Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Journey to play Lollapalooza aftershow event on July 29 at Chicago venue
Courtesy of JourneyJourney is one of the many artists who will be playing special Lollapalooza aftershows this summer. Taking place during the week of the Chicago festival, the aftershows will be held...
Jun 15, 2021
'Beauty and the Beast' stars Luke Evans and Josh Gad reuniting for limited musical series for Disney+
Disney+Luke Evans will reunite with Josh Gad as, respectively, Gaston and LeFou in a limited-run small-screen prequel to their 2017 live-action hit film adaptation of Beauty and th...
Jun 15, 2021
US surpasses grim milestone with 600,000 lives lost to COVID-19
Tempura/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The number of Americans who have died from COVID-19 has now eclipsed 600,000, 15 months since the onset of the pandemic. The milestone is a sobering reminder that hundreds ...
Jun 15, 2021
Roger Waters says he turned down big money for Instagram to use Pink Floyd song in a promo film
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesRoger Waters revealed recently that he emphatically turned down a lucrative offer to allow Instagram to use Pink Floyd's classic song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" in a ...
Jun 15, 2021
Biden to hold July 4 celebration he once hoped would mark 'independence' from COVID
ntn/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- "America is back," says President Joe Biden, and so are July Fourth traditions in the nation's capital. Though the country isn't on track to meet Biden's goal of having 70% o...
Jun 15, 2021
Report: MLB to crack down on foreign substances
33ft/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Major League Baseball players have reportedly been briefed on a new policy change. The league is expected to announce Tuesday that any player caught with any foreign substance...
Jun 15, 2021
'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic gets into the NFT game -- from behind bars
NetflixNow that the pandemic continues to diminish in much of the U.S., it's something of a full-circle moment that Joe Exotic -- the guy we all binged at the start of the pandemic with Netf...
Jun 15, 2021
DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
robertcicchetti/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was sentenced...
Jun 15, 2021
FBI warns lawmakers frustrated QAnon conspiracy followers could again turn violent
Raghu_Ramaswamy/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In a new warning to congressional lawmakers, the FBI assesses that frustrated followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory could turn from online talk of violence to ...
Jun 15, 2021
Christiane Amanpour reveals ovarian cancer diagnosis: What women should know
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Christiane Amanpour, chief international anchor for CNN, announced Monday she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she did so with a message to w...
Jun 15, 2021