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<b>Taylor Swift: The Storyteller Who Turned Her Life Into a Global Songbook   </b>

Taylor Swift: The Storyteller Who Turned Her Life Into a Global Songbook

Newsmakers, UncategorizedAugust 27, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Few artists in modern history have so successfully intertwined their personal lives with their creative output as Taylor Swift. Over the course of nearly two…

<b>Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern Settle Lawsuit Two Years After Hazing Scandal    </b>

Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern Settle Lawsuit Two Years After Hazing Scandal

UncategorizedAugust 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Pat Fitzgerald, the long-serving head football coach at Northwestern University, has reached a confidential settlement with the school, bringing an end to a high-stakes legal…

<b>Danny Trejo: The Icon of Rugged Redemption   </b>

Danny Trejo: The Icon of Rugged Redemption

UncategorizedAugust 18, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Danny Trejo’s life reads like a film—only his real story manages to surpass any screenplay in both grit and heart. Born in California in the…

<b><i>Ne Zha 2</i> English Dub Readies North American Launch as Chinese Version Shatters Records      </b>

Ne Zha 2 English Dub Readies North American Launch as Chinese Version Shatters Records

UncategorizedAugust 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

The global journey of Ne Zha 2 has been powered first and foremost by its original Mandarin-language release, which has smashed box office records in…

<b>Tom Brady Immortalized in Bronze with Towering Statue at Gillette Stadium </b>

Tom Brady Immortalized in Bronze with Towering Statue at Gillette Stadium

UncategorizedAugust 9, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

A monumental bronze tribute to Tom Brady now graces the Patriots’ home turf, unveiled with heartfelt ceremony and storied symbolism outside Gillette Stadium on August…

<b>Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? Is It A Case Of Kryptonite Gone Bad? <i>Lois & Clark</i>‘s Dean Cain Joins Ice “To Preserve Truth, Justice, And The American Way!”</b>

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? Is It A Case Of Kryptonite Gone Bad? Lois & Clark‘s Dean Cain Joins Ice “To Preserve Truth, Justice, And The American Way!”

Newsmakers, UncategorizedAugust 6, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Dean Cain—yes, the 1990s Clark Kent himself—has officially traded his cape for a career in mass deportation. In a video posted to social media, the…

<b><i>Walking Dead</i> Star Kelly Mack Succumbs To Cancer At 33</b>

Walking Dead Star Kelly Mack Succumbs To Cancer At 33

UncategorizedAugust 2, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Kelly Mack, an actress known for her role as Addy in Season 9 of The Walking Dead, has died at the age of 33. She…

<b>Citing Voice Issues, Kelly Clarkson Calls Off Opening Week of Las Vegas Residency in Last Minute Announcement</b>

Citing Voice Issues, Kelly Clarkson Calls Off Opening Week of Las Vegas Residency in Last Minute Announcement

UncategorizedJuly 6, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Kelly Clarkson—blessed with one of pop music’s most powerful voices—was brimming with excitement as she prepared to launch her new Las Vegas residency, Studio Sessions,…

<b>Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Review Percival Everett’s New Novel <i>James,</i> Winner of the National Book Award For Fiction</b>

Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Review Percival Everett’s New Novel James, Winner of the National Book Award For Fiction

UncategorizedMarch 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Starting with this episode of The Hollywood Beat, I’m beginning an ongoing series of book reviews interspersed with author interviews with Dallas, Texas, librarian Pamela…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP <i>Ride or Die</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP Ride or Die

UncategorizedJuly 24, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Country music singer-songwriter James Robert Webb is a man on the rise. In 2022 Nashville’s Music Row Magazine named him Country Breakout Awards’ Independent Artist…

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