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How a harsh insult turned Ryan Gosling into a star

1+ hour ago  (445+ words) If you've ever spent any time on social media (not recommended), then you may well have noticed or partaken in the strange phenomenon that a lot of folk indulge in, which is to pay very good-looking celebrities endless compliments about…...

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How a 1969 Jane Fonda movie inspired a 1970s one-hit wonder

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (263+ words) From the days of silent film and their orchestral accompaniments, to the neon-hued soundtracks of John Hughes classics, music and film have always complemented each other perfectly, and there are countless shining examples of films which have sent songs on…...

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The US Marines had their own band until a 1966 armed robbery

3+ hour, 30+ min ago  (187+ words) Believe it or not, but serving members of the United States Marine Corps wound up scoring a chart-topping single back in 1963. Yet, The Essex likely can count the most curious footnote in Army pop. An R&B vocal group formed…...

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The classic rock band Jerry Cantrell said never made a bad album

2+ hour ago  (290+ words) Even though their initial run as a group was considerably shorter than many of their contemporaries, even the most casual onlookers will be able to recognise that nothing Alice in Chains released during this period could be considered underwhelming. Granted,…...

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Fred Neil: The 1960s folk singer who made a million dollars and walked away

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (803+ words) The kids today are more hip than ever, and they want to hear some honest songs for a change: Those are the words of Fred Neil, casually captured on tape after a gig at the Night Owl in Greenwich Village,…...

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The 1979 hit Billy Joel wrote after dinner with Mick Jagger

12+ hour, 30+ min ago  (435+ words) Billy Joel can count himself among Carly Simon, David Bowie, and Maroon 5 as having plucked a song from Dartford's most famous son, Mick Jagger. It started with dinner. Some time in the 1970s, the New York "Piano Man' shared the evening…...

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The Bruce Springsteen reject that became a 1980 hit

6+ hour, 33+ min ago  (539+ words) Following the moderate success of his formative trio, Earth, in the late 1960s, Bruce Springsteen set his sights on global stardom. Through the early 1970s, he built an early incarnation of his E Street Band and took the show as far out…...

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The 1991 scene Alfred Molina apologised for before filming

4+ hour ago  (392+ words) While it might not be well-remembered today, the 1991 biographical drama Not Without My Daughter was a major release that inspired a great deal of commentary and discourse, as it was inspired by a bestselling memoir from just four years prior....

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A 1966 Bob Dylan song soundtracked Yoko Ono's most harrowing night

9+ hour, 23+ min ago  (801+ words) John Lennon and Yoko Ono's relationship is not measurable by normal standards. They met at a point when he was the most famous person in the world, or perhaps more accurately, the most famous person in history" and he was…...

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The Rolling Stones share two new singles, including Robert Smith collab

8+ hour, 10+ min ago  (452+ words) The Rolling Stones have shared two new singles, titled "Jealous Lover" and "Divine Intervention". While the release of the pair of songs, which both appear on their new album Foreign Tongues, should be treated as two A-sides rather than an…...