Monthly Archives: July 2026

Most air travelers have two goals in mind when making flight plans: navigate through the airport as quickly as possible and leave the facility with all the luggage they arrived with. For a group of passengers in Orlando, both missions proved extremely difficult. Hundreds of Virgin Atlantic passengers were stuck in Orlando airport for hours over the weekend after their […]

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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel made music history with their unmistakably mellow, delicate sound. Songs like “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and many others defined an era. Simon & Garfunkel were separately outstanding. However, together, they were nearly miraculous. Fans could not get enough of the pair. A concert they […]

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You can never predict what might catch the attention of President Donald Trump. He has such varied interests and rather intense likes and dislikes. One music world celebrity’s passing evidently attracted Trump’s eye this week. That was the death of beloved Village People singer Victor Willis. He died on June 30 at the age of […]

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Kathy Griffin is controversial, at least in the opinion of some people. She always comes out swinging at the individuals, trends, or news of the moment. Now, Griffin is evidently claiming that she is unofficially banned from appearing on The Tonight Show. She is supposedly persona non grata there, allegedly because of her outspokenness. She […]

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An adventurous pair made a bold vertical hike to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City on Wednesday, July 1, apparently so they could get engaged there. (You could be wondering how tall that magnificent edifice is. In fact, the Art Deco masterpiece completed in 1931 is 1,454 feet tall.) They […]

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These two go way back. If the reports are true, we’re just days away from the massive wedding between pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. While the couple have remained tight-lipped about their plans, it’s. been reported in recent days that the two would tie the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday, after it was revealed that permits had been filed for street closures around the venue from July 2-4 and trucks have been […]

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Canadian rock star Bryan Adams, known for songs like “Summer of ’69” and “Everything I Do (I Do It For You),” has added another song to his catalog… and this latest one is an anti-Trump, pro-Canada anthem called “51st State.” I, and many others, might argue that it’s a little late to the party, considering the whole “Canada becoming the 51st State” conversation happened all the way back in March of 2025. You might remember that President Trump talking about […]

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Blaise Taylor, a former Arkansas State standout and NFL scout for the Tennessee Titans, was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and her unborn child on Wednesday, according to ESPN. Prosecutors successfully argued that Taylor had poisoned Jade Benning and what was believed to be his unborn child with cocaine in her apartment on Feb. […]

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Still has at least one more stop on his US road trip. With the World Cup going on here in the United States, as well as Mexico and Canada, some of the best content of the tournament has been thanks to a number of international fans documenting their trip to America. One guy in particular has taken over the internet, a German fan named Freddy, who seems to be getting the full American experience – including Walmart, Waffle House, and […]

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90’s country music legend Clint Black is currently hospitalized, and a severe infection has led him to cancel a show he had set for the 4th of July weekend. Country fans were gearing up to see the great Clint Black this Friday at the Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi prior to a concerning announcement that was made today through the country star’s social media. The show that was supposed to take place on July 3 has been canceled, and […]

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