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F ar from being a jingoistic flag-waver, “Born in the USA” addresses the mixed feelings of American soldiers when they returned home from Vietnam in the Seventies. It’s Bruce Springsteen’s “This Land is Your Land”, Woody Guthrie’s 1940 condemnation of US institutions. Like Guthrie, Springsteen’s protagonist is proud to be American, but he’s witnessed his country’s shortcomings. “In order to understand the song’s intent, you need to invest a certain amount of time and effort to absorb both the music and the words,” Springsteen said. “But that's not the way a lot of people use pop music.” The song’s origins go back to 1981, when the film director Paul Schrader sent Springsteen a script entitled Born in the USA , and asked the Boss to do a soundtrack for his prospective film. It gathered dust on Springsteen’s desk for a year or so, until he glanced at it while writing a new song, tentatively called “Vietnam”: “I looked over and sang off the top of Paul’s cover page,” he recalled. The …

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Iran carries out annual military exercises Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info After nearly six months of hiatus, the new Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi has sent a top diplomatic delegation back to Vienna to continue negotiations to allow the US back into the agreement following its withdrawal by former President Donald Trump. However, tensions are running high as Iran has demanded the US lift all sanctions against Tehran prior to joining the talks, in what Iran claims must be “verifiable” proof of such actions. For its part, the US has demanded that Iran cease all nuclear activity prior to making any commitments. Related articles …

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Kamala Harris mocked by Lara Trump for ‘ridiculous’ NASA video Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The relationship between Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, and President Joe Biden, 78, has reached an “exhaustive stalemate”, according to a tell-all piece published by an American news network. CNN spoke to some three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers about the tensions running rife between Biden’s team and those accompanying his 2020 running-mate. Related articles Spain 'recruiting' Britons to make up for income loss – 'hard to cope' Poland …

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Khabib Nurmagomedov might be retired from the UFC, but he's as busy as ever. The undefeated former UFC lightweight champion told ESPN this weekend that his MMA promotion, Eagle FC, is planning an expansion into the United States. Nurmagomedov said Eagle FC will hold an event January in Miami and there is another event being targeted for that city in March. Nurmagomedov, 33, bought the promotion formerly known as Gorilla Fighting Championship late in 2020. Since December 2020, the rebranded Eagle FC -- named after Nurmagomedov's nickname "The Eagle" -- has run 15 events, mostly in his home country of Russia. One was in Kazakhstan and another in Kyrgyzstan. The January show will be Eagle FC's debut in the United States, which will give way to several more in the U.S. in 2022, per Nurmagomedov. Eagle FC officials are working with media company FLX on a production facility in Miami that will be called FLX Arena. The Eagle FC events in the U.S. will be run out of that venue and …

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Taraji P. Henson, who's starred alongside Jussie Smollett in "Empire," spoke on "The View" about his dropped charges surrounding an alleged attack police said he fabricated. Henson said she talks to Smollett "all the time, and he's doing well." (MORE: What happened? Timeline of investigation into Jussie Smollett's attack claim) "We're all doing well, the show is doing well," Henson said. As the show gears up for its sixth season, she said Smollett will star in it, adding, "I haven't heard anything else." The actress shared the main focus of the "Empire" team right now is to "drum up some really good juicy stuff" for fans in the next season. Henson told USA Today last week she's "happy ... the truth has finally been set free, because I knew it all along." On Jan. 29, Smollett said he was attacked late at night near by two masked men in Chicago. He claimed to police they poured "an unknown chemical substance" on him, possibly bleach, and wrapped …

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Omicron: International travel restrictions criticised by expert Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top Royal stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info New holiday testing rules will come into effect from 4am on Tuesday November 30 following the discovery of the Omicron variant. Holidaymakers will need to take a day two PCR test. Related articles Spain bans unvaccinated British tourists British expats share the most shocking parts of life in USA READ MORE Flight attendant names the one seat you should avoid on a plane TUI said in a website statement: “Following the UK Government announcement, we are aware of the changes to post travel testing requirements. “All …

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Omicron variant: Holidaymaker says travel rules are ‘unfair’ Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top Royal stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The detection of a new Covid variant, Omicron, has triggered change for travellers coming back into the UK. With the need for a PCR test and self-isolation back on the menu, many holidaymakers are faced with added costs when coming back to the UK. Related articles 'Don't do anything hasty!' Simon Calder warns of chaos with new rules British tourists need negative test for Portugal - £17,000 fine READ MORE Flight attendant names the one seat you should avoid on a plane From Wednesday December 1, PCR tests are required to …

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THE Bay has proved to be a HUGE hit for ITV since the first series back in 2017. The Morecambe-based drama is now back for a third season and there is a new woman in charge. The Bay season three cast: Who stars in the ITV drama? The Bay season three brings the audience a brand new story. DS Jenn Townsend is new in town but is immediately thrown into the deep end, when a body is found in the bay on her first day in the job. She must get under the skin of a grieving and complicated family if she has any chance of solving the premature death of an aspiring young boxer. Marsha Thomason as DS Jenn Townsend Following leading lady Morven Christie's exit from the show, ITV confirmed actress Marsha Thomason has been cast as the new lead. Marsha will play the role of DS Jenn Townsend, Morecambe CID's new Family Liaison Officer in series three . Marsha is a television and film actress who is best known for playing Sara Evers and Elizabeth Henshaw in Disney's The …

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Fans of 80s music will be dismayed to learn, if they didn’t know already, that Spandau Ballet has lost its original frontman. Tony Hadley’s velvety vocals were the centrepiece of hit tracks like Gold and True…. but no more. Despite the fact that his meaty voice is pretty key to the band, Tony spectacularly announced he was no longer part of it in July 2017. Spandau eventually rallied round and bagged themselves a new (much younger) vocalist to replace him – a talented West End performer called Ross William Wild, who’s 30. So why did Tony throw the towel in? And if he comes back, will the band be saying ‘thank you for coming home, sorry that the chairs are all worn’? Well yes, hopefully. Tony, who is now 58 and a dad-of-five, has been striking out on his own since the early 90s after the band first disbanded. He had minor solo success with singles like Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, but despite his album releases, West End roles, Eurovision performances and …

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Disney has been accused of capitulating to Chinese censorship after it omitted an episode of The Simpsons which references the Tiananmen Square massacre from its streaming service in Hong Kong. The entertainment giant launched its Disney+ streaming service in the city earlier this month, offering customers 32 seasons of The Simpsons. But eagle-eyed fans have noticed that an episode in which the American family visits Tiananmen Square in Beijing is missing from the service. The episode, “Goo Goo Gai Pan” first aired in 2005, satirises the Chinese state's heavy censorship of discussion around the deadly massacre, during which more than 1,000 protesters were estimated to have been killed. In one scene, the Simpson family visits the site of the massacre where they encounter a plaque that reads: “On this site, in 1989, nothing happened.” In the episode Homer Simpson calls Mao Zedong a "little angel" who killed millions. It stars Lucy Liu, whose parents were Chinese, and also …

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