Month: August 2021

News Nanci Griffith, Folk and Country Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 68 The Grammy-winning artist was best known for “Love at the Five and Dime” and her cover of Julie Gold’s “From a Distance” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 13, 2021 Facebook Twitter Nanci Griffith performs in London, February 3, 2010. (Photo by Christie Goodwin/Redferns) Facebook Twitter
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News Pil Trafa, Argentine Punk Pioneer, Dies at 62 The lead singer of Los Violadores died of cardiopulmonary arrest at his home in Lima, Peru By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 15, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Pil Trafa, the musician best known as the lead singer of Los Violadores, died at his home in Lima,
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News Perfume Genius Covers “I Will Survive”: Listen Mike Hadreas says he recorded the “deathbed-y” take on the disco classic for a commercial pitch By Allison Hussey August 15, 2021 Facebook Twitter Perfume Genius, May 2018 (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Boston Calling) Facebook Twitter Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas shared a cover of Gloria
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Several thousand LGBT+ people and their allies proudly marched for Bucharest Pride on Saturday (14 August), the first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 8,000 people walked the streets of the Romanian capital waving colourful flags, blowing whistles and attempting to resume the spirit of Pride after last year’s event was cancelled.
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An Illinois appellate court ruled Hobby Lobby violated the state’s anti-bias law by denying a trans employee access to the women’s bathroom. (Lewis Geyer/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty) Retail giant Hobby Lobby has lost its 11-year battle to ban a transgender woman from using the women’s bathroom while at work. The Illinois Second
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With the amount of doubt and concern in the world, due to a worldwide pandemic, most people have heard about the law of attraction in regards to the power of positivity and manifesting. But what exactly is it, how does it work, and is it meant for everyone? The law of attraction isn’t magic –
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Here at Crime Fiction Lover we love it when a book we’ve championed finds a wider audience via a film adaptation. Back in 2017, we placed The Dry – a debut novel by Jane Harper – on our Recommended list. Four years later, you can watch this excellent example of moody rural noir on Sky
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Horrors Elsewhere is a recurring column that spotlights a variety of movies from all around the globe, particularly those not from the United States. Fears may not be universal, but one thing is for sure — a scream is understood, always and everywhere. Prime Cruz’s The Debutantes brings grim meaning to the phrase “You only
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Nostalgia for the 2000s is stronger than ever (Bennifer, we’re looking at you), and so it’s only fitting that one of the decade’s most talked-about feuds would recently rejoin the cultural conversation.  Interest in the MTV sensation The Hills, which signed off in July 2010 after six seasons, has never really gone away. After all, The Hills:
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Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger for Legendary Entertainment, and we’ve learned that filming has now wrapped. Writer/Director Blair himself made the announcement this afternoon on Twitter. Find the tweet below. In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael
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Play video content @syesha / Instagram This video shows former “American Idol” finalist Syesha Mercado absolutely beside herself, in tears, as law enforcement takes her newborn baby following a child protective services investigation … and the video is stirring outrage. Syesha sobbed as she reluctantly handed over her baby daughter to Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies
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