Bad boy chef-turned-raconteur Anthony Bourdain sits at a two-top with one of his heroes, Iggy Pop, the proto-punk rocker who once overdosed onstage in Los Angeles and rolled in broken glass until his face bled during a New York show. Pop’s message all those years ago was not lost on a young Bourdain: Life is […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: ‘Middlemarch’ – because they’re called classics for a reason
“Members of our College Club Book Review have all just read ‘Middlemarch,’ a historic novel by a woman (Mary Ann Evans) many years ahead of her time in England, who herself had to pose as a male – George Eliot was her pen name – to get her novels published. (The book was published in […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Biz Markie, New York rapper known as ‘clown prince of hip-hop,’ dies at 57
He climbed the music charts in 1989 with his crossover hit ‘Just a Friend.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Cannes’ top honor mistakenly announced early by Spike Lee
The serial killer odyssey ‘Titane’ wins the festival’s top honor, the Palme d’Or.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies at 57
Markie, the self-proclaimed ‘Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,’ made music with the Beastie Boys, opened for Chris Rock’s comedy tour and was a sought-after DJ for star-studded events.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Sports
Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms
After a year’s delay, the Olympics arrive during a COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan, with most Japanese citizens wishing the Olympics weren’t taking place and most events occurring in near-empty venues.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, Nation & World, News
Maine officials monitoring disease killing birds in mid-Atlantic states
However, officials here say the disease – which has afflicted blue jays, grackles and some songbirds – is not a cause for concern in Maine at this time.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Pope reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass
Pope Francis says he took the action because Pope Benedict XVI’s reform had become a source of division in the church and been exploited by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Video games coming to Netflix? Latest hiring offers a clue
Adding video games would give Netflix another way to build on the nearly 208 million subscribers that it had at the end of March.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Anarchy in UK court? Ex-Sex Pistols sue singer Johnny Rotten
Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook are suing for the right to use the band’s songs in an upcoming television series.
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