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Nancy Wilson’s stolen guitar recovered

courtesy of Nancy WilsonThere’s good news for Heart’s Nancy Wilson.The Atlantic City Police Department announced on Facebook that they have recovered the rocker's custom purple sparkle baritone Telecaster, which had been stolen from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City following Heart's performance there May 31.Garfield Bennett was arrested for the theft on June 5. The statement from the ACPD says officers had tracked his movements using surveillance cameras, which showed that he gave the guitar to a woman. They then […]

June 11, 2025

Music

On This Day, June 11, 2002: Paul McCartney marries Heather Mills

On This Day, June 11, 2002…Beatles legend Paul McCartney married his second wife, Heather Mills, a former model and activist, whose leg was amputated in 1993 after she was run over by a police motorcycle in London.The couple wed at Castle Leslie in the village of Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland, with the celebration attended by several celebrities, including McCartney’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr.The wedding took place four years after the death of McCartney’s first wife, Linda McCartney, from cancer.McCartney […]

June 11, 2025

Health

Medical Notes: The Brain’s Secret Microstructure That Has Powerful Impacts, Why Kids Should Play Sports, And How A Diabetes Drug Can Fight Off Alzheimer’s Disease

A diabetes drug may be helpful in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Research in the journal Jama Neurology reveals a connection between two glucose-lowering medications and a lower risk of Alzheimer’s. The drugs may have protective effects for the brain and could slow cognitive decline in dementia patients. Researchers are now looking at who would most benefit from this treatment and what safety concerns could arise. (University of Florida) A tiny part of the brain may be the key to treating […]

June 11, 2025

Viewpoints

Culture Crash: Death Rides Again In “Final Destination: Bloodlines”

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… The Final Destination franchise is a horror franchise that never really gets very scary. Instead of using tension and terror, Final Destination almost gleefully depicts death and its design ruthlessly terrorizing groups of overzealous teens who have somehow escaped death once before. And the franchise’s trademark is that these teens are then killed, typically by long, convoluted, Rube Goldberg machine-like chain reactions that lead […]

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Viewpoints

Viewpoints Explained: The Quiet Shift Happening Before Weddings This Summer

This is Viewpoints Explained… Peak summer wedding season is here. Before walking down the aisle, more couples today are adding an extra item to their to-do list— premarital counseling. A survey conducted earlier this year by The Knot found that out of seventeen thousand engaged or just-married couples, about a third went to couples therapy. For gen Z’ers, this number is higher at nearly 40 percent. Once seen as a last-ditch effort to save a failing marriage, couples therapy is […]

June 11, 2025 2

Entertainment

In brief: Rachel Brosnahan to lead ‘Presumed Innocent’ season 2 and more

Patrick Schwarzenegger has found his next project. The actor will join Margaret Qualley in the upcoming film Love Of Your Life, Deadline reports. The romantic drama film will be directed by Rachel Morrison for Amazon MGM Studios. This marks his first major role since the third season of The White Lotus wrapped in April ...Rachel Brosnahan is set to be the lead of Presumed Innocent season 2. Apple TV+ made the announcement on social media on Tuesday. The upcoming season […]

June 11, 2025 1

Entertainment

‘The Last of Us’ creators confirm season 3 focuses on Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby

Liane Hentscher/HBO(SPOILER ALERT) The Last of Us creators have confirmed what many fans had already suspected: season 3 of the apocalyptic HBO drama will focus on Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, the character introduced last season who killed off Pedro Pascal’s Joel.Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann confirmed the news at an FYC panel in Los Angeles Tuesday, featuring Dever on video chat and fellow cast members Bella Ramsey, Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna and Young Mazino. The panel was moderated by Rob McElhenney.“I can’t believe that they let us structure the series in this way, meaning, like, […]

June 11, 2025 1

Music

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe featured on new ‘Democracy Forward’ compilation

Al Pereira/Getty ImagesR.E.M.’s Michael Stipe is one of the many artists contributing to a new double vinyl compilation called Democracy Forward, dropping July 4.The double album is being released by the legal organization Democracy Forward and The Bitter Southerner, with Stipe's contribution listed as "Invocation."Other artists on the album include Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jim James, John Prine and Tyler Childers.Proceeds from the album benefit Democracy Forward, which is dedicated to defending democracy, the U.S. […]

June 11, 2025

Music

KISS’ Paul Stanley says changes are coming to KISS Army Storms Vegas

Robin L Marshall/Getty ImagesBack in March KISS announced the KISS Army Storms Vegas fan event, which will feature an unmasked electric performance by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, but now Stanley says plans for the event may be changing.In a new appearance on the Broken Record Podcast, Stanley says they will still perform, but the plan is to make some changes so it more closely represents a KISS Kruise."It started off as something, honestly, that Gene and I kind of took […]

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