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By Keefer May 27, 2021 1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets released their first record and only single to make it to #1, "Thatll Be The Day." It was inspired by John Wayne repeatedly uttering the catch-phrase in the movie The Searchers. 1962 - The Freewheelin Bob Dylan, containing soon-to-be standards such as "Blowin in the Wind," "Dont Think Twice, Its All Right" and "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall," released via Columbia Records. Its hard to overestimate the importance of The Freewheelin Bob Dyla...

USA TODAY Im Winston Gieseke, philanthropy and special sections editor for The Desert Sun in sunny Palm Springs, bringing you the latest headlines from this great state of ours. Have a friend who wants California news delivered to their inbox for free? Let them know they can sign up via this link. 9 dead in shooting rampage at San Jose rail yard Police spokesman Russell Davis said the gunman was an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub, and other emp...

by   In his studio in Lubbock, Texas., Eddie Dixon demonstrates how he adds details to the eyes of a sculpture. He designed a Buffalo Soldier for the U.S. Military Academy. (Brad Tollefson/For The Washington Post) LUBBOCK, Texas — Late into the night, in his studio on Avenue X, surrounded by props and tools and diagrams of the human form, sculptor Eddie Dixon worked on the Buffalo Soldier’s face. It was the hardest part of the equestrian statue he was making for the U.S. Military Academy ...

Photo by Fer Gregory / Shuttertock.com Design by Dustin Glatz Munchausen syndrome by proxy, also known as “factitious disorder imposed on another,” is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as “the intentional production or feigning of physical or psychological signs or symptoms in another person who is under the individual’s care.” It’s a disorder that first emerged, with both clinical and legal ra...

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Midnight Cowboy, 1969. (Photo by United Artists / Courtesy of Getty Images) With Shooting “Midnight Cowboy”, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and film historian Glenn Frankel completes a trilogy of behind-the-scenes accounts of cinematic cowboy ballads. Of course, technically speaking, John Schlesinger’s 1969 Best Picture winner isn’t a western like High Noon or The Searchers; its 10-gallon-hat hero Joe Buck styles himself after Gary Cooper and John Wayne, but he’s shooting ...

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Southern Californians will be traveling this Memorial Day weekend in large numbers, buoyed by sharp decreases in coronavirus cases, increased vaccinations and spurred by pent-up demand from 15 months of

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The Western’s Long Glorification of Oppression A quintessentially American, and Texan, film genre, the Western has mistold Texas history since its beginnings. A quintessentially American, and Texan, film genre, the Western has mistold Texas history since its beginnings. Nic Yeager May 26, 2021, 9:00 am CST Scenes from The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and set during the Texas-Indian Wars. The film is considered one of the most influential Westerns ever made.   “It just so happens...