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Remembering Tower Records’ iconic founder Russ Solomon

In a time when music couldn’t be streamed or downloaded, Tower Records stood above its competition. With late-night hours, knowledgeable employees and huge inventories, it was a go-to place for serious music fans. The chain was founded in 1941 by Russ Solomon who started selling used jukebox records out of …

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David Edelstein’s Oscar predictions

By “Sunday Morning” film critic David Edelstein Fair warning: I’m going into this year’s Oscars bursting with negativity, because my favorite film, “The Florida Project,” about this imp of a girl and her druggy, trick-turning, but otherwise loving single mom in a fleabag motel, was criminally ignored, except for Willem …

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Sridevi, legendary Bollywood actress, dead at 54

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said she was also under the influence of alcohol at the time. She was 54.  Sridevi, who for years was one of Bollywood’s …

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