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Has GEDDY LEE ‘Seen Any Signs’ That NEIL PEART Is ‘With’ RUSH On ‘Fifty Something’ Tour? He Responds
Geddy Lee has described a striking encounter with a bird after Rush’s opening ‘Fifty Something’ tour show, when asked whether he had sensed the presence of late drummer Neil Peart. Although Lee said he does not usually believe in such signs, he found the timing and resemblance to the tour artwork remarkable. Peart died aged…
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Olivia Wilde says The Invite made her more romantic
Olivia Wilde has said that making and touring “The Invite” left her “so much more romantic” and helped dissolve her cynicism, following conversations with audience members at the Locarno Film Festival. Speaking about the response to the comedy, which she also stars in alongside Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, she said long-married couples…
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‘Tony’ Star Dominic Sessa on How Being a ‘Liar’ Helped Him Portray Anthony Bourdain and Why the Film Foreshadows His Later Struggles
Dominic Sessa says portraying a young Anthony Bourdain in “Tony” was made easier by the film’s focus on an obscure period of his life rather than recreating the famous chef and television host at the height of his career. The fictional biopic follows Bourdain at 19 during a formative 1975 summer, using his lies and…
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Supposing: review – only ancient Greek rage will suffice in our exasperating times
Zinnie Harris’s *Supposing:* is reviewed as a sparse but forceful modern Greek tragedy, in which Sally, a secular wife and mother, becomes convinced she has been cursed and may be seeing the future. The reviewer finds that its blend of domestic unease, prophecy and ancient myth captures the intensity of politically troubled contemporary life, while…
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Watch: BRENT FITZ, Drummer For TRIUMPH And SLASH, Gets Part Of Winnipeg Street Named After Him
Canadian rock drummer Brent Fitz has been honoured in his hometown of Winnipeg, where part of Bellavista Crescent has been renamed Brent Fitz Way. The recognition celebrates his career with artists including Slash, Triumph and Alice Cooper, and the mayor said it showed local children that ambition and hard work can lead to major achievements.…
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Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches
Fossil hunting on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast is becoming increasingly commercial as social media attention and rising prices attract more professional collectors alongside families and tourists. The trend matters because rare finds can be worth thousands of pounds and valuable British collections may be sold abroad when UK museums cannot afford them. A recent sale of…
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“People might be surprised, but I was heavily inspired by progressive music. Roxy Music influenced Celtic Frost”: Extreme metal pioneer Tom G Warrior’s prog roots
Extreme metal pioneer Tom G Warrior has said that progressive music was a major influence on him as a teenager, despite the apparent contrast with his work in Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Triptykon. In a 2017 interview, he singled out Roxy Music as an important inspiration and said their influence could be heard in Celtic…
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Terrifying moment plane passenger tried to open emergency exit at 30,000 feet ‘because he felt like it’ as he is arrested for attempted murder of his fellow flyers
An Indian national has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly trying to force open an emergency exit while a Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi was at 30,000ft. Jamsheer Athanikkal, 36, is accused of smashing the exit window panel without provocation and threatening passengers and crew who intervened, prompting the pilot to…
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America’s most powerful banker makes HUGE bet on booming city as he praises its economy and public safety
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to provide roughly $200 million in financing for a 342-flat apartment building at San Francisco’s Power Station redevelopment, signalling renewed confidence in a housing market that had largely stalled after interest-rate rises. The move matters because a major Wall Street lender is backing a large new project despite difficult construction costs…