Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland Recall The Police’s Pre-Fame Days

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By Jeff Slate “Because we’d gotten into other things, I think we all came to enjoy The Police and were very proud of the work and saw it as a very closed circle,” Stewart Copeland, the band’s irascible drummer, says when asked about what things were like internally in the run up to The Police’s 2007-2008 reunion tour. “We didn’t want to mess with it and were busy doing stuff. So we were very surprised when we did the reunion tour. We thought, ‘Well, this could be cool, it’ll probably be quite popular.’ We had no idea that stadiums around the world would sell out in minutes! We had no idea — be… Continue reading “Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland Recall The Police’s Pre-Fame Days”

LeBron James Reached Out To Kyrie Irving In 2019 To Improve Their Relationship, But After Irving Rejected The Lakers And Joined The Nets, Their Relationship Got Worse

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By Aaditya Krishnamurthy View the original article to see embedded media. Kyrie Irving and LeBron James have always had a very tumultuous relationship. The two players teamed up together in 2014 when James made his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. After an initial rough patch, Irving and LeBron got on the same page, and the Cavaliers found great success with each other. The duo led the Cavaliers to their first NBA championship in franchise history. But Irving decided to leave after the 2017 NBA Finals, thus significantly affecting his relationship with LeBron. And it appears they were able t… Continue reading “LeBron James Reached Out To Kyrie Irving In 2019 To Improve Their Relationship, But After Irving Rejected The Lakers And Joined The Nets, Their Relationship Got Worse”

Jason Kidd gets his playoff shot against hometown Warriors — as Dallas coach

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SAN FRANCISCO – Jason Kidd is back in town, and it’s not for a 30-year reunion of St. Joseph High’s Class of 1992 in Alameda. He is here to coach the Dallas Mavericks past the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, which begin tonight at Chase Center. “It’s always good to come home,” Kidd said Tuesday. “A lot of great things happened here as a kid growing up in the Bay. It’s always good.” Kidd, 49, was such a teenage phenom that a shrine is on display just 16 miles from the Warriors’ new home, back over the Bay Bridge amid Alameda’s Victorian homes. Take a step inside Kelly Gymnasium, turn… Continue reading “Jason Kidd gets his playoff shot against hometown Warriors — as Dallas coach”

The Tragic Life Of Tammy Wynette, The First Lady Of Country

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Few singers in the history of the country genre have ever conveyed as much raw emotion through their songs as the late Tammy Wynette did. Fans the world over loved her music and her unmistakably powerful singing voice. But what they might not have realized was that the woman behind those classic songs lived a highly complicated and difficult life, full of enormous ups and downs. From the impressive to the tragic, here are 50 little-known facts about country music superstar Tammy Wynette. Tammy Wynette Facts1. She Came from Humble OriginsFrom the very beginning, Wynette’s life was far from an e… Continue reading “The Tragic Life Of Tammy Wynette, The First Lady Of Country”

Book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious

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Chicago Tribune

In late April, one week before a trial began that would decide how much Alex Jones should pay the families of first-graders murdered in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the conspiracy theorist filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court. Jones, at the helm of a multi-million dollar right-wing media echo chamber, sought relief from the financial reckoning that was surely coming. Having spread lies that the shooting was a government fabrication and these grieving families (and even their dead children) were actually paid actors, having subsequently lost defamation suits … Continue reading “Book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious”

Little Mix banked $5m since Jesy Nelson quit

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Little Mix have banked £5 million since Jesy Nelson quit the band. The chart-topping girl group made £1.7 million each over the last 12 months, however, their touring company took a £2.6 million hit after the singer’s departure. Latest accounts for the band’s gigging company, owned by Jade Thirlwall, 29, Perrie Edwards, 28, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 30, show it plunged in value from £7.6 million to £5 million. The newly published accounts cover the 12 months from September 2020 to the end of August 2021. Jesy, 30, left in December 2020. Paperwork for the group’s Eternal Magic Touring reference h… Continue reading “Little Mix banked $5m since Jesy Nelson quit”