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Her name is Marcie Hunt and she dances on the sand: The original ‘Rio’ speaks! By

In the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, fashion model Marcie Hunt was known in the industry as “the smile.” But it took until 2024 for her to find out, along with the rest...

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Ela Melo talks Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s new era, comeback album: ‘I was a tortured soul before being openly trans’ By

  North Carolina indie-pop band Rainbow Kitten Surprise have not released a full album since 2018’s How To: Friend, Love, Freefall, and in the years since, lead singer Ela Melo...

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Andy Prieboy breaks 25-year silence on cult-classic Axl Rose musical: “If anything in my life was like Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile,’ it was ‘White Trash Wins Lotto’” By

  “I have a prepared statement. Hold on a second,” says Andy Prieboy, speaking via Zoom from his home in Malibu, as he clears his throat and reaches for his...

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Lyndsey Parker on A&E’s ‘Biography’ special on Bret Michaels By

  Look what the cat dragged in! I am threatening you with (nothin’ but) a good time! See me talk (dirty or otherwise) about the greatest television show of all...

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Lyndsey Parker on AXS TV’s ‘The Top Ten Revealed’: Life Songs By

This week’s list of The Top Ten Revealed counts down Songs About Life, and it’s as good an excuse as any to talk abut Jack Tripper and Three’s Company, as...

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Duran Duran’s original ‘Rio’ girl, the Mona Lisa of the new wave age, finally found after 42 years By

  In the words of Simon Le Bon: Hey now, woo, look at that! Forty-two years after decade-defining Playboy illustrator Patrick Nagel was commissioned by Duran Duran to create one...

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Mike Love on unheard singing footage filmed for Beach Boys doc: ‘We were mic’d and it didn’t make the cut’ By

(Photo : YouTube) The surviving Beach Boys on the sands on Malibu’s Paradise Cove, September 2023. Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny’s new The Beach Boys documentary, streaming now on Disney+,...

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Chrissy Chlapecka on ‘Girlie pop’ EP, ‘bimbo feminism’ & the male Gaze: ‘There’s so much queerness coded into hyper-femininity’ By

(Photo : Michael Arellano) Chrissy Chlapecka is in her ‘Girlie Pop’ era. A self-described “silly dumb girl saying these actually very smart things,” over the past five years TikTok sensation...

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How Cyndi Lauper turned original, macho ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ into feminist anthem: ‘They didn’t understand who the hell they gave that to’   By

(Photo : cyndilauper.com) Cyndi Lauper today, rocking her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund T-shirt. Cyndi Lauper’s inspiring new Alison Elwood-directed Paramount+ documentary, Let the Canary Sing, is...

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Ben Platt on new album, finding his soulmate, and telling love stories from a ‘super-expressly queer perspective’ By

(Photo : Vince Aung) Ben Platt, living his best queer life at at 30. “With all the anti-LGBTQ legislation and particularly the anti-trans legislation, I feel like a lot of...

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