What To Know America’s Got Talent kicked off its Season 21 Quarterfinals with 11 acts performing for judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Mel B. One of Mandel’s previous Golden Buzzer picks once again earned his Quarterfinals buzzer with their latest performance. Viewers will vote for which acts will move on to the next round
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Frank Beard, the longtime drummer with rock legends ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77. The news was announced earlier today (August 18) by the band, with their official website confirming that Beard died yesterday while receiving hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas. He was surrounded by his family, and no cause
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A federal judge on Friday ruled against a Trump administration provision to to remove gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit covered under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law (also known as Obamacare) which requires the federal government to subsidize such benefits. Senior U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton (an appointee of former President George
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Civil Rights activist, calypso singer and actor Harry Belafonte said that in her time, Mahalia Jackson was the “single most powerful black woman in America,’’ by which he meant there was not a Black American “who did not respond to her civil rights message.” Best known as the finest gospel singer of her era—and, arguably,
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Most memoirs of personal transformation are told alone. Redemption, the new visual anthology from Her Majesty Queen Olori Atuwatse III, Queen Consort of the Warri Kingdom, opens with someone else’s voice first: her husband’s. The foreword, written by His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, the 21st Olu of Warri, is a rare thing in a
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Paris Jackson has reflected on perforating her septum through snorting drugs, saying she could see “straight through” her nose. The singer and actor, who is the daughter of Michael Jackson, is preparing to release her second studio album ‘Happiest Day Of My Life’ on Friday (August 21), which she has made in collaboration with Linda Perry. Ahead of the release, she
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Hayden Panettiere in ‘Heroes.’ Photo: NBC Universal. Preview: Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36. She was best known for her roles as Claire Bennet on ‘Heroes,’ Juliette Barnes on ‘Nashville’ and Kirby Reed in the ‘Scream’ franchise. Panettiere began working in entertainment as an infant and went on to build a career
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Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas has gone viral after smashing his bandmate’s in-ear monitors by swinging his mic stand on stage. Watch the footage below. The incident occurred during the Florida band’s performance at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield last Sunday (August 16). In a fan-shot video that was subsequently posted on social media,
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What To Know It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 18 kicked off with a wild wedding, but did the FXX comedy take things to far? The two-episode debut also paid tribute to late star Lynne Marie Stewart. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s landmark 18th season has officially kicked off with two back-to-back episodes: “Frank Marries
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Green Day‘s Tré Cool has addressed whether the long-discussed ‘American Idiot’ movie is still in the works, and whether the band are due for a full biopic. The drummer has spoken to NME following the release of Nimrods, the new fictional coming-of-age comedy inspired by Green Day’s early touring years, and he was asked whether the plans for a big screen
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As a foreign correspondent, Sally Hayden spoke with many people whose lives had been overturned by disaster. In This Is Also a Love Story (9.5 hours) she presents stories of relationships—romantic, familial and platonic—that demonstrate the profound indomitability of humanity, even and especially in times of catastrophe. By juxtaposing world-shattering events with everyday experiences, the
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(L to R) Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in ‘Lanterns’. Photo: John Johnson/HBO Max. Arriving on HBO August 16th with the first episode (and seven more to follow weekly), ‘Lanterns’ sees James Gunn’s (‘Superman’) DC Studios universe move into live-action TV with a show that mixes interstellar law-keeping mythology and ground-level small town crime. “Only
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