Forbidden Song Haunts

'Forbidden' song haunts South Korea's uni entrance exam students

A yearly blanket of silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students sit for the most important test of their lives.

14 Essential Quincy Jones Songs

As a producer, arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist, he made a powerful mark on nearly every genre he touched. He died Sunday, at 91.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 4

Phasmophobia Coming To Haunt Consoles Just In Time For Halloween

If your Halloween plans included firing up some scary video games, you might need to make room for one more. Today, during the Xbox Partner Preview event, Kinetic Games revealed that ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 17

Evening Report — Kelly criticism haunts Trump

Plus: Analysts fear a polling miss; Dems fear a rout {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Kelly warns about potential second Trump term Former Trump White House chief of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

How Harris’s Loss Could Haunt Biden’s Legacy

In the wake of Donald J. Trump’s resounding victory, many Democrats are casting President Biden as a one-term president who set his party on a path to failure in 2024.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Tears and songs as Liam Payne fans in Argentina grieve

Fans gather to remember Liam Payne, some in tears, some singing One Direction songs as they leave notes and flowers.

Liam Payne song postponed to 'let family mourn'

Singer Sam Pounds, who worked with Payne on Do No Wrong, says "it's not the time yet" to release it.

Quincy Jones: The songs that showcase his musical brilliance

The musician, who has died aged 91, was one of the most consequential producers in jazz and pop.

A timeline of Quincy Jones' career in 15 essential songs

The musician and producer known for his groundbreaking work with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra died Sunday at age 91. Here are 15 of his essential songs.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 4

Will.i.am drops new song in endorsement of Harris

Rapper Will.i.am dropped a single Sunday night called “YES SHE CAN” while endorsing Vice President Harris in her race for the White House. “Something's going on in America / People entertained by ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

In This Small Maine County, the Sheriff’s Race Is Haunted by a Mass Shooting

The race has become a referendum on what the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office did, and failed to do, before a shooting that killed 18 people in Lewiston last fall.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Your parents’ Medicare decisions could come back to haunt you

Adult children may regret not paying attention to these healthcare choices.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

In England’s Most Haunted Village, Halloween Means Screams and Skeptics

Pluckley is said to count at least 12 spirits among its 1,000 residents. Come October, ghost hunters arrive in droves to a place where even nonbelievers concede they’ve had eerie encounters.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 28

Here’s Why Blood Manor, a Haunted House in NYC, Costs $45

It’s not as if Blood Manor can just transform into an office after Halloween.

Business - The New York Times - October 31

Blast Ghosts And Even The Haunted Sun With This Year's Halloween Google Doodle

Google is celebrating Halloween with a brand new installment of Magic Cat Academy--marking the third edition of the Doodle. In the past, Momo the cat has taken on ghouls in school and taken a ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 30

Halloween haunted houses are a scary business proposition, operators say

Scaring people for a living is a tough racket. "A bunch of teenagers that say 'Boo!' — that won't fly anymore," one haunted house veteran says.

Halloween haunted house in Michigan collects donations for a good cause

Karri Dumas and her family in Cadillac, Michigan, go all out for Halloween with a haunted house featuring inflatable clowns, skeleton armies and a cemetery. Rather than charging admission, they ...

Ghost of pandemic haunts US election with win for anti-vax movement

Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policy. Donald Trump will be propelled to the White House for a second term amid concerns ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Wretched, haunted but human: David Coote was made by modern football | Barney Ronay

Refereeing is basically a nightmare now. Is it really a huge surprise a Premier League official should end up brutalised and spitting toxins on a sofa?. Farewell then, David Coote. You were the one ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – dark, personal and their best since Disintegration

(Fiction) The band are at an artistic peak on their first album in 16 years: movingly melancholic, with a punchy sound to match the lyrics’ emotional impact. The latter-day history of the Cure is ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Practical Magic: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s enduring song of sisterhood

Witchy, cozy and murderously mischievous, this 1998 film about a clan of women beset by an ancient curse feels like a warm hug. Its resurgence is long overdue. Get our weekend culture and ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator

Petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is first legal attempt to recognise an ecosystem’s moral authorship. A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

Marti Pellow: 'I can't get out of a building without singing that song'

The Wet Wet Wet star says love is still all around for his biggest hit.

Phil Lesh Didn’t Hold Songs Down. He Lifted Them Higher.

The Grateful Dead bassist found new melodic byways through every song.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 26

The Cure: Songs of a Lost World review – as promised, ‘very, very doom and gloom’

(Fiction) The band’s first album in 16 years finds Robert Smith and co on reliably melancholy form – with the exception of one out-and-out pop banger. The Cure have long dwelled in a kind of ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Remembering Quincy Jones: 10 career-spanning songs to celebrate his legacy

Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, most musicians are not the prodigious producer Quincy Jones

Entertainment - ABC News - November 4

"Most mysterious song on the internet" identified after 17 years

The mystery song is called "Subways of Your Mind," and was recorded by a little-known 1980s German band called FEX.

Entertainment - CBS News - November 6

Top of the pips: Fiona Apple’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As her classic album When the Pawn … turns 25, we pick the best of a singer-songwriter whose portraits of love and selfhood are unforgettably vivid. You could easily fill a Top 20 with Apple’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit

As Patti Smith’s debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre’s resistance, rebellion and refusal. Chosen by Phoebe Lunny , singer/guitarist of ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in Seoul

Entertainment - ABC News - Yesterday

South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in Seoul

World - ABC News - Yesterday

John Driskell Hopkins on new song and $3 million donation for ALS research

After his ALS diagnosis, Zac Brown Band's John Driskell Hopkins plans to donate $3 million to fund research through his "Hop On A Cure" foundation and released a new single titled "Each Other."

Move over 'Baby Shark,' Moo Deng now has an official song

Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who has taken the internet by storm, now has an official song, “Moodeng Moodeng” — and in four languages, no less.

Burt Bacharach, composer of classic songs, will have papers donated to Library of Congress

The papers of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach are being donated to the Library of Congress

Entertainment - ABC News - 4 hours ago

WATCH: Thailand zoo releases official Moo Deng song

The 4-month-old pygmy hippo who became an internet darling when she made her debut on social media is ready to dominate the pop charts with a new song called “Moo Deng Moo Deng.”

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