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(KTLA) – “Will & Grace” star Leslie Jordan has died, according to reports Monday. Police said Jordan was driving in Hollywood on Monday morning when it’s suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building, according to TMZ. The fatal crash happened at 9:30 a.m.; Jordan was declared dead at the scene, sources told the Los Angeles Times. The actor and comedian went viral during the pandemic for his hilarious videos on social media.

Audio podcast in a YouTube, 1 hour and 58 minutes. The first short part of the YouTube in the link, is an audio except from a video documentary of the Hammond Organ. Next is some short commentary about Hammond organs in the context of the music business. The host, Sir Walter Jones, has an expert guest, a fellow Hammond organist within the African-American Church, gospel tradition. They queue audio clips from many famous Black Gospel Hammond organists. They are personally acquainted with most of the wide variety of expert, African-American Gospel tradition, Hammond organists. They wax nostalgic. (Most keyboardists do...

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — They come in droves, cameras and smartphones in hand, to see Leslie Baum Rossi’s shrine to presidential candidate Donald Trump. It’s hard to miss “the Trump House,” as visitors call the attraction near the village of Youngstown. As soon as motorists veer off Route 30 onto Route 982, a massive “Trump 2016” sign on the corner of Rossi’s property can be seen before the house’s wrap-around red, white and blue paint job....

Joan Leslie, whose expressive almond eyes and innocent beauty made her one of the most popular film ingénues of the 1930s and 40s, has died at the age of 90. She died in Los Angeles on Monday, her family announced in an obituary. After signing with Warner Bros. at the age of 15, her first major role was in High Sierra as the disabled Velma opposite Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino.

A BBC radio presenter vented his anger on air after losing his slot on a mid-Morning show because he is engaged to a Conservative MP standing for re-election. John Darvall proposed to Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie on Christmas Day, two months after the pair began dating having first met on his show four years ago, the Bath Chronicle reports.Having kept the decision quiet, the twice-divorced presenter revealed his anger during a phone in regarding the BBC’s decision to fire controversial presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

After over a year of waiting for the liberal media to finally assign blame and announce who was responsible for the brutal murders of four Americans, [Leslie] Marshall finally stepped to the plate to announce that if we are to blame someone, we should blame the victim.

Tropical storm Leslie is listed on the front page. Could get interesting.

'FDR: American Badass': The @#$% truth behind our werewolf-fighting president -- NSFW [Frank Drebin LIVES!] by Anthony Breznican Don’t watch this trailer around your kids. Or your boss. (Unless they’re awesome.) And don’t watch this if you believe the man who steered our nation out of the Great Depression, helped lead the Allies to victory over fascism in World War II, and strengthened America’s social safety net with Social Security and Medicare deserves to be treated with only total, unwavering respect. But if you like your history served with a hefty helping of crack, then by all means — enjoy...

OCEAN CITY, Md.- Police are warning businesses in Ocean City to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. Ocean City police say they are investigating several cases where fake currency has been passed at local businesses in the last few days. Police say the first case occurred on May 19 in which three counterfeit $50 bills were discovered by a local merchant. On June 2 and again on Wednesday, six more cases of counterfeit $20 bills and one $100 bill were discovered by merchants and banks, according to police. The bills are described as good quality, with slight fading...

MODEL Michelle Leslie wore a burqa during her stay in a Balinese prison on drugs charges to avoid being raped... Leslie said she awoke in the Kerobokan prison one night to find a man sitting on the end of her mattress, laughing and singing: "Jiggyjig Missa Leslie. Bali holiday. Jiggyjig". "I knew jiggyjig translated into having sex," Leslie told the magazine. "He was saying Australian model and stroking my leg. I screamed: `Get out of here!'." Leslie said she was aware another woman was being taken from her cell regularly for sex, and realised her fate would be the same...

A Bali court has found Australian model Michelle Leslie guilty of using ecstasy and sentenced her to three months jail, a period of custody she has already served. Leslie is expected to be released from prison as early as tonight and will leave Indonesia possibly tomorrow.

Seeing as how I am one of the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit targeting several Hollywood entities – studios, networks and talent agencies – for engaging in discriminatory practices against older writers, I’d have to be the worst sort of rat to suggest that it’s high time that CBS sent Andy Rooney packing. So I won’t suggest they retire him because he’s old. Instead, I’ll suggest they give him his gold watch because he’s really stupid. Clearly, in Rooney’s case, it isn’t a matter of age. His little screeds on “60 Minutes” have been boring and embarrassing for many...

Dear Sierra Friends, A very good Friday afternoon to you all! In case you had not heard, I wanted to make sure you knew that the Sierra Nevada Conservancy bill, AB 2600, will be heard on the Senate Floor this coming Monday, August 23. Senator Bruce McPherson (R—Santa Cruz) will be presenting AB 2600 as the bill’s official floor jockey. Below, I am including material we’ve put together on the highlights of the consensus reached by Assemblyman Leslie and Assemblyman Laird and the Schwarzenegger Administration. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone or e mail....