Georgia) and the precocious teenage daughter (Antonia Gentry’s Ginny) she had when she was a teen herself, it not only mimics the central premise of Gilmore …
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When Rush Limbaugh, the Great Bloviater of the AM dial, signed off from the “Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies,” two days before Christmas, he warned the faithful in the raspy remains of his famous trumpeting baritone: “The day is gonna come, folks, where I’m not going to be able …
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Behind Her Eyes, a bestselling thriller written by Sarah Pinborough, was marketed with its own hashtag, #WTFThatEnding, that can be interpreted two ways: as a lure convincing potential readers that they’ll be delighted by an unexpected conclusion, or as a warning that they’ll want to hurl the book across the …
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WASHINGTON —There is one and only one person who would qualify as the star witness in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. That person is Mike Pence. To call the former vice president a key figure in the events preceding and during the deadly January 6th insurrection …
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A review of this week’s WandaVision, “On a Very Special Episode…” coming up just as soon as I put a binky in my ear… The title “On a Very Special Episode…” is a nod to Family Ties, our biggest sitcom influence this week(*). The most enduring legacy of Family Ties …
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Highlights from the Clash legend Joe Strummer’s solo career will be the focus of a new collection titled Assembly, out March 26th via Dark Horse Records (find it here). The compilation includes singles and fan favorites from Strummer’s solo LPs as well as his work with the Mescaleros, including “Coma …
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Elvis Costello, Sting and Billy Joel are among the stars lending their support to a campaign to save the fabled New York City jazz venue Birdland. The effort includes a virtual concert — which Costello will partake in — airing January 24th at 7 p.m. ET. Like so many venues …
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UPDATE (1/20): Joseph Biggs, an organizer with the Proud Boys, is the latest to be arrested and charged for participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, NBC News reports. Biggs was seen in several videos and photos taken inside the Capitol, including one where he pulled …
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According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), there are currently at least 144 known cannabinoids that have been isolated from the cannabis plant. The most popular among them is Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound known to provide all the stereotypical effects of getting high. Yet a lesser-known cannabinoid, …
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When Def Leppard‘s members realized they wouldn’t be exploring the world on the Stadium Tour last year, they decided to conquer the backs of their wardrobes instead. A new online museum that they’ve dubbed the Def Leppard Vault (a nod to their 1995 greatest hits comp, Vault) collects images of …
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