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pic.twitter.com/sIXnoglSby— Kinky Friedman (@FriedmanKinky) June 27, 2024Born Richard Samet Friedman, he was raised by Jewish parents in Chicago before the family moved to Texas when he was young. Friedman formed his first group while majoring in psychology at the University of Texas. The band, named King Arthur & The Carrots, were a surf-rock parody group that earned him the nickname Kinky.In 1973, he formed the satirical country rock band Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys.

Jennifer Lopez is back from her solo vacation — and the first thing she did was go visit her estranged husband Ben Affleck!

Love Island fans have hailed a the final few minutes of Wednesday night's episode the 'greatest' after Ciaran Davies made a biting comment to Harriett Blackmore.

Rachel Leviss is back on the dating scene, but things have NOT been going as well as you might think!

A man has been rushed to hospital as emergency services were scrambled to Sale after a dog attack. Police were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a man at 3.20pm on Tuesday, June 25, on the corner of Urban Road and Washway Road.

A celebration of life service for the late husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, Thomas Kingston, was held at St Mary Abbotts church in Kensington, West London on Saturday.The 45 year old tragically died from a "catastrophic head injury", leaving his wife, the daughter of Prince Michael of Kent, deeply bereaved. The memorial brought together close friends and family of Mr Kingston, including a few members of the Royal family.

A pair of summer music festivals have new headliners. Tyler, the Creator has canceled his shows at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Outside Lands in San Francisco, replaced by Megan Thee Stallion and Sabrina Carpenter, respectively.

Ethan Shanfeld Tyler, the Creator has pulled out of his headlining sets at this year’s Lollapalooza and Outside Lands music festivals. “i hate saying this but i have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “i made a commitment that i can no longer keep, and that bums me out knowing how excited folks were.

A seemingly insignificant first-half moment from Kieran Tierney showed how lessons had been learned from the Germany debacle.

Ariana Grande is setting the record straight after a video went viral on social media that pointed out her radical voice change within seconds.

Shaheem Reid Quavo was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at an event Tuesday declaring “Takeoff Day” in the city, in honor of the rapper’s nephew and bandmate in Migos, who was shot to death in 2022 during an altercation in which police said he was an “innocent bystander.” The event, which featured panel discussions about gun-violence prevention and a talk between Harris and Quavo, was held on what would have been Takeoff’s 30 th birthday. It was the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit, named after Quavo’s foundation and held at the Carter Center in Atlanta. In the months after Takeoff’s death, Quavo began discussions about gun violence, particularly among the Black population, with community leaders, activists and Mayor Dickens as well as White House officials and the vice president.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Lionsgate has upped Chase Brisbin to exec VP of international SVOD sales and head of global channels. The news was announced Tuesday by Lionsgate’s worldwide TV distribution prexy Jim Packer.

Ariana Grande’s speaking voice has just as much range as her singing voice! LOLz!

There aren’t many places in the UK where you can experience opera inside a cave, see a hotel where Mary Queen of Scots reputedly stayed and drink the freshest mineral water available (although you might want to add an ice cube or two), yet you can do all of this in Buxton. You’d be forgiven if your mind first springs to the bottled water when you think of the town, but there’s so much more to this beautiful town on the edge of the Peak District.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Rapper Quavo has partnered with Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention for the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit, taking place in Atlanta, GA on June 18. The event is set to honor Quavo‘s former Migos group member and nephew Takeoff, who was killed in 2022, on the late rapper’s 30th birthday, and pay homage to the countless victims of gun violence in an effort to make Quavo’s hometown of Atlanta a model for gun violence reduction.

Getting up at 5 a.m. every day? For a long time, the “5 a.m. club” was just empty talk from productivity gurus for the author.

Pantera have announced their first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years – find ticket details below.The heavy metal icons will be headed across the pond in early 2025, and the tour will mark their first time performing headline shows here in two decades.They first announced plans to reunite with a revamped line-up back in July 2022 – this saw Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) on guitar and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) on drums joining original members, frontman Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown.The news broke following the band signing a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.Wylde took on the role from late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Benante, meanwhile, fills the role left by the late Vinnie Paul who died from medical complications in 2018.While the reformed line-up have taken to the stage multiple times across the US since reforming – including acting as support for Metallica on their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – their dates in the UK and Ireland have been limited.

guest on the program on Wednesday morning, the American comedian did not mince his words when asked if he spoke to fellow comedian Chris Rock directly after that infamous Oscars slap, courtesy of Will Smith.Schneider recalled being in a “sticky” situation following the incident as he was “an elected official of the union” at the time, so he could not speak freely then. But today, it was a different story.“Will Smith is a tw*t.

DuJour magazine in an interview published June 10.The seasoned actor has played leading roles in movies such as “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “The Holiday” and “Alfie.”“I was trying to play against my looks in my early 20s, and now I’m saggy and balding,” he went on.

Saulos Chilima, Malawi's vice president, and nine others have been killed in a plane crash, the country's president said today.