I wrote my first story about the coal industry back in 2001, published a book calledBig Coal in 2006 and have been following the industry ever since. And if there’s one central truth that I’ve learned during that time, it’s this: Virtually no coal industry leader, lobbyist or hack politician …
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After allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein made headlines this week, the Weinstein Company‘s board of directors have announced his termination. Weinstein was notified of the decision today via e-mail, according to The New York Times, which reported that his brother, board member Bob Weinstein, …
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Jerrod Niemann has a long history of reinvention. After two traditional-leaning independent albums early in his career, he pulled a 180 and scored big with 2010’s Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury, a quirky outlier for its time that included the R&B-influenced hits “Lover, Lover” and “What Do You Want.” …
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Glee actor Mark Salling, who played football-star-turned-singer Noah Puckerman on the show, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges stemming from a 2015 arrest, BuzzFeed reports. Salling said he is “pleading guilty because I am guilty of the charges.” With the plea deal, Salling will serve between four and seven …
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Demi Lovato is at her pop-princess best when her majestic wail takes over, as the high points of the singer’s sixth album attest. The title track channels the brassy clamor of her 2015 smash “Confident” into maximum-overdrive R&B; “Sexy Dirty Love” throws back to the robo-funk era, with Lovato using …
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His white tennis sweater made him feel like an outsider, but watching Janis Joplin perform at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, Clive Davis first tapped into the communal power of rock & roll. “I felt my spine tingle and my arms vibrate,” he recalls in The Soundtrack of Our Lives, a …
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Marilyn Manson has canceled the next nine dates of his Heaven Upside Down Tour following an onstage incident Saturday in New York in which the singer was crushed by a stage prop. “Marilyn Manson is being forced to cancel several of his October dates on his forthcoming US tour,” the …
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So what I can tell you about Blade Runner 2049 without having the spoiler police on my ass? Elvis is in it; ditto Sinatra. (I won’t say how for fear of reprisals.) I can reveal that the sequel runs 2 hours and 43 minutes – that’s 45 minutes longer than …
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When guitarist Dean DeLeo reflects on the time surrounding the release of Stone Temple Pilots mega-selling 1992 debut, Core, the thing that strikes him is a constant flow of creativity and the sense of togetherness he felt with his bandmates at the time. “We were all really shoulder to shoulder …
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Harry Styles breezed into Nashville for a date on his recently launched solo tour Monday night, telling the Ryman Auditorium crowd – populated mostly by girls and young women in full singing (and screaming) voice, “I have to say, when we booked this tour, this was kind of the reason. …
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