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Former Santana vocalist Alex Ligertwood dies aged 79

Former Santana vocalist Alex Ligertwood dies aged 79

Published by Daniella Wilson

Former Santana singer Alex Ligertwood has died at the age of 79. The Scottish musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the Latin rock band, died just two weeks after his last show. “It’s with great sadness and heartache to announce the passing of my sweet dear Alex Ligertwood, my husband of 25 years, we knew each other for 36 years,” his wife, Shawn Brogan, wrote on Facebook in a post announcing the news. “Alex passed peacefully in his sleep with his doggy Bobo by his side yesterday. “Alex was loved by so many. If you knew him, you loved him. “He touched so many with his extraordinary voice. He was all heart and soul.” Brogan wrote that Ligertwood’s “favourite thing” in life was to make music. “He performed his last show just two weeks ago. I’m grateful for that. He did it his way, on his terms, till the end,” she wrote. “I will always love you, my sweet Alex. Rest in peace. Soar and sing with the angels, my love. “Please keep …

Breaking Free From Alex Jones

Breaking Free From Alex Jones

Published by José Betancourt

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel speaks with Josh Owens, a videographer and the author of a memoir about his years working for Infowars, the media company of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Owens traces his journey from a film-school student who stumbled onto Jones’s radio show to an insider who spent four years filming, editing, and traveling for the organization. Owens describes how Jones’s conspiracy machine works, as well as how his own moral compass was scrambled by Jones’s manipulative management. The conversation explores radicalization, the conspiratorial media ecosystem Jones helped create, and how Owens was able to pull himself out. The following is a transcript of the episode: Josh Owens: Jones was not sitting there telling us to lie about things. He was making us question our own minds. After years in that environment, you stop even believing the fire alarms that are going off in your brain saying, like, This is insane. This is crazy. This is wrong. And you think, Maybe …

Alex Manninger, former Arsenal goalkeeper, dies in traffic accident

Alex Manninger, former Arsenal goalkeeper, dies in traffic accident

Published by Sam Flores

Alex Manninger, an Austrian former goalkeeper who played for several European soccer teams, including Arsenal and Juventus, has died at age 48. One of his former teams, Red Bull Salzburg, wrote on X that Manninger died in a traffic accident. Multiple media outlets are reporting that Manninger was inside a vehicle that was struck by a train on a railway crossing Thursday morning in Nussdorf am Haunsberg. In response to an inquiry from The Times regarding Manninger’s death, Salzburg state police sent a news release, originally written in German, detailing an accident that morning in which a “car was struck and dragged by a train of the Salzburg Local Railway while crossing the tracks,” based on an initial investigation. The driver, identified only as “a 48-year-old man from Salzburg,” was undergoing CPR from first responders when officers arrived at approximately 8:20 a.m. “Police assisted with resuscitation efforts, including the use of a defibrillator,” the release said. “Despite further efforts by paramedics and an emergency physician, resuscitation was unsuccessful. The man from Salzburg succumbed to his …

Big Nobody by Alex Kadis review – groovy and Greek in 70s London

Big Nobody by Alex Kadis review – groovy and Greek in 70s London

Published by Sam Flores

Alex Kadis establishes a jaunty tone from the very first pages of her debut about Connie Costa, a music-loving teenager stuck at home in east London in the mid-1970s, longing to break free from her smothering Greek Cypriot extended family, and in particular her restrictive father. Dubbing him “the fat murderer”, she has dreamed endlessly about killing him ever since the car accident a year before that took the lives of her mother and younger brothers. Lively, opinionated, and slightly chubby in her groovy 70s gear, Connie has two imaginary friends in the form of Marc Bolan and “bloody David Bowie”, with whom she communes via the posters on her bedroom wall. Marc she adores, but Bowie can be a bit snide, as well as having dubious taste in fashion. She’s starting to develop a keen interest in the male trouser region (Marc’s is placed at eye level). In the case of her father’s friend, Peter Pervy Roy, who wears “trousers so eye-wateringly tight that they squashed his knob and bollocks into a weird flat patty”, actual proximity can …

Alex Ross Drawing, Writing New Graphic Novel ‘Marvel Dimensions’

Alex Ross Drawing, Writing New Graphic Novel ‘Marvel Dimensions’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Comic book painter Alex Ross burst out onto the comics scene in the mid-1990s when he produced a one-two punch of electrifying and celebrated works, Marvels for Marvel Comics and Kingdom Come for DC Comics. For a good chunk of this century, however, he has become known mostly for his lush and colorfully vivid covers for Marvel. Readers were treated to the full Ross experience when he returned to writing and drawing interiors for his widely-praised 2022 graphic novel Fantastic Four: Full Circle. And while that was the first Ross book in years, fans don’t have to wait as long for his next opus, one that could be as ambitious and impactful as his classic works. Ross has written and illustrated Marvel Dimensions, an all-new 112-page graphic novel that Abrams ComicArts, in partnership with Marvel Comics, will release in September. Much of the story is being kept under wraps, but it’s meant to be both a tour of the classic Marvel Universe and something much more expansive. It’s said to be a work that experiments …

Alex Honnold says he was paid an ‘embarrassing amount’ for Taipei 101 climb

Alex Honnold says he was paid an ‘embarrassing amount’ for Taipei 101 climb

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alex Honnold says he would have climbed Taipei 101 — the world’s 11th-tallest skyscraper — for free. But because the free-solo ascent was performed live for a global audience, the climber has admitted his fee is an “embarrassing amount” of money. Netflix’s Skyscraper Live saw the professional rock climber make history as he scaled the 1,667-foot, 101-story structure, located in the capital of Taiwan, without safety gear or ropes. Speaking to ahead of the climb, Honnold was asked whether the stunt marks the biggest payday of his career. “Maybe. It’s less than my agent aspired to,” he said. “I mean, I would do it for free. If there was no TV program and the building gave me permission to go do the thing, I would do the thing because I know I can, and it’d be amazing. I mean, just sitting by yourself on the very top of the spire is insane.” Honnold continued: “And so, you know, if there wasn’t the whole spectacle around it, and I just had the opportunity to go do …

Skyscraper Live viewers savage Netflix’s ‘awful’ commentary during Alex Honnold’s record-breaking free climb

Skyscraper Live viewers savage Netflix’s ‘awful’ commentary during Alex Honnold’s record-breaking free climb

Published by Daniella Wilson

Netflix viewers have eviscerated the “distracting” and “pointless” commentary delivered during the live stream of Alex Honnold’s record-breaking free climb of Taipei 101, one of the tallest skyscrapers on Earth. While nervous Skyscraper Live viewers watched the nail-biting stunt on Saturday night (January 24), they admitted to being distracted by the punditry delivered by its panel, made up of WWE star Seth Rollins, veteran sports anchor Elle Duncan and professional rock climber and mountaineer Emily Harrington. Much of the commentary featured live reactions from Rollins, who spent the majority of the stream — like viewers at home — in disbelief and shock at Honnold’s risk-taking ascent of the 1,667-foot-high tower. But viewers said the commentators continuously talked over Honnold when he was speaking into his in-ear headset during the climb, and added little professional insight. The comments section under Netflix’s Instagram posts during the event was filled with pleas from viewers to “have the announcers be quiet” and “stop talking” as they couldn’t hear Honnold. open image in gallery Seth Rollins, Elle Duncan and Emily …

Alex Honnold says he was paid an ‘embarrassing amount’ for Taipei 101 climb

Alex Honnold says he’s being paid an ‘embarrassing amount’ for Tapei 101 climb

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alex Honnold would’ve scaled Taipei 101, the world’s 11th-tallest skyscraper, for free. But because he’s performing the daring free solo climb live for the entertainment of millions, he’s revealed he will be paid an “embarrassing amount” of money. Tonight on Netflix’s Skyscraper Live, the professional rock climber, 40, will attempt to scale the 1,667-foot, 101-story structure, located in the capital of Taiwan, without safety gear or ropes. Speaking to the , Honnold was asked if this stunt is his biggest payday. “Maybe. It’s less than my agent aspired to,” he said. “I mean, I would do it for free. If there was no TV program and the building gave me permission to go do the thing, I would do the thing because I know I can, and it’d be amazing. I mean, just sitting by yourself on the very top of the spire is insane.” Honnold continued: “And so, you know, if there wasn’t the whole spectacle around it, and I just had the opportunity to go do it by myself, I’d be fine with …

Who is Alex Honnold? Free solo climber in Netflix’s Skyscraper Live

Who is Alex Honnold? Free solo climber in Netflix’s Skyscraper Live

Published by Daniella Wilson

Netflix is no stranger to hosting live events on its platform but Skyscraper Live is the first of its kind, including for those involved. As teased by the streamer, Alex Honnold will step onto the exterior of Taipei 101 – a 1,667 feet skyscraper of glass, steel and concrete – as he attempts to climb all 101 floors without ropes, all while being live streamed on Netflix. “I’m not really worried about the spectators,” Honnold said ahead of the climb. “Plus, no matter how many people are watching, I’m never going to see the people watching. It’s not like an auditorium of people watching me.” So, just who is Alex Honnold? Scroll on to learn more about the climber and his biggest challenge yet. Who is Alex Honnold? Alex Honnold in front of Taipei 101. Corey Rich Alex Honnold is a rock climber best known for his free solo climbing up big walls. Growing up, Honnold competed in national and international youth climbing championships, previously admitting he hadn’t been a “great climber.” “There were a lot …