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Pat Finn, who appeared in ‘The Middle,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dead at 60

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Pat Finn, who appeared in ‘The Middle,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dead at 60

Pat Finn attends ABC's 'The Middle' 200th episodes celebration on October 28, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)Actor and comedian Patrick Finn, best known for his role in ABC's The Middle, has died, according to a statement from his family.Finn, 60, died on Dec. 22 following a three-year battle with cancer, which had been in remission but then returned.Finn began his career as an improv comedian alongside his college […]

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Pat Finn, who appeared in ‘The Middle,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dead at 60

Entertainment

Pat Finn, who appeared in ‘The Middle,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dead at 60

Pat Finn attends ABC's 'The Middle' 200th episodes celebration on October 28, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)Actor and comedian Patrick Finn, best known for his role in ABC's The Middle, has died, according to a statement from his family.Finn, 60, died on Dec. 22 following a three-year battle with bladder cancer, which had been in remission but then returned.Finn began his career as an improv comedian alongside his […]

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Ariana Grande’s ‘SNL’ episode with Cher is most-watched in over a year

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Ariana Grande’s ‘SNL’ episode with Cher is most-watched in over a year

Bowen Yang, host Ariana Grande, musical guest Cher, surprise guest Aidy Bryant, and guitarist Kirk Douglas during 'SNL' Goodnights & Credits on Saturday, December 20, 2025 -- (Will Heath/NBC)The combination of host Ariana Grande, musical guest Cher and departing cast member Bowen Yang proved to be a ratings winner for Saturday Night Live.According to Variety, the Dec. 20 installment of the show, which also marked Yang's final appearance, drew 5.4 million […]

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Watch Celine Dion act out a scene from Jim Carrey’s ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ in full Grinch costume

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Watch Celine Dion act out a scene from Jim Carrey’s ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ in full Grinch costume

L-Celine Dion announces the fifth overall pick of the Montreal Canadiens onstage during the first round of the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft, June, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images); R-Jim Carrey stars as The Grinch in 'Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas' (Getty Images)We bet you didn't have Celine Dion impersonating The Grinch on your holiday bingo card.On Wednesday, the Canadian diva posted a video […]

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Ian Anderson pays tribute to Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams

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Ian Anderson pays tribute to Jethro Tull founding member Mick Abrahams

Mick Abrahams - Blodwyn Pig, 1969, Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns)Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is paying tribute to the band’s original guitarist Mick Abrahams, who passed away Dec. 19 at the age of 82.In a post on the band’s website, Anderson wrote that it was "with great sadness" that he learned of Abraham’s’ passing, noting Abrahams had "endured worsening ill health for the last 15 years leaving him finally unable […]

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The Zombies announce dates for third annual Begin Here festival

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The Zombies announce dates for third annual Begin Here festival

Soren Koch, Rod Argent, Colin Blunstone, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford of The Zombies perform at Variety Playhouse on April 03, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images)The Zombies have announced the dates for their third annual Begin Here festival. The 2026 event, which takes place in their hometown of St. Albans, U.K., will run from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.The Begin Here festival, which launched in November […]

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On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988: Poison landed their only #1 song with ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’

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On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988: Poison landed their only #1 song with ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’

On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988 ...Glam rockers Poison landed their first and only #1 song with the power ballad “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.”The song, from the band’s sophomore album, Open Up and Say … Ah!, spent three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and was #3 on the Billboard year-end charts for 1989.The band’s frontman, Bret Michaels, shared in an interview for VH1’s Behind the Music […]

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Culture Crash: Is King Sorrow Worth Reading? Inside Joe Hill’s Newest Novel

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Culture Crash: Is King Sorrow Worth Reading? Inside Joe Hill’s Newest Novel

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… Author Joe Hill is known for his creepy tales of horror and discontent. He wrote the source material for the Netflix show Locke & Key, the 2013 movie Horns, and the Black Phone movies starring Ethan Hawke. He’s been publishing his work for decades now, but Joe Hill’s newest novel, King Sorrow, may just […]

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Viewpoints Explained: The Holiday Leftover Mistakes Many Of Us Make

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Viewpoints Explained: The Holiday Leftover Mistakes Many Of Us Make

This is Viewpoints Explained… For many, the holidays are when our fridges hit maximum capacity. Leftovers pile up left and right, pies rotate in and out – and, meanwhile, everyone’s quietly debating what really needs to be go back in the fridge. But here’s the twist: some of the dishes we often treat as “Safe” this time of year really aren’t. Take pumpkin pie. Many of us assume you can […]

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Medical Notes: A New Form Of Evolution, Why Winter Is The Best Season For Your Diet, And The ‘Milk Bond’ Between Mother And Baby

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Medical Notes: A New Form Of Evolution, Why Winter Is The Best Season For Your Diet, And The ‘Milk Bond’ Between Mother And Baby

We may have discovered a new form of evolution. Scientists studied how insects coped with hurricane harvey in 2017 for a paper published in Nature Ecology And Evolution. They noticed that many bugs went through a type of evolution called ‘Spatial sorting’. It changes the likelihood of which specific traits are passed on, like with natural selection. But instead of taking thousands of years, the change occurred almost instantaneously. Since […]

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