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THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS PRESENT “I WON’T BACK DOWN” FEATURING BLAKE SHELTON, JOE WALSH, TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT & MATT SORUM

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 (ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN) – The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, continues to resonate and claim new victims. At the end of 2022, the group banned women from working in local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). No one can say how much worse the oppression against women and girls in …

Madonna’s Plastic Surgery Criticism Long Time Coming: Decades of Following, Not Leading & Subpar Music, by Marc Ang

When Madonna tweeted half jokingly about the swelling on her face subsiding, one could acutely feel the sting she felt to even have to respond back in that way. Of course, such viral and widespread criticism has an effect on a person’s psyche and she’s still at the end of the day, a human.  But …

Snow Day in CA, by Chuck Strom

California has received a late-season load of snow in recent days, including blizzards in unlikely places such as Los Angeles County.  This has meant ideal conditions for snowshoeing, an activity that I and my partner took up a couple of years ago as a low-risk release from pandemic-induced cabin fever.  During a break in the …

THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY gets domestic/international release by Iconic Events on April 13th; May Pang’s Documentary on her 18-month affair with Beatles’ John Lennon

New York, NY, February 27, 2023—Iconic Events will release THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY on April 13th as a Special Event, leading into limited theatrical engagements starting on Friday, April 14th. The revealing and compelling documentary, with never-before-seen footage, moved audiences at its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last June, garnering both …

Daniel Suárez, Tootsies, and Trackhouse Racing Ready to Make History At Season-Opening, 65th Annual Daytona 500

Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suárez Places 12th in Thursday Night’s Daytona Duels Starts 24th in Sunday’s Daytona 500 CONCORD, N.C. – A Mexican driver would love nothing more than to win The Great American Race. That’s Daniel Suárez’s quest this week as he embarks on DAYTONA Speedweeks Presented by AdventHealth in preparation for the 65th annual …

Intervention Attempts For Britney Remind Us of The 2000s, But It’s A New World Now Around Conservatorships, by Marc Ang

Interview with Today’s Esquire’s Celebrity Lawyer Aron Solomon With Britney Spears dominating the news again, just hours ago, the “Baby One More Time” hitmaker and her husband Sam Aghzari shut down rumors that she needed help and an intervention, a narrative outlets like TMZ and some “fans” on the Internet have been spreading. Britney stated, …

Tragedy to Triumph: An Update on Penny, one of Fauci’s Surviving Beagles, Now in California, by Marc Ang

News stories come and go, and most of the time only the negative aspects get documented. Subsequently after a horrific news story, people move on quickly, forgetting about the victims’ aftermath.  As one of the journalists that helped expose our government-funded torture labs to experiment on beagles (link: PETA Maintains Pressure on NIH To Stop Funding …

Oregon songwriters launch Women’s History Month road show

Eight artists perform songs about women, by women, for everyone.      (Portland, Ore.) – Eight Oregon singer-songwriters, backed by a great band, comprise a dynamic and joyful new show, She’s Speaking-LIVE, hitting the road in March to commemorate Women’s History Month.      “She’s Speaking-LIVE celebrates women’s artistry; the power of women’s voices and stories,” said co-founder …

VEVO PARTNERS WITH TIKTOK TO LAUNCH WEEKLY “TRENDING ON TIKTOK” SHOW

NEW SHOW WILL FEATURE CURATED VIDEOS FROM WEEK’S TOP-TRENDING SONGS ON TIKTOK, ALONG WITH INTERSTITIALS FROM VIRAL CREATORS NEW YORK, NY (January 5, 2023) – Vevo, the world’s leading music video network, today announced its partnership with TikTok to create and program Trending on TikTok, a new weekly Vevo show rounding up the music videos of the top …

FORMER NMPA, HARRY FOX BOARD MEMBER AND “CHICKEN DANCE” MUSIC PUBLISHER STANLEY MILLS DIES AT 91

Independent Music Publisher and Son of Legendary Mills Music Publisher Jack Mills’ Catalog Included “Cara Mia”, “Hands Up, “My Melody of Love”& the World’s Most Beloved Party Song LOS ANGELES, CA, (FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2022) – Stanley Mills, former National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), Harry Fox Agency board member for 30 years and music publisher of the world’s most …

The Dark Night at the No-Kill Shelter When I Discovered Salem’s Pot and Shinki Chen, by Mark Erickson

What follows is another powerful chapter in my ongoing musical journey. While volunteering my regular Monday evening shift at the local no-kill animal shelter for dogs and cats, C.A.R.E. (Community Animal Rescue Effort), YouTube played two excellent songs in succession which had never previously been heard by my ears and I must tell you about …

THE SAMMY DAVIS JR. ESTATE CELEBRATES SAMMY’S 97th BIRTHDAY: ANNOUNCES GRAVESITE’S PUBLIC OPENING IN 2023

Los Angeles, CA (December 16, 2022) – On Thursday, December 8th, 2022, the Estate of one of the most influential and legendary American entertainers of all-time—Sammy Davis Jr.—orchestrated an homage in honor of his 97th birthday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, by hosting a very special and intimate private ceremony.  The commemoration began at 1:30pm, and the proceedings …

Struggling to score, U.S. falls in World Cup, but young midfield stars offer promise, by Claude Iosso

Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna weave through defenders by turns, flicking deft passes into the Netherlands box for … Haji Wright? Brendan Aaronson? Jesus Ferreira? Wright managed a freak score to get the U.S. within a goal of the Dutch, but the absence of a dynamic striker doomed their comeback. Of course, it would have …

Fantastic Negrito Unveils Reimagined Acoustic Version of “Oh Betty,” A Courageous, Romantic Tale From His Family Tree

“I don’t know if people realize this, but the hood has lots of comedians. And this one guy walked up to me and he was like, ‘What ship is you the captain of?’ I still think about this to this day.” – Fantastic Negrito In celebration of his fourth GRAMMY nomination for his song “Oh Betty” in …

Chicago’s Leif Erikson Statue is Emblematic of Wider Controversies in American Ethnic History, by Mark Erickson

Photo by Paul R. Burley – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94250424 Five centuries before Columbus made his journey to the New World, a party of Viking explorers led by Leif Eiriksson set sail from Greenland westward to the North American continent on a voyage of discovery. After the successful journey, word traveled back via …

Danny Elfman’s Apocalyptic Soundtrack for White Noise Is Loosed Upon the World

November 18, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, Danny Elfman’s official soundtrack for the highly anticipated forthcoming film White Noise has been released. Featuring 21 tracks, Elfman’s score serves as an ambitious and eccentric musical compliment to Academy Award-nominated writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest project. Boasting an all-star ensemble headlined by Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle, White Noise will be released …

ADI OASIS + KIRBY Unleash “Adonis” Single | 2023 Nat’l Spring Tour Includes Portland

         French-Caribbean singer, bassist and producer Adi Oasis has teamed up w/ Memphis-born songwriter Kirby for her latest single, “Adonis”, a song about no-good boyfriends which Adi describes as “an intervention from your girlfriend.” Sonically, the track blends soul-powered vocals with trumpet-laced jazz rhythms and retro-futurist production that has become a hallmark of …

Country Music Community Mourns The Loss of Alabama’s Co-Founder Jeff Cook

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Fame member and co-founder of Alabama, Jeff Cook passed away yesterday. He was 73. With Alabama, Cook rose to prominence in the late ’70s and ’80s with a string of hits that include “Tennessee River,” “Dixieland Delight,” “Song Of The South,” “Mountain Music,” “Feels So Right” and more. …