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The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony

Providing relief via direct assistance and loans to struggling individuals and businesses hit hard by COVID-19 has been a priority for federal lawmakers this past month. But a gigantic spending bill has also become the opportunity to smuggle in some other line items, including those of special interest to the entertainment community. Perhaps most surprising, […]

K.T. Oslin’s Biggest Billboard Hits: ’80’s Ladies,’ ‘Come Next Monday,’ ‘Hold Me’ & More

K.T. Oslin died on Monday (Dec. 21) at age 78. The singer-songwriter, who had been battling Parkinson’s disease, was reportedly also diagnosed with COVID-19. Oslin was born Kay Toinette Oslin on May 15, 1942, in Crossett, Ark. Her breakthrough single, 1987’s “80’s Ladies,” hit No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart that July and became […]

Taylor Swift Sets Record as ‘Evermore’ Blasts to No. 1 In U.K.

Taylor Swift is the queen of the U.K. charts, as Evermore (EMI) bows at No. 1 on the U.K. albums survey and three tracks from it crack the national Top 20. Evermore gives Swift a second leader in the same year, following Folklore, which ruled the Official U.K. Albums Chart for three weeks in August. […]