Taylor Swift has announced the surprise release of her eighth album, Folklore. The Grammy-winning songwriter produced and co-wrote much of the album alongside Aaron Dessner of The National. Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon also appears on the album, alongside Taylor Swift’s regular collaborator Jack Antonoff. It will premiere at midnight EST …
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With the rising summer temperatures, wearing a face mask can be a sweaty business. However, we know it is the right thing to do. On July 2, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statewide order requiring Texans to wear facial coverage in public in counties with 20 or more COVID-19 …
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Where the pandemic is central to The Pull of the Stars, in Hamnet it is a dark presence looming over the book, just as the bubonic plague hung over England throughout Shakespeare’s life, beginning in the fourteenth century as the ‘Black Death’. But it strikes the Agnes family like lightning, …
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Trevor Noah On Tuesday’s Daily Show, Trevor Noah broke down the American school reopening trap with a growing number of coronavirus cases in various states. Coronavirus generally doesn’t seriously affect children, but the question is, according to Noah: “Can they become adorable super-separators that affect teachers, staff, and their families …
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Annie Ross, the British singer who became world famous with the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and had a varied acting career, died at 89 at her home in New York City. His death was due to emphysema and heart disease, confirmed his manager, Jim Coleman. Ross was …
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