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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans will pay their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his hearse makes its way through the streets of Birmingham, the English city where he grew up and where the band was formed in 1968. The hearse carrying Osbourne, …

Taron Egerton has ruled himself out of playing James Bond, saying he’s “too messy” to star as the polished super spy. Amazon MGM Studios is officially on the hunt for the next 007 after setting Denis Villeneuve as the film’s director under a producing team of Amy Pascal and David Heyman. Egerton, 35, said he was not the right fit …

Some describe Paltrow as a “nepo baby”. Her father, Bruce Paltrow, was an established producer (Hill Street Blues) and her mother Blythe Danner was, and is, a noted actress (in 2000’s Meet the Parents, among many other films). She was attending theatres with her mother from infancy, but she worked for her gigs: auditioning, rehearsing and spending hours on set, …

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‘I told work I was going to a funeral’published at 12:26 British Summer Time 12:26 BST Ed JamesBBC Radio WM Lee Clarke and his mum, Tracey, got the sleeper train from Plymouth to be in Birmingham today. Lee booked the day off work, saying it was for a funeral. “I decided long ago when it happened I would go, thought …

The original lead singer of a legendary heavy metal band is dead at age 69. Paul Mario Day, who was part of the new wave of British heavy metal in the 1980s with Iron Maiden and More, died at his home in Australia Tuesday. A cause of death was not immediately announced. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the …

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British rocker Paul Mario Day, best known as the original vocalist of Iron Maiden, has died at age 69. The heavy metal musician died peacefully at his home in Australia Tuesday, his family revealed. While an official cause of death is unknown at this time, the rocker had been battling cancer in recent years, Parade reports. British rocker Paul Mario …

The thick Midwestern heat and humidity hang in the air as more than 160 performers stand at attention on Pattonville High School’s football field. Instructions and feedback boom from the press box. A conductor echoes the calls. So do the members on the field. The clanging of a metronome cuts through the haze. Then, a burst of motion. An electronic …

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