Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes ...

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Variety collects the greatest sad Christmas songs of all time, from "I'll Be Home for Christmas" to "River" to "Fairytale of ...

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Jerry Cantrell has had a career of fantastic heavy riffs, but as he prepares for his latest tour, he's still trying to get stranger and heavier with age.

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Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge.