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Watch Lady Gaga’s Dom Pérignon commercial

Courtesy Dom Pérignon Lady Gaga went all out for the one-minute film that marks her partnership with the Champagne brand Don Pérignon. Set to what seems to be a remix of Gaga’s Chromatica song “Free Woman,” the clip features Gaga in a variety of over-the-top fabulous outfits, hairstyles and headdresses, and a nail set so […]

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West Bypass Bridge over James River Freeway to Have Closures During Next Two Weeks

The West Bypass bridge over James River Freeway will be closing one set of lanes for three days each of the next two weeks. The closures are intended to allow a contractor to clean and seal the bridge deck/driving surfaces on the West Bypass bridge. The westbound lanes of the bridge will be closed starting […]

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Vandals Attack Historic Elkland Church on Easter Weekend

Vandals attacked the historic Pleasant View Church during Easter weekend, destroying a piece of 100 year old stained glass, along with damaging a piano and the church’s pulpit. The church building is not currently in regular use because of being deemed an unsafe structure a few years ago. The vandal attack was noticed by passers-by […]

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Neil Diamond musical ‘A Beautiful Noise’ to world-premiere in Boston next summer

Andreas Terlaak A Beautiful Noise, a musical that will tell the life story of Neil Diamond, has set a date for its world premiere. In what’s commonly called an “out-of-town tryout,” the show will open at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre on June 21, 2022, and will run through July 17, 2022.  It’s the first new […]

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SGF Yields to Set Up at Fort & Madison Week of April 5

The SGF Yields program will be doing a series of checks during the week of April 5 near McGregor Elementary School at Fort and Madison. Three police officers will be stationed for approximately four hours at a time on different days monitoring for driver compliance with pedestrians in the crosswalk. A plainclothes officer will act […]

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Richard Marx shares his take on the hit he wrote for Kenny Rogers for new memoir soundtrack

Simon & SchusterRichard Marx is writing a memoir called Stories to Tell, but since he’s Richard Marx, it’s also going to come with a soundtrack.  Now, he’s shared a snippet of one of the songs he’s just recorded for that project. Before he became a star in his own right, a then-unknown Richard co-wrote the […]

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“American Idol” recap: Tori Kelly, Jason Aldean, and more join for duets and solos

ABC/Eric McCandlessLet the All-star duets and solos continue! The journey to become the next American Idol continued on Monday night with the second group of 12 from the Top 24 contestants giving their best shot at both a solo and duet performance. For the duet round, each singer was paired up with an A-list mentor. The mentors […]

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Joey Fatone on his multi-generational appeal, latest *NSYNC-related project & those pandemic pounds

Courtesy GSNJoey Fatone‘s done everything from hosting game shows, to dressing up as a rabbit for The Masked Singer, to jiving on Dancing with the Stars.  As a result, he says he’s now got fans who’ve never even heard of *NSYNC, which he thinks is weird, but “amazing.” “With *NSYNC, a lot of the women […]

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Springfield Council Eliminates Most Occupancy Restrictions April 16

The Springfield City Council made it official Monday night, voting 8-0 to remove COVID-19 occupancy restrictions in most cases starting April 16. The “Yellow” phase of the Road to Recovery Plan would allow the return of buffet dining, allow events of 500 people or less to resume, and remove occupancy restrictions. However, counter seating would […]

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Springfield Police Release 2020 Crime Report; Under 22% of Sex Crimes Cleared

The Springfield Police Department has released their 2020 Crime Report. The report is different than in previous years as the SPD has moved to the National Incident-Based Reporting System, the same as the system used by the FBI for crime statistics. The major difference between NIBRS and the previously used Summary Reporting System (SRS) is […]