The “Freewinds” ship, a cruise ship that is owned by the Church of Scientology, has reportedly been quarantined in the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia due to a confirmed measles case. According to Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, St. Lucia’s chief medical official, the country received information there was a confirmed measles …
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Two days after Doug LaMalfa, a climate-denying Republican, was re-elected to his fourth term in Congress, the Camp fire — the deadliest fire in a century and the most destructive in California’s history — broke out in his district. It raged for two and a half weeks, displacing 52,000 people …
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President Trump is a liar. This goes without saying, but in case you’re still skeptical, the Washington Post has receipts. A lot of them. On Monday, the paper revealed that, according to their calculations, the president has now delivered over 10,000 false or misleading claims since taking office, good for …
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Sigourney Weaver surprised the ambitious high school drama club behind the viral Alien: The Play when she showed up at North Bergen High School’s encore performance Friday, which marked the 40th anniversary of the legendary sci-fi thriller. The New Jersey high school became an internet sensation because of the elaborate …
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Def Leppard‘s Nineties catalog will be the focus of the band’s limited edition Volume Two box set, which collects the decade’s albums, B-sides, outtakes and more. Volume Two – out June 21st as both a 7-CD or 10-LP box set – features 1990’s Adrenalize, 1996’s Slang and 1999’s Euphoria (on …
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“RealLife Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. “Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff Debuting New Country Song at the Ally Coalition Talent Show” (YouTube): From December — and can this performance really have had less than 9,000 views? There’s no …
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Dylan LeBlanc has offered another look at his upcoming album with the jangly new song “Born Again.” LeBlanc’s album Renegade will be released June 7th via ATO Records. In “Born Again,” LeBlanc ponders the transformative power of pain, with ringing guitar arpeggios echoing the melancholy feeling of his lyrics. “You …
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Eighty-three years ago today, Roy Orbison was born in the North Texas town of Vernon. The singer with the darkly operatic voice would shine among the early architects of rock & roll, emphasizing a gift for bold balladry in tunes such as “Running Scared,” “In Dreams” and “Crying,” while also …
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John Prine surprised Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this past weekend when he showed up during the encore of Todd Snider‘s concert for a rousing 4/20-performance of “Illegal Smile.” The longtime friends traded verses on the 1971 classic, with Snider, grinning ear-to-ear, ceding the stage to his songwriting hero and mentor before …
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For the final day of the second weekend of this year’s Coachella, Kanye West hosted a special edition of his “Sunday Service” series atop “The Mountain,” a hillside campsite at the festival, where he debuted a new song called “Water.” Joined by collaborator Ant Clemons and Ty Dolla $ign, West …
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