Gene Hackman and his wife‚ Betsy Arakawa‚ are still going strong after nearly 33 years of marriage. The Oscar-winning actor and his classical pianist partner were spotted leaving a dinner date in New Mexico recently. Several photos showed the two smiling and laughing as they strolled around Sante Fe‚ where they’ve lived for their entire marriage. Gene has always lived a private life‚ despite being an a-lister. And the two have rarely been seen in public together. In fact‚ the last time photographers caught them side by side was during the 2003 Golden Globes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New York Post (@nypost) According to a 2020 interview with Empire‚ Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa have a standing Friday night date and have for most of their relationship. However‚ they opt to stay in and bond over movies at home. “We like simple stories that some of the little low-budget films manage to produce‚” Gene told the publication. The two also made a tradition out of having “a Comedy Channel marathon‚ with particular attention paid to Eddie Izzard.” And they have more time to focus on their marriage now that Gene officially retired from Hollywood. The now-94-year-old stepped away from his career in 2004 after a stress test showed that his heart was weakening. However‚ he has been healthy well into his golden years. “His health is good‚” a source told Closer. “He still bicycles‚ does yard work and he’s a great handyman. After all the drama of Gene’s career‚ he loves the peaceful life he shares with the lovely Betsy.” This story’s featured image is by Kevin Winter/Getty Images. The post Gene Hackman and Longtime Wife Betsy Arakawa Happily In Love While Making Rare Public Apperance appeared first on InspireMore.

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Formed in London in 1979 by the renowned guitarist Michael Schenker‚ known for his stints with Scorpions and UFO‚ The Michael Schenker Group (MSG) carved its niche in the English hard rock scene. The band saw a significant evolution in 1986 when Schenker teamed up with vocalist Robin McAuley to create the McAuley Schenker Group‚ a collaboration that lasted until 1993. Following a brief hiatus‚ MSG was revived in 1996 by Schenker. Throughout its history‚ MSG experienced a revolving door of talented musicians‚ with Schenker being the steadfast figure in its lineup. The band’s journey began when Schenker parted ways The post Top 10 Michael Schenker Group Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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The turmoil at MSNBC over the hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says everything Americans need to know about this cable "news network." This episode echoes the earlier craziness inside the woke walls of The New York Times. A staff revolt forced an ejection. Recall: The Times Op-Ed page editor‚ one James Bennet -- the brother of liberal Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) -- allowed a submitted op-ed from Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to be published. The piece called for sending in National Guard troops to quell the riots that had broken out in hundreds of American cities in the wake of the death of George Floyd involving a Minnesota police officer. The staff of the Times went crazy. They demanded Bennet’s head -- and they got it‚ with the Times publisher forcing Bennet out. Now comes MSNBC.  Parent company NBC‚ the oldest major broadcast network (1926) in America - once home to people who spoke of the need for objectivity and fairness‚ like Chet Huntley and David Brinkley‚ Tom Brokaw and Tim Russert‚ hired now-former Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel to be a commentator. It's pretty standard practice in the world of television news. See former DNC chair Donna Brazile‚ for example. But all of a sudden‚ as at the Times‚ the staff of on-air talent openly‚ loudly and live on-air…. rebelled. They castigated their bosses for hiring “election denier” McDaniel‚ who had questioned the 2020 election results in her home state of Michigan. They threw such a tantrum that McDaniel‚ after one 20-minute grilling by Kristen Welker on Meet the Press‚ was abruptly canned. After his own dismissal‚ Times editor Bennet penned a behind-the scenes tale of what happened in the Cotton Op-Ed episode‚ publishing it here at The Economist. His headline:  When the New York Times lost its way America’s media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves Among other things Bennet said this: Are we truly so precious?” Dean Baquet‚ the executive editor of The New York Times‚ asked me one Wednesday evening in June 2020. I was the editorial-page editor of the Times‚ and we had just published an op-ed by Tom Cotton‚ a senator from Arkansas‚ that was outraging many members of the Times staff.  …The next day the Times’s union—its unit of the NewsGuild-CWA—would issue a statement calling the op-ed “a clear threat to the health and safety of the journalists we represent." In other words? In other words whether it’s The New York Times or MSNBC‚ both are staffed not by serious journalists but rather far left-wing activists masquerading as journalists. They aren’t about just-the-facts journalism with discussion provided by various players of the day on all sides. They are in fact about authoritarian-style far left-wing activism. And if they don’t for some reason get their way‚ then there will be hell to pay. Their "safety" was endangered. One and all involved in these episodes are clueless that in their aggressive intolerance of an opposing viewpoint‚ they have seriously damaged their own reputations as supposed “journalists.” The MSNBC episode is particularly hilarious. They decried McDaniel because she was a supposed “election denier” about some of the results in 2020.  Yet these are the self-same people who spent endless hours as themselves “election deniers” of the 2016 results. They spent the Trump years repeatedly declaiming that there had been a Trump-Russia collusion that stole the 2016 election and that Trump was‚ in Hillary Clinton’s words‚ an “illegitimate president.” In the day‚ National Review headlined this of MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough:  Scarborough Calls Russiagate Skeptics ‘Useful Idiots‚’ Suggests They’re on the Kremlin Payroll  In capital letters PoliticusUSA headlined:  RACHEL MADDOW EXPLAINS TRUMP’S RUSSIA COLLUSION CRIME And there was MSNBC’s Chuck Todd writing this: Trump-Russia collusion “remains one of the biggest political scandals in generations.” In other words‚ true to the MSNBC form‚ Scarborough‚ Maddow and Todd were thorough-going “election deniers.”  Raising the obvious question: If Ronna McDaniel had to be fired for being an “election denier” - why not Scarborough‚ Maddow and Todd? Election deniers one and all - and for years. They would answer with January 6. It didn't matter that McDaniel denounced the rioting. These people are still there because in the world of left-wing activism anything and everything that questions Trump is heroic‚ whether or not it's accurate. In fact‚ the reason Republican McDaniel is not allowed on the air but supposed “Republicans” like Michael Steele (himself a former RNC Chair) and ex-Bush White House aide Nicolle Wallace are is because they are Never Trumpers. In short‚ whether it’s The New York Times or MSNBC and doubtless other supposedly “mainstream media” outlets they aren’t about journalism at all. They are‚ as noted‚ nothing more or less than far left-wing activists. And ohhh so precious. Not to mention it looks authoritarian. And in the case of MSNBC?  Over at the Daily Beast was this headline: MSNBC’s On-Air Revolt Did Little to Boost Ratings. And why might that be? Maybe because half the country won’t sit still and watch left-wing activists do a poor imitation of serious journalism.

Fox News Digital reported that a father in Indiana whose youngest son died from a fentanyl overdose is running for Congress to help put an end to similar tragedies. The father has placed blame for his son's death on the worsening issue at the border under President Joe Biden.Jamison Carrier‚ a local businessman who has never held office‚ said that he is as "much of an outsider as you could possibly be‚" adding that he was motivated to run for political office to help alleviate some of the suffering American families have faced due to the fentanyl crisis."It will be two years ago‚ April 15th‚ that we lost Joey‚" Carrier told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Over 300 Americans are dying every day from fentanyl poisoning. If a jetliner was going down every day‚ we would stop everything and get it fixed. Unfortunately‚ we haven't seen that sense of urgency with this‚ and that's why I'm running."Carrier decided to run for office in Indiana's 6th Congressional District after Republican Rep. Greg Pence — former Vice President Mike Pence's brother — announced that he would not run for re-election. The seat is believed to be firmly Republican. While there is a crowded primary field‚ Carrier has suggested that his campaign is based on the policies and issues that those in the district care about‚ as opposed to running against a specific candidate‚ per Fox News Digital.Carrier has put a large emphasis on the border crisis‚ which he characterized as a "targeted attack from China‚" adding that he was struck that more had not been done by the federal government to put a stop to it."Since Biden has been in office‚ there have been more people that we've documented that have crossed illegally than the entire population of the state of Indiana. So why we would allow that‚ I have no idea‚" Carrier said.The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a report‚ noting: "Overall‚ drug overdose deaths rose from 2019 to 2021 with more than 106‚000 drug overdose deaths reported in 2021.""Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) continued to rise with 70‚601 overdose deaths reported in 2021. Those involving stimulants‚ including cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential (primarily methamphetamine)‚ also continued to increase with 32‚537 overdose deaths in 2021 (Source: CDC WONDER)."The DEA published a report in 2020‚ noting that large amounts of fentanyl are smuggled into the U.S. each year through Mexico. Despite this‚ those like Carrier do not believe enough is being done at the border to slow the spread of the dangerous poison. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!