Pop music in 1960s America was a parade of talented white crooners—Elvis, Connie Francis, Neil Sedaka—punctuated by flashes of Black genius: Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Mary Wells.
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Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
Both of them — as well as the alternating Bob Dylan and Tom Petty cosplay of Ozark crooner Jesse Welles’s Middle — must contend with a 92-year-old national treasure’s musing on mortality.
The park has a variety of attractions, including more than 16 miles of trails ranging in difficulty, 90-acre Tucket Lake that can be fished, swim and kayak, and acts as a seasonal home to many migratory birds, like the endangered golden-cheeked warbler.
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Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
California quail, Anna’s hummingbird and yellow-rumped warbler are commonly spotted.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Sure, the Oscar-winning makeup helps transform the actor into Cheney, but the voice and petulance are all Bale, whose conjuring of this scoundrel ought to trigger PTSD for anyone who survived the Dubya years.
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Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
The telephone used a diaphragm, a coil and a receiver to convert sound waves into electrical signals and back into sound waves, enabling real-time voice conversations.
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