The optimists went to the gas chambers (or so it’s been said). The pessimists went to America. The collabos went to Maxim’s (for steak). The orphans went to the country (for safekeeping). De Gaulle went to London. Pétain went to Vichy. Some (not that many) joined the Resistance. When the Allies landed, crowds flooded the […]
Shields used to idolize Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time.” But these days it “feels to me sort of twee. . I need more comedy, more urgency, more white space.”
• Dolly Parton pulled out of this year's nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hasn't "earned that right." Already inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the music icon explained her decision in a posting on her social media pages Monday, saying she didn't want to take votes away from the other nominees. "Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out," she said. Parton was among the rock hall's 17 nominees last month alongside Beck, Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest and Dionne Warwick. "I do hope that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will understand and be willing to conside
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