Quantum Criminals, the upcoming book by journalist/critic Alex Pappademas and illustrator Joan LeMay, is a comprehensive Steely Dan biography that doubles as a wild trip through the extended Steely Dan universe — the dazzling, seedy, romantically unromantic world Donald Fagen and Walter Becker created together. For the most part, the …
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Donald Trump for months has been telling people close to him that he plans to bring back his infamous “Muslim ban” if he’s reelected in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. “Gotta bring it back,” Trump has said of the policy, according to the two …
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Drew Tarver and Heléne Yorke — the titular stars in the HBO Max comedy The Other Two — are joking about the time they first met one another. “We did a screen test together and, Heléne…, “ Tarver begins, “Remember you touched my face? Was that what it was? It …
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When Elton John was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, he brought his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin onstage and handed him his award. “I feel cheating standing up here because without Bernie, there wouldn’t have been any Elton John at all,” he said. “And …
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Yellowstone, the smash TV western adored by parents and old souls alike, will end after the upcoming second half of its fifth season — but Paramount is wasting no time in prepping a sequel series to take its place. There aren’t a ton of concrete details about the sequel, though …
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Donald Trump hasn’t been mounting much of a defense in the defamation and battery case E. Jean Carroll brought against the former president. In fact, his lawyers told the court earlier this week they wouldn’t be presenting any defense at all, and that Trump would not be appearing at the …
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Myron Elkins is one of those guys who seems to have stepped out of another time. At just 22, the former welder from the small town of Otsego, Michigan — closest city: Kalamazoo —drops names like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Al Green when recounting his musical mileposts. But he’s …
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Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider insisted he remains an ally of the LGBTQ community and argued those with moderate views should not be labeled as transphobes after he was dropped from this year’s San Francisco Pride event for supporting Paul Stanley’s transphobic tweet. “I was not aware the Transgender community expects …
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For nearly a decade now, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s final weekend has gone out with some highly curated shows at the city’s Saenger Theatre. There was the tribute to the Neville Brothers in 2015, a salute to The Band and their “Last Waltz” concert in 2016 and …
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On a recent Spring day, in the back room at lower Manhattan’s Astor Club, Conway The Machine’s team is busy gearing up for the release of Side A of his third studio album, Won’t He Do It. Two of his people are conferring on the side about his album release …
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