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Bonnie Tyler’s Billboard Chart Legacy: ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ & Beyond
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer best known for “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at the age of 75 on 9 July. Billboard marked her passing with a retrospective of her chart career, which began in 1978 when “It’s a Heartache” debuted on the Hot 100 amid a disco-dominated era topped by the Bee…
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Bonnie Tyler Tributes: Kevin Bacon, Johnny Knoxville & Rod Stewart Remember “One Of The Greatest Voices Of Rock”
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer best known for “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at the age of 75, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the entertainment world. The three-time Grammy nominee passed away in a hospital in Portugal, months after being placed into a medically induced coma following emergency surgery for a…
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Unearthed records reveal Dem mayor sought tax hike to fund DEI role ahead of key House race
Fox News reports that records show Paige Cognetti, the Democratic mayor of Scranton and a candidate for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, once proposed a property tax increase in a city budget that included funding for a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) role. The matter is being raised as Cognetti seeks to…
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This Classic Neil Young Track Was Released Months Before It Took on a New, Heartbreaking Meaning: “I Felt Responsible”
Neil Young’s song “The Needle and the Damage Done”, written about the toll of drug addiction on musicians, took on a devastatingly personal meaning shortly after its release. Young wrote the track as a broader lament for creative figures lost to heroin and alcohol, drawing in particular on the worsening addiction of Crazy Horse guitarist…
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iHeartMedia Settles FCC ‘Payola’ Investigation Without Any Fine or Determination of Wrongdoing
iHeartMedia has agreed to strengthen its anti-payola compliance policies to resolve a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into whether the radio company offered artists extra airplay in return for free performances at its events. The consent decree, announced on Thursday 9 July, carries no financial penalty and makes no finding that iHeart engaged in payola…
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FAA sounds alarm as summer flyers approach July’s biggest air traffic crunch
The US Federal Aviation Administration has warned that Thursday, 9 July 2026 is set to be the busiest air travel day of the month, with more than 56,000 flights forecast across the country. Notably, the peak falls nearly a week after the Fourth of July holiday itself rather than during the holiday weekend, a pattern…
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Cast “Got Warned” About “Relentless” Toll Of Horror Franchise: “I Would Do It Again In A Heartbeat”
The cast of Evil Dead Burn, the latest instalment in the long-running horror franchise, have spoken about the demanding experience of making the film as it arrives in cinemas. Star Hunter Doohan, who plays Joseph, said he and his co-stars had been “warned about” the “relentless” nature of the shoot, but that he thoroughly enjoyed…
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Oaf who outraged New England by chewing with his mouth open and hurling food on bakery floor is unmasked as MILLIONAIRE grandpa: Raging sister threatens to give him eye-watering punishment
A man filmed behaving obnoxiously at a bakery in Norwood, Massachusetts, has been publicly identified after the shop’s owner shared surveillance footage in an attempt to shame him. Charles Donners, 60, was recorded chewing with his mouth open, scattering food across the floor and hurling his food container off the table at the SPoT! breakfast…
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Irishman jailed for just 14 years after he murdered Oregon nurse during sex, before dumping her body in Hungarian woods in hopes of wild boars taking it
An Irish man has been jailed for 14 years by the Budapest-Capital Regional Court for the murder of Mackenzie Elizabeth Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse from Portland, Oregon, who was killed while on holiday in Hungary in November 2024. The relatively short sentence — imposed without the possibility of parole — has drawn attention given the…
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DISTURBED’s DAVID DRAIMAN On Stepping Outside His Comfort Zone For ‘The Sound Of Silence’ Cover: Producer KEVIN CHURKO ‘Gave Me The Courage To Go There’
On the latest episode of the Detours & Destinations podcast, hosted by Rabbi David Ingber, Disturbed frontman David Draiman spoke about identity, faith, resilience and the origins of the band’s celebrated cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound Of Silence”. Draiman explained that the track pushed him well outside his usual comfort zone, requiring an…