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Jim Beard, a keyboardist known for his work with Steely Dan and alongside jazz legends Wayne Shorter and John McLaughlin, died Saturday from complications that stemmed from a “sudden illness,” a representative announced Wednesday. He was 63.

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A convicted con artist is facing new charges for allegedly trying to swindle several high-profile figures, including serial fabulist and accused fraudster George Santos, the disgraced former GOP congressman facing federal felony charges of his own.

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A tony Manhattan gym owned by an investor who bankrolled Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform has lost “hundreds” of members who grew tired of the stench of raw sewage filling their nostrils while they worked out and frigid showers when they were done.

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The arrival of one of the country’s rarest birds stilled the turquoise waters of the iconic fountain at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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A lawyer representing former Trump aide Mike Roman in the Georgia election interference case testified before a state committee on Wednesday, detailing how she first learned about Fani Willis’ secret romance with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

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More than a thousand state troopers, transit workers, and members from the New York National Guard will soon be dispatched to patrol New York City’s subway stations and to check bags—a drastic move Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.

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Never Say Never to Rocco commanded notorious porn legend Rocco Siffredi’s 1996 film, and Netflix is clearly hoping that many will heed that decree by binging Supersex, a fictionalized biographical drama about the X-rated actor’s life and career that likely stands as the streaming service’s most explicit offering to date.

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President Joe Biden all but locked down the Democratic nomination Tuesday, but his weakness in Minnesota should serve as a flashing red warning light for Democrats, both here and in the more purple battleground states.

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At least two crew members aboard a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden were killed in a strike by the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group on Wednesday, the British Embassy in Sanaa announced.

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A judge in Texas has ruled that a federal agency created to help minority-owned businesses must open up its services to all races and ethnicities, including white people.

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After spending millions of his own dollars, a rocky campaign launch, a disappointing all-or-nothing gambit in New Hampshire, and a string of blowout defeats in every state primary after, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) finally dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed President Joe Biden.

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Boeing has failed to fully cooperate with the federal investigation into the shocking door plug blowout on one of its planes, according to the chair of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.

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MSNBC star Rachel Maddow was miffed on Tuesday night when her network carried a portion of Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday victory speech live, calling the editorial decision “irresponsible.”

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos appeared on David Spade and Dana Carvey’s podcast Fly on the Wall this week and addressed the backlash he faced for continuing to host Dave Chappelle’s comedy specials.

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star together on Broadway in a new production of Shakespeare’s Othello, it was announced Wednesday.

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Ex-Florida GOP chair Christian Ziegler won’t face video voyeurism charges in connection to his female threesome partner’s rape accusations, prosecutors say.

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sat down with Stephen Colbert this week to promote his new book It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism and was asked if he’ll miss Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who announced this week that she would not be seeking re-election. “Not at all,” he told Colbert without missing a beat.

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Did we really need another Kung Fu Panda? The third film in the DreamWorks Animation franchise, featuring Jack Black as the unlikeliest of martial artists, wrapped things up in a wholly satisfying way a full eight years ago. But necessary or not, the brand new Kung Fu Panda 4 is outstanding: a gorgeous, funny romp with set-pieces that set a new bar for action in Western animation.

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Peter Farrelly squashed his wacko comedic instincts—as well as left his brother and long-time partner Bobby behind—to win Oscar gold with 2018’s Green Book. Yet having failed to capitalize on that career-transforming reinvention into a dramatic director with 2022’s lame The Greatest Beer Run Ever, he now reverts to silly form with Ricky Stanicky. A lighthearted affair about a trio of buddies who attempt to perpetuate a lifelong lie to extreme role-playing ends, it’s little more than... Читать дальше...

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Three men who’d been accused of conspiring to possess a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to Hotel California and other Eagles hits had their criminal charges abruptly dropped Wednesday by Manhattan prosecutors.

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After years of animosity, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) endorsed former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for re-election—but only after his final opponent dropped out and only reluctantly.

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Elon Musk on Wednesday announced that he will not be donating to either the Democratic or Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election.

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A 62-year-old German man made himself a human guinea pig during the coronavirus pandemic and got 217 shots of the vaccine in less than three years.

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President Joe Biden may have won almost all of Super Tuesday’s Democratic nominating contests, but voters opposing his support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza were still able to send him a strong message of dissent.

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It’s time for American voters to accept that the rematch six in ten Americans didn’t want is happening: Trump vs. Biden.