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Siegfried Fischbacher — of the animal training and magic duo Siegfried & Roy — has died at the age of 81 from pancreatic cancer. His death comes just eight months after his performing partner Roy Horn died from complications related to Covid-19 at the age of 75. https://thisforall.net/DanLinden/status/1349723149919776768 The German …

Earlier this week, a press release went out for the upcoming production of Sell/Buy/Date, a film adaptation of playwright Sarah Jones’ one-woman show about the sexual exploitation of women, produced by such luminaries as Meryl Streep, Rashida Jones, and Laverne Cox. Following outrage among sex workers on social media, however, …

UPDATE 2 (12/11): The FDA has authorized the emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for select Americans to receive the first of two doses imminently. Earlier on Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Good Morning Americathat “we could be seeing people [in the U.S.] …

A new vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured by AstraZeneca has shown to be up to 90% effective in preventing Covid-19, according to an interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil. The results showed that the vaccine’s efficacy depended on the dosing regimen. The one that showed …

The YouTube channel TwinsTheNewTrend — hosted by real-life twin brothers Fred and Tim Williams — usually entertains their 700,000 subscribers by posting video reactions to popular songs, from Dolly Parton to Aerosmith to Whitney Houston. But on the channel’s latest episode, as the brothers were listening to Bob Dylan’s “The …

This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is posted here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. SHIPROCK, N.M. — In the fertile northeast corner of the Navajo Nation, fields that only months ago were traditional open-air corn farms are now stuffed with hundreds of …

I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2013, immediately following a summer tour with my band. It was a nightmare. I’m a full-time songwriter, and my specific type of tumor — an “acoustic neuroma,” which sits on one’s hearing nerve, causing terrible damage to the surrounding real estate — …

This past spring, actor and comedian Drew Droege was performing his one-man show Happy Birthday Doug at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City, when it was cut short in March like the rest of live theater due to social distancing restrictions enforced to reduce harm during the Covid-19 pandemic. …

Right now, in your neighborhood, there’s a restaurant on the verge of closing. In fact, there’s probably more than one that’s already closed. Maybe it’s a restaurant like those we went to in New Jersey or the D.C. suburbs that brought us closer to our Korean roots. Maybe it’s a …

Michelle Obama will release the first episode of her Spotify podcast — the product of the Obamas’ previously announced partnership with the streaming service — on July 29th. The Michelle Obama Podcast “features deep dives with loved ones — family, friends and colleagues — on the relationships in our lives …