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Sonny Curtis, who played with and wrote songs for Buddy Holly as a member of the Crickets, then wrote songs as varied as “I Fought the Law” (recorded by the Bobby Fuller Four, the Clash and others) and “Love Is All Around” (the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme), died Sept. 19, 2025. His death was reported on the Buddy Holly …

Brett James, Writer of Country Hits, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina  The New York Times Brett James, Grammy-winning ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ songwriter, dies in North Carolina plane crash  CNN Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James who co-wrote ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ dies in plane crash  AP News Grammy-winning songwriter reportedly among 3 dead after small plane from Nashville crashes near North Carolina …

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Facebook Tweet Email Link DC Comics has canceled the just-released “Red Hood” comic book series after author Gretchen Felker-Martin made comments about Charlie Kirk’s death on social media. Kirk, a conservative activist and campaigner for President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a speaking event at a university in Utah. In since-deleted posts captured in screengrabs shared by …

DC has shelved its Red Hood comic book series following writer Gretchen Felker-Martin sharing posts on Bluesky that joked about the shooting of Charlie Kirk, who was killed by an assassin’s bullet Wednesday. “Hope the bullet’s okay after touching Charlie Kirk,” read one post. “Thoughts and prayers you Nazi bitch,” read another by Felker-Martin. The writer is trans, while Kirk …

DC Comics has canceled its latest “Red Hood” series after its creator, Gretchen Felker-Martin, appeared to make multiple Bluesky comments celebrating conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s death. The comic book company told retailers they were canceling orders of “Red Hood #2” and “Red Hood #3” and would credit them for copies of “Red Hood #1,” which came out on Wednesday, even if they …

EXCLUSIVE: The long awaited third season of HBO‘s star-studded series Big Little Lies has taken a major step forward with the hire of Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Francesca Sloane to write the first episode of Season 3, currently in development at the premium network, Deadline has learned. She will executive produce the new installment with …

The Please Don’t Destroy boys are being split up on “Saturday Night Live.” Ben Marshall, who makes up one-third of the comedy trio responsible for several viral “SNL” digital shorts over the last four seasons, was one of five new additions to the featured cast announced on Tuesday. Following the news of his promotion, Variety learned that while Martin Herlihy …

The football gods were on Lee Corso’s side this weekend. As Corso wound down his legendary broadcasting career with one final appearance on College GameDay this past Saturday, he made one final round of picks. And as fate would have it, Corso nailed each one. He went six-for-six, even picking a major upset in Florida State, his alma mater, beating Alabama …

Even as a food and travel journalist who finds herself on distant shores more often than not, I am forced to admit that until recently, I was still playing a silly game with a same set of travel adapters I bought for my first trip abroad some 25 years ago.  You know the set: a cheap drawstring bag with individual …