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I have seen all of the nastiness on social media from the left celebrating Rush Limbaugh’s death. I'm not going to give them a platform to spew their hate. We're going to celebrate Rush and his impact on America.

Lynn Stalmaster He impacted hundreds of films and jump-started the careers of unknowns including Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Reeve, LaVar Burton and Ned Beatty. Lynn Stalmaster, the canny casting director who pushed relative unknowns Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate, Christopher Reeve for Superman and John Travolta for Welcome Back, Kotter, has died. He was 93. Stalmaster, who at the Governors Awards in November 2016 became the first casting director in history to receive an Academy Award, di...

The Zombies photographed in west London in 1965. Wise Music Group has purchased the Marquis, Verulam and Mistletoe Melodies music publishing companies from The Bocu Group, in the process acquiring publishing rights to the works of influential rock band The Zombies. Included in the purchase are several tracks written by The Zombies Rod Argent, including the Hot 100 No. 2 hit "Shes Not There" from the group’s 1964 debut album Begin Here and the tracks "Tell Her No," "Care of Cell 44" and "Tim...

Ed Roland for future releases. Collective Soul have released a total of ten studio albums, including the multi-platinum sellers Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid and Collective Soul; the platinum-selling Dosage; and the gold-selling Blender. The group’s debut single “Shine” peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, with other successful singles including “December,” “The World I Know,” “Where The River Flows,” “Precious Declaration, “Listen” and “Heavy,” a...

They say we’re born to die; that the trip from the cradle to the grave commences at our first breath.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. CDC confirmed the United States first known case of novel coronavirus -- what would later come to be known as COVID-19. By (0) A woman wears a mask covering her mouth and nose while walking through the subway on January 27, 2020, in New York City, less than one week after the first reported case of coronavirus in the United States. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo John Mcenroe plays an exhibition doubles match ...

Jan 21, 2021 1966 - George Harrison married Patti Boyd with Paul McCartney as Best man. George had first met Patti on the set of The Beatles movie A Hard Days Night. George wrote Something and I need You about her. She left Harrison in the mid-70s and started an affair with Harrisons friend Eric Clapton, who wrote the song "Layla" about her. Wonderful Tonight as well. The two married in May 1979, but split in 1988. 1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience began recording their cover of Bob Dylans "Al...

Today is Playdate Day, International Hugging Day, it's also Sweatpants Day and Granola Bar Day...

The not-singing bird With endless silence. —David Olney People say it was a poetic exit. I assure you, NOBODY wants to die onstage — figuratively or literally. On Jan. 18, Americana pioneer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, pre-pandemic streamcaster, actor, and my longtime client and good friend David Olney died of an apparent heart attack midsong. He was center stage between Amy Rigby and Scott Miller at the 30A Songwriter Festival in the Florida panhandle. His last words: “I’m sor...

Screenplay News and Reviews Some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers and people of note we lost in 2020 Now that the year is finally over and done with, we at Village Media would like to take pause and remember those the world lost in 2020. Here are just some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers, and people of note that left us this year (in no particular order): Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! host from 1984 through 2020. The Northern Ontario native also made appearances in numerou...