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Over the decades, Carlos Santana has collaborated with jazz legends (Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter), rock guitarists (Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan), blues greats (Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker), R&b singers (Smokey Robinson, Lauryn Hill), and even country artists (Willie Nelson, Faith Hill). The results were sometimes worldwide hits like “Smooth” (with Rob Thomas) or “Maria Maria” (with Wyclef Jean), but others fell between the cracks and never found the audience they deserved.

His new compilation album, Sentient (out March 28), tries to fix this by taking overlooked collaborations with Michael Jackson,...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers show that fans have come to love tough guy fixer Brick (Stephen A. Smith) on the ABC soap centered in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.

Brick was introduced when town mobster Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) needed a Number Two Man after the death of Jason Morgan (Steve Burton).

Burton left the network after it mandated Covid vaccines for all employees, and Smith currently works for the network’s ESPN channel as a sports broadcaster.

But he has been vocal in the past year about wanting to branch out and grow his career, thus his spot on daytime, a new book, and rumors of political aspirations.

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Smith appears occasionally on Gh as Jason has returned from the dead, providing Sonny with his assassin services once again. Brick was on last week and the show has chem tested him with several ladies.

HGTV star Erin Napier hosted Home Town with her husband, Ben Napier, for nine years. However, in a recent interview, she talked about how she has trouble raising her kids when Ben is not around. According to Erin, she has a hard time.

Here is what Erin had to say about her life when Ben isn’t around.

Erin Napier Struggles To Make It Without Ben Napier

Erin Napier took part in the latest episode of Dadville, a podcast by Dave Barnes and John McLaughlin. She said that she has a tough time when Ben is not at home and that she struggles with daughters Helen (6) and Mae (3).

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“We messed them up,” she joked about her daughters. She then said that the girls are used to having both parents around. When Ben is gone, she said the girls will start misbehaving just an hour after he is not in the house.

HGTV stars Erin and Ben Napier have been married for over 15 years and have hosted Home Town for the past nine years, so they’re used to doing most things together, including raising their two children. However, Erin has admitted that the times when Ben isn’t around at home can become a struggle as she has a hard time being a “solo mom” to daughters Helen (6) and Mae (3). Appearing on the latest episode of Dave Barnes’ and John McLaughlin’s Dadville podcast, Erin joked of her kids, “We messed them up.” On a more serious note, Erin said that because their children are so used to having both parents around, they can start to misbehave after just an hour or two of their dad being gone. “I feel like all of my friends are incredibly good at solo momming because their husbands work in a different location from them...

Gene Simmons was recently asked about his musical preferences regarding his instrument of choice, the bass guitar, and the ever-opinionated Kiss co-founder took a crack at jazz bassists and other virtuosos such as Flea to prove his point.

To no surprise, Simmons prefers simplicity — a catchy hook — over technical skill, as reflected in his songwriting in Kiss.

In a new interview with Guitar World, he admitted that he never had interest in being a “bass virtuoso,” adding that he doesn’t like “show-offs in music” and that he’s “much more attracted to things that are memorable.”

Simmons went on to give his narrow-minded hot take on jazz — what he called music “intended to show off how well you play” — and technically gifted guitarists such as John McLaughlin.

“You can be a jazz player and be respected by musicians, but the rest of the world doesn’t care,” Simmons said.

Oliver Murray, director of They All Came Out To Montreux (on Claude Nobs’ s Montreux Jazz Festival), Ronnie’s (on Ronnie Scott’s), and The Quiet One (on Bill Wyman) with music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze: “It’s fantastic to hear you make the connections because sometimes I do that almost just for myself.”

They All Came Out To Montreux (a highlight of the 23rd edition of the Tribeca Film Festival), Oliver Murray’s fantastic tribute to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs is hailed by music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman for the documentary’s composition of musical greatness with the backstory on this one-of-a-kind creation in Montreux.

Kim Gordon in Sonic Youth at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Kim Gordon (on her Collective tour), this past Thursday, June 13, 2024 had a Capital One City...

Tribeca Festival Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer with Anne-Katrin Titze on Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton’s .Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge: “It’s great! It’s about fashion but not only. It’s super New York based.”

They All Came Out To Montreux, Oliver Murray’s fantastic tribute to Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs; Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil's Bath (Des Teufels Bad) starring Anja Plaschg (who is also the composer as Soap&Skin), shot by Martin Gschlacht (Silver Bear winner in the 2024 Berlin Film Festival); Dana Flor’s Ani Difranco film, 1-800-on-her-own; David Hinton’s Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger with Martin Scorsese as our guide; Vinko Tomicic’s The...

David Sanborn, the multi-genre saxophonist who performed with David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Carly Simon, James Taylor, and many more, has died. He was 78 years old.

Sanborn’s passing was confirmed on Monday via a post on his social media. “It is with sad and heavy hearts that we convey to you the loss of internationally renowned, six-time Grammy Award-winning, saxophonist, David Sanborn,” the post read. “Mr. Sanborn passed Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications.”

Born in 1945, Sanbron was introduced to the saxophone during his childhood as a means of recovering from polio. By the time he was 14, he had the opportunity to perform with blues legends like Albert King and Little Milton, the first of his many, many collaborations.

In 1967, he joined The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, whom he played with at Woodstock two years later. In the early ‘70s, he began performing with more artists,...

An animated video for Mark Knopfler’s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff Beck along with contributions by Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Joan Jett, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Sting.

The song came out a week ago, but it was difficult to discern who was playing what part throughout the ten-minute song.

Mark Knopfler has teamed up with a host of fellow guitar legends to record a version of his song “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

The Dire Straits frontman tapped Eric Clapton, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Brian May (Queen), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Pete Townshend (The Who), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Joan Jett, and many more, forming what he has dubbed “Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes.” Notably, the star-studded version opens with the final recorded guitar track by the late Jeff Beck.

Knopfler’s longtime collaborator Guy Fletcher handled the production of the track, which might be the greatest assemblage of guitar talent to co-exist on a single song. The Sgt. Pepper‘s-style artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake.

The full song can be heard below now, featuring...

Jim Beard, a Grammy-winning keyboardist, composer and member of Steely Dan since 2008, died Saturday in a New York hospital of complications from a sudden illness, a publicist announced. He was 63.

Beard had been touring with Donald Fagen’s Steely Dan on the Eagles’ current “Long Goodbye” tour; his final performance was Jan. 20 in Phoenix.

Beard worked alongside such jazz legends as Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin and recorded with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, The Brecker Brothers, Mike Stern, Dianne Reeves, Meshell Ndegeocello and Steve Vai during his career.

He produced for Chick Corea, Al Jarreau and Esperanza Spalding and taught at institutions including the Mason Gross School of Arts, Berklee College of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music and the Sibelius Academy in Finland.

Beard recorded six solo CDs spanning the years 1990-2013 and won his Grammy in 2007 as a featured performer on the album Some Skunk Funk,...

Jim Beard, a pianist, keyboardist, composer, producer and arranger known for his work with Steely Dan as well as jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and John McLaughlin, died March 2 in a New York City hospital from complications of a sudden illness. He was 63.

His death was announced by a representative.

Born August 26, 1960, in Ridley Park, Pa, Beard moved to New York in 1985, launching a career that saw him perform with Steely Dan, McLaughlin, Shorter and Pat Metheny.

A member of Steely Dan since 2008, Beard until had been touring with the band as openers on the Eagles’ Long Goodbye Tour. His last performance with Steely Dan was on January 20 in Phoenix.

Beard also recorded with artists including Dizzy Gillespie, the Brecker Brothers, Dianne Reeves, Meshell Ndegeocello, Toninho Horta and Steve Vai.

Beard has more than 100 published compositions featured on recordings by John McLaughlin, Michael Brecker and many others and in books such as The New Real Book.

Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler has united with over 60 artists — including Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Slash, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Sting, Brian May, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, and Brian May — to create a new version of his 1983 instrumental “Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero.”

The song arrives on March 15, though you can hear a brief sample right now. It’s the final recording Jeff Beck created before his death in January 2023. All proceeds from the release will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.

Mumbai, Feb 7 (Ians) Music composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan has expressed his gratitude with a heart-felt note after his and Zakir Hussain’s Shakti band Shakti won the Best Global Music Album award at the Grammys 2024. He said that this is the moment from which he can say that dreams do come true.

Mahadevan took to Instagram, where he shared a string of pictures from Grammy 2024 and said that he never imagined that a band from where he learnt his music would eventually win a Grammy.

He wrote alongside a picture where he is seen posing with a golden gramophone: “We Did It. I never imagined that a band from where I have learnt my music and my musical aesthetics would be the band with whom I would eventually perform and win a Grammy. This is the moment from which I can easily say that dreams do come true.

“Shakti...

Embed from Getty Images If you are a fan of Indian film music than you undoubtedly know Shankar Mahadevan. He is one of the best, not only as a composer as part of the incredible trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, he has also sung brilliantly, needless to say, on Sel tracks and many other outstanding songs. He has won numerous awards for his music, and now he can add another prestigious award to his name.

Mahadevan was honored with his first Grammy along with the members of the fusion band Shakti with the award for The Best Global Album for This Moment. The group consists of Mahadevan as the vocalist, the esteemed tabla player Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, V Selvaganesh (percussionist) and Ganesh Rajagopalan (violinist).

Interestingly, this is the first new studio album by the band Shakti in 45 years. Yes, 45 years!

In his acceptance speech, Mahadevan said, “We miss you, John ji.

Grammy Awards 2024: A big win for Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain. (Picture Credit: Facebook & Instagram)

Everyone is talking about the Grammy Awards 2024. The American musical award ceremony took place on February 4 at Crypto dot com in Los Angeles. While it was expected to see several international music artists take home some awards, Indians also woke up to exciting news.

Two of our musical gems, Zakir Hussain and Shankar Mahadevan won the Best Global Music Album award. The duo won the award for their band Shakti’s album, This Moment. The Recording Academy took to their Twitter page to post a picture of music composer-singer Shankar Mahadevan on stage. He is accompanied by Ganesh Rajagopalan, one of the band members.

In his acceptance speech, Shankar thanked god, his band members, family and friends, and all his fellow Indians. Shankar added, “India, we are proud of you…Last but not the least,...

Musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s ‘Shakti’ band made India proud at the 66th Grammy Awards as it won the Global Music Album honour at the event.

While accepting the honour, Mahadevan said: “Thank you boys. Thank you God, family, friends and India. We are proud of you, India.”

Mahadevan then dedicated the award to his wife and said: “I would like to dedicate this to my wife, whom every note of my music is dedicated to.”

The group also has guitarist John Mclaughlin, V. Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan.

The artists mentioned were nominated in the Grammy Awards alongside others such as Susana Baca, Bokante, Burna Boy, and Davido.

One of the funniest "Futurama" characters is the newscaster Morbo (voiced by Maurice Lamarche). A green-skinned alien with an enlarged head (a design speculated to be based on the invaders from the 1957 B-movie "Invasion of the Saucer Men"), Morbo is implied to be an advance scout for an invasion of Earth — and does a terrible job hiding it.

In almost every scene he's in, he loudly proclaims his hatred for "puny Earthlings" and intent to conquer them: "All humans are vermin in the eyes of Morbo." His co-host, the cheery Linda (Tress MacNeille), always laughs off Morbo's blatant threats and hatred for humanity. The episode "The Prisoners of Benda" best encapsulates their dynamic with a five-second cold open:

Linda: "Tonight at 11"-

Morbo: "Doooom!"

So, Morbo's character is a pretty one-note joke, but it's a very funny joke. Most of this comes down to his booming voice ("Viewers trust a...

Just one year ago, Donald Trump and his team were openly welcoming Nikki Haley into the GOP presidential primary, even as the former president was privately trashing her for being a “two-faced” phony who didn’t know when to stop turning against — then back to — him.

For much of 2023, Trump, his senior staff, and outside supporters mostly left Haley, Trump’s former United Nations ambassador, alone — sometimes at the specific urging of Trump advisers, according to two Trump allies and a screenshot of messages reviewed by Rolling Stone. Some on...

Plot twists can be game changers in storytelling, catching audiences off guard and demanding their attention for what's coming next. Films like Toy Story 3, Your Name, and Black Swan use multiple twists that challenge, provoke, and leave a lasting impression on the audience. Whether it's a heartwarming finale, a shocking revelation, or a morally ambiguous ending, plot twists can alter viewers' perception and create a memorable cinematic experience.

Over the years, numerous movies across genres have used multiple big plot twists, shifting their narratives more than once and reshaping themselves in an instant. In the world of storytelling, there are many methods a writer turns to when crafting a screenplay. A plot twist is one such narrative device that manages to catch audiences off guard and demand their attention for what's coming next. Although good stories don't entirely hinge on plot twists, they can be game changers if executed effectively.

The world of jazz is mourning the death of Carla Bley. On Tuesday, Bley’s longtime partner and musical collaborator Steve Swallow announced that the jazz musician died at the age of 87 due to complications with brain cancer.

Bley was diagnosed with brain cancer back in 2018. “Sometimes I don’t know the answer to a question, so I think they must have taken something out by mistake, because ever since the operation I no longer have perfect pitch,” she said at the time, per The Guardian.

Bley was born Lovella May Borg in Oakland,...

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After more than six decades into a storied, award-winning career, Rod Stewart is finally revealing the secrets to his success: “whisky and football.”

“Most of the music I’ve been involved in has had a cocktail or two thrown into the mix,” the legendary singer tells Rolling Stone. “In Faces, we even had a bar on stage with one of our roadies, Chuch Magee, working as the barman.

Mumbai, June 22 (Ians) The band ‘Shakti’, formed by the British guitarist John McLaughlin and master Indian percussionist, Zakir Hussain, is coming up with a new studio album after more than 45 years.

Titled ‘This Moment’, the album offers a set of eight new compositions and performances with McLaughlin on guitar and guitar synth and Hussain on tabla joined by vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, percussionist V. Selvaganesh and violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan.

Talking about the album, Padma Vibhushan Zakir Hussain said in a statement, “The discovery each time you sit as a group, to play and perform, is like climbing Everest from different angles. Every time it is a whole different point of view, marvelling at how you do the same but it’s not the same. Having that kind of interaction, conversation between the group, the creative idea process is something that is Shakti and it is exclusive to Shakti.”

The album will...

Donald Trump sat down in Iowa with Sean Hannity for a pre-recorded town hall event that aired Thursday night on Fox News. The former president cycled through his usual list of grievances and outlandish claims. He also alleged that the U.S. military wanted to “go woke,” despite admitting earlier on Thursday that he didn’t like the term and that Republicans have no idea what “woke” actually means.

“You know, our military is great. A lot of things going on with our military with the woke and all this nonsense,...

A star-studded gathering of musicians honored the late guitar legend Jeff Beck with two tribute shows on Monday (May 22nd) and Tuesday (May 23rd) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Eric Clapton, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Rod Stewart, Johnny Depp, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry were among the major names who took the stage to perform material and covers that Beck himself played during his lifetime.

Highlights included a rousing cover of Beck and Depp’s take on “Isolation” by John Lennon — performed by Hammett, Gibbons, and Depp (who released the song as a collaborative single with Beck in 2022); Stewart tearing through a four-song medley with Clapton; and Gibbons and Depp taking on Zz Top’s “Rough Boy,” a song Beck and Gibbons used to play together.

Elsewhere, Clapton performed lengthy sets on both nights, dipping into Beck’s songbook for originals like “Beck’s Bolero,...

Pete Brown, the British poet and singer who helped co-write some of Cream’s most enduring songs — including “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love” — has died at the age of 82.

Brown’s death Friday following “a courageous battle with cancer” was announced on his official Facebook page.

“Brown started his artistic career as a Beat Poet in the late 1950s,” the statement notes. “By the mid 1960s he had sold out The Royal Albert Hall with both his British and American contemporaries including Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Michael Horowitz...

Pete Brown, the British countercultural poet who wrote the lyrics for a number of Cream’s most popular songs, has died at the age of 82.

The family of Cream’s Jack Bruce announced Brown’s passing on Saturday. “We are extremely saddened to learn of the death of Jack’s long term friend and writing partner Pete Brown who passed away last night. We extend our sincere condolences to Pete’s wife Sheridan and Pete’s children as well as all his family and friends. Love from the Bruce family.” Brown died from cancer.

Brown is credited for co-writing Cream songs including “I Feel Free,” “Sunshine of Your Love,” “White Room,” “Dance the Night Away,” and “Swlabr.”

Following Creem’s breakup, Brown remained a close collaborator of Jack Bruce, contributing to a number of his solo albums.

Outside of his work with Cream and Bruce, Brown fronted a number of his own projects,...

Donald Trump, the ex-president, is about to make history as the first former Potus to be criminally charged. But Donald Trump, the 2024 presidential candidate, isn’t about to let the buzz around his booking go to waste — and he may include using his mugshot in a large campaign marketing blitz.

In recent days, some of Trump’s close aides and advisers have pushed the ex-president to turn his potential mugshot into fuel for a fundraising drive, or as a potent new symbol on 2024 campaign merchandise, three people familiar with the situation tell Rolling Stone.

Some of Donald Trump’s close advisers are calling on top Republicans in Congress to accelerate criminal referrals against President Joe Biden, demanding revenge after Trump became the first former president in history to be indicted.

“Now the House GOP has to continue to investigate the Biden bribes and refer for indictments,” says John McLaughlin, a top Trump pollster. “Just the beginning of the end for the Bidens.”

Michael Caputo, a former Trump official who remains close to the ex-president, says he agrees that the House GOP should accelerate its...

Donald Trump is predicting his arrest is imminent, and his legal team has been actively preparing for it.

In recent weeks, Trump and his team have held discussions on how to handle the indictment they’re expecting soon from Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, two sources familiar with the matter tell Rolling Stone. Those conversations have included discussions of the legal and logistical questions surrounding an indictment of a former president, the sources said.

“How would this work with the Secret Service? What would booking Donald Trump even look like?...

Adding that one develops a relationship with the drums, and "if you have a good enough connection, they will treat you well, but if not, they may not talk to you", Ranit Barot, one of India’s best-known percussionists says, "When every day I look at my drums before playing them, it encourages me to play more. You believe that each drum has a unique sonic marker that you absorb into your brain, and that you spend your whole life chasing the sound you hear in your mind, which is why you keep playing.

"Overall, it seems like I have a deep respect and reverence for the drums and the art of drumming. Playing the drums is not just about technique, but also about developing a relationship and connection with the instrument. I did not necessarily find the drums, but rather they found me."

Festival Curator of the one-day ‘Mahindra...

A pair of tribute concerts for the late guitar legend Jeff Beck are set for May 22nd and 23rd at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The shows will feature a plethora of Beck’s friends and musical colleagues, including fellow former Yardbirds member Eric Clapton. The other confirmed performers are Johnny Depp (who released a collaborative album with Beck in 2022), Rod Stewart (a onetime member of The Jeff Beck Group), Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, Doyle Bramhall, Gary Clark Jr., Imelda May, John McLaughlin, Robert Randolph, Olivia Safe, Joss Stone, Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks. The complete list of performers will be finalized closer to the show dates.

Ticket pre-sales begin Tuesday (March 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster for May 22nd here and May 23rd here. General sales begin Wednesday (March 15th) at 10 a.m. local time.

If the concerts sell out, you can also buy tickets via Viagogo,...

First of all, there’s his instrument. It’s ostensibly a bass, but it’s got six strings, and it’s running through a couple different effects that make it sound like a guitar. Also, Thundercat (né Stephen Bruner) is playing it so fast that he makes the thing sound like a Metallica guitar solo, but instead of thrash metal, he and his band are pumping out a strange mix of extremely adept jazz, funk and R&B, all of which anchor his silky falsetto. (And on one of his recent singles, the equally silky voices of Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins.

Following the death of TV series creator and host John McLaughlin, at the age of 89, The McLaughlin Group TV show is winding to a close, after 34 years on the air. The weekly syndicated half-hour public affairs roundtable ran mostly on PBS stations in the Us. Regular panelists include Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page, and Tom Rogan. Paul Glastris, Mort Zuckerman, and David Rennie were frequent guests. Past contributors include: Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Matthews, Katty Kay, and Al Hunt.Variety reports that while the show was well-established enough that it could have withstood a a new host, it was McLaughlin who decided -- five years ago -- that the show should end when he was finished with it. According to the report, he missed his very first episode, due to health problems, last week. The final episode will air this week. Check...

The McLaughlin Group is saying “bye-bye” this weekend, wrapping its more than 34-year run.

The decision comes just days after the passing of John McLaughlin, who hosted the syndicated public affairs program since its debut on Jan. 1, 1982.

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“This long-running political commentary and discussion show was consistently an audience favorite,” Wttw Cco Dan Soles said Thursday in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, “and we will miss this important contribution to our political coverage. Wttw is proud to have brought the series, and Dr. McLaughlin, to the PBS system.”

McLaughlin died on Tuesday...

John McLaughlin’s “The McLaughlin Group” will come to an end this week following the host’s death on Tuesday, TheWrap has learned. McLaughlin served as host, creator and executive producer on the program, which aired on multiple PBS stations across the country. The program, which first launched in 1982, has featured a panel of hosts, which most recently included McLaughlin, Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and Tom Rogan. The remaining panelists will tape one final episode before the show comes to an end. Also Read: John McLaughlin, Host of 'The McLaughlin Group,' Dies at 89 McLaughlin died on...

The McLaughlin Group will turn out the lights for good after this week's program. John McLaughlin, who originated the program, died this week at 89 after missing the previous week's show, marking his first absence of the franchise’s 34-year run. McLaughlin pioneered shout-festy political TV punditry when he launched the program in April 1982. In its heyday, The McLaughlin Group was a go-to subject of fun on Saturday Night Live. This week's edition of the show that airs on…...

Comedian Dana Carvey, whose imitation of McLaughlin Group host John McLaughlin on Saturday Night Live turned the pundit into a pop culture icon in the 1990s, paid tribute to McLaughlin, who died this week at age 89.

Carvey joined the SNL cast in 1986, and used The McLaughlin Group as the inspiration for a skit starting in 1990. McLaughlin joined in on the fun, appearing in the skit the following year.

In a statement to The Wrap, Carvey described McLaughlin as "an American original. Quick-witted and funny." "I loved impersonating him on SNL,...

Dana Carvey gave praise to John McLaughlin, the “McLaughlin Group” host who died Tuesday at age 89, calling him “an American original.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum, who counted McLaughlin among his impersonations on the late-night sketch show, also hailed McLaughlin as “quick witted and funny.” “He was an American original. Quick witted and funny. I loved impersonating him on ‘SNL,'” Carvey told TheWrap in a statement Wednesday. Also Read: John McLaughlin Remembered by TV Panelists: 'He Was One of a Kind' The comedian added that McLaughlin’s unique speech patterns made it easy to impersonate him. “His speaking rhythms...

Longtime political pundit John McLaughlin has died. He was 89. The creator, executive producer and host of The McLaughlin Group "passed away peacefully," according to the CBS show's Facebook page on Tuesday. "A message from the McLaughlin Group family. Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog, Oliver, in heaven.

Longtime political pundit John McLaughlin has died. He was 89. The creator, executive producer and host of The McLaughlin Group "passed away peacefully," according to the CBS show's Facebook page on Tuesday. "A message from the McLaughlin Group family. Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog, Oliver, in heaven.

John McLaughlin, the conservative talk-show host and pop-culture lightning rod who helmed the long-running roundtable TV show The McLaughlin Group, has died. He was 89.

The McLaughlin Group Facebook page reported the news. "Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89," the statement read. "As a former Jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog,...

Following news of “The McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin’s death Tuesday at age 89, the people who shared a stage with the TV fixture rushed to offer their thoughts and grief. Fox News analyst and former “McLaughlin Group” panelist Monica Crowley called the host “one of a kind.” “I was honored to be a regular panelist for several yrs. He was one of a kind. Rip,” Crowley tweeted shortly after the news broke. Also Read: John McLaughlin, Host of 'The McLaughlin Group,' Dies at 89 “McLaughlin Group” regular Clarence Page took comfort in the fact that McLaughlin apparently went with a grin on.

John McLaughlin, host of the syndicated political talk show “The McLaughlin Group,” died at the age of 89 on Tuesday, according to the show’s official Facebook account. “Earlier this morning, a beloved friend and mentor, Dr. John McLaughlin, passed away peacefully at the age of 89,” the Facebook post read. “As a former jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives. For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has said bye bye for the last time, to rejoin his beloved dog, Oliver, in heaven. He will always be remembered.” Journalist Eleanor Clift, a longtime.

John McLaughlin, the host of TV’s The McLaughlin Group since its debut in January 1982, died on Tuesday at age 89.

The political commentator’s passing comes just days after he missed his first hosting of his eponymous syndicated public affairs program in more than 34 years. Longtime panelist Pat Buchanan stepped in as host for that episode.

“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this past weekend’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, was “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!

Host, creator, and executive producer of “The McLaughlin Group” John McLaughlin missed his first show in 34 years. Sunday’s episode of “The McLaughlin Group” began with a written message to viewers from McLaughlin, which attributed his absence to illness. “As the panel’s recent absences attest, I am under the weather,” the message read. “The final issue of this episode has my voice, but please forgive me for its weaker than usual quality. Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to this show remains absolute!” Also Read: PBS Boss Responds to 'Sesame Street' Uproar Over Firing of 3 Veteran Human Actors Though the.

John McLaughlin this weekend missed his first hosting of The McLaughlin Group in more than 34 years, since the syndicated public affairs program made its debut on Jan. 1, 1982.

“I am under the weather,” McLaughlin explained in a note that prefaced this week’s telecast. His distinct, once-bellowing voice, heard in pre-taped intros, is “weaker than usual,” McLaughlin acknowledged. “Yet my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!”

Stepping in as this week’s host, Pat Buchanan noted the absence of the panel’s “distinguished leader” and, speaking on behalf of himself, Eleanor Clift, Clarence Page and Tom Rogan,...

An ailing John McLaughlin missed his first episode in 34 years as host of his Sunday political free-for-all The McLaughlin Group. This morning’s installment kicked off with the host’s written note to viewers that read “Dear friends of The McLaughlin Group, Dr. McLaughlin here. As the panel’s recent absences attest, I am under the weather. The final issue of this episode has my voice, but please forgive me for its weaker than usual quality. Yet my spirit is strong and my…...

On Monday, July 26, famed rock producer, manager, and lyricist Sandy Pearlman died at the age of 72. His Wikipedia page says he "was the recipient of 17 gold and platinum records." He managed that despite not actually producing many bands, or even albums -- but he left a big imprint on every one he worked on.

Born in Rockaway (Queens), NY in 1943, he got a college degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island in 1966.

A year later, still in the Stony Brook area, he recruited a band so he could have a series of science-fiction poems he'd written (the Imaginos saga, about a group secretly controlling world history) set to music and performed. He named the band Soft White Underbelly after Winston Churchill's epithet for Italy, but changed its name to Oaxaca after Soft White Underbelly got a negative review at a big concert.

John McLaughlin, the former priest and presidential speechwriter who created and served as the combative ringleader of the boisterous political public affairs program The McLaughlin Group, has died. He was 89.  McLaughlin, who also was a professor, editor and columnist before becoming an unlikely TV star impersonated by Dana Carvey, died Tuesday at his home in Virginia, according to the show's producers. He missed his first show in 34 years on Sunday. On its Facebook page, the show posted a message from the McLaughlin Group family, saying, "For 34 years, The McLaughlin Group informed millions of Americans. Now he has

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