Author Gay Talese is 93. Soprano Lois McDonall is 86. Classical pianist Arthur Ozolins is 79. Comedian Robert Smigel (SNL, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 65. Actor James Spader is 65.

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An artist is eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first recording, which means that any band who put out their debut album during or before 2000 is ready ...

Smooth jazz, when the history books are written, will go down as a much-maligned genre. That’s unfortunate, because many of the key practitioners of smooth jazz are supremely gifted ...

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Wes Streeting has launched an attack on the NHS' reliance on its foreign workforce, arguing that it is too ready to pull "the immigration lever". The Health Secretary has promised to support ...