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NBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Valerie Mahaffey of ‘Northern Exposure' and ‘Desperate Housewives' Dies at 71
Valerie Mahaffey, known for playing Eve in the '90s TV series 'Northern Exposure,' has died. She was 71. The Emmy-winning actor died after a battle with cancer, her publicist confirmed in a statement. In addition to starring in 'Northern Exposure,' Mahaffey is known for playing Bitsy in Adam Sandler's film 'Jack and Jill' and Annie in 2003's 'Seabiscuit.' She also made notable appearances in shows like 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Desperate Housewives.' Mahaffey was born in Indonesia in 1953. She went on to live in Nigeria, England, Canada and Texas. She is survived by husband Joseph Kell and her daughter, Alice Richards. 'I have lost the love of my life, and America has lost one of its most endearing actresses,' Kell said in a statement to 'She will be missed.' Mahaffey began acting in the '70s when she booked the role of Catherine Howard in the Broadway musical 'Rex.' While in New York City, she also took the stage for productions including 'Dracula' and 'Fearless Frank.' In 1977, she secured a small screen role in the TV movie 'Tell Me My Name' before she played Ashley Bennett in the soap opera 'The Doctors.' That role earned Mahaffey her a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1980. She took home her first Emmy in 1992, winning outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her work in 'Northern Exposure.' On X, fans mourned her death and celebrated her past performances. 'Very tragic. So sad. Amazing fun actress. Watch her in French Exit,' one account said.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Ask Billboard: ‘20 Cigarettes' Is No. 20 on the Hot 100 & Other Chart Coincidences
Submit questions about Billboard charts, as well as general music musings, to . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States. More from Billboard Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae's 'What I Want' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 The Amity Affliction Cover Turnstile's 'Holiday' for 'Like a Version' Mariah Carey Celebrates 20 Years of 'The Emancipation of Mimi': Stream It Now Or, reach out on Bluesky. Let's open the latest mailbag. Hi Gary, '20 Cigarettes' by Morgan Wallen has debuted at No. 20 on the latest Billboard Hot 100. If that's its high, it will join the list of songs whose titles include the number where they peaked, such as Prince and the New Power Generation's '7' and so many others. I also see that Wallen has a Hot 100 tune titled 'Jack and Jill,' marking the latest chart appearance for the couple. Thanks, Pablo NelsonOakland, Calif. Hi Pablo, Let's start with 'Jack and Jill,' since they have seniority, as they are believed to date, in nursery rhyme form, to the 17th century. As clumsy as they may be, they've managed to roll up the Hot 100 three times via 'Jack and Jill' song titles. Wallen's debuts at No. 60 on the May 31 chart, after Raydio's became a top 10 hit, rising to No. 8, in 1978 and Tommy Roe's reached No. 53 in 1969. Like the latter two songs, Wallen's will go tumbling after its peak, though maybe he won't yet break his crown on the Hot 100. As for fun with song titles and their peaks, along with '20 Cigarettes,' let's look at a dozen more releases below whose titles have synched up to their Billboard chart runs. (Sadly, '9 to 5' doesn't make the cut, as Dolly Parton's classic never worked its way from No. 9 to No. 5 on any chart in a single week. Plus, Taylor Swift's '22' just had to become a bigger hit than its name, rising two more spots to a No. 20 Hot 100 high; neither Albert Hammond's '99 Miles From L.A.' Toto's '99,' Nena's '99 Luftballoons' nor Jay-Z's '99 Problems' peaked, or even ever ranked, at No. 99, with Hammond's skipping directly over it, from No. 100 to No. 98; and Drake's 'Started From the Bottom' debuted at No. 63, or 37 spots from there.) 'One Week,' Barenaked LadiesThe lyrically random rundown spent exactly one week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 17, 1998. The band was 'big like LeAnn Rimes' that week — even bigger, as her smash 'How Do I Live' simultaneously fell off the chart after a then-record run. 'Fortnight,' Taylor Swift feat. Post MaloneLikewise fittingly, the song claimed two weeks atop the Hot 100, on the charts dated May 4 and 11, 2024. , The BeatlesThe collection includes each of the Beatles' record 20 No. 1s on the Hot 100. It became their most recent Billboard 200 leader in 2000. , Destiny's ChildSimilarly, Destiny's Child's hits package topped the Billboard 200 in 2005. It houses all four of the group's Hot 100 No. 1s. '1-2-3,' Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound MachineIn 1988, the flirty anthem peaked at No. 1 (for one week) on Adult Contemporary — No. 2 on the then-active Hot Crossover 30 — and No. 3 on the Hot 100. 'Just the Two of Us,' Grover Washington, Jr. with Bill WithersThe R&B favorite hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 1981. Plus, Seduction's 'Two to Make It Right' peaked at No. 2 in 1990. Songs with 'two' in their names aren't jinxed, though, as two 'two'-titled tracks have hit No. 1: Mary MacGregor's 'Torn Between Two Lovers,' in 1977, and Phil Collins' 'Two Hearts,' in 1989. '3 AM,' matchbox 20The band's 1997 single hit No. 3 on Alternative Airplay. Similarly, Maluma's '11 PM' clocked a No. 11 peak on Hot Latin Songs in 2019. (Music director radio tip: Scheduling '3 AM' at 3 a.m. is a good way to perk up overnight air talent with something playful to talk about, and help keep them from falling asleep.) '25 or 6 to 4,' ChicagoIf you have to pick among peaking at Nos. 25, 6 or 4, 4 is the best, and that's how high this hit reached on the Hot 100 in 1970. While it never ranked at No. 25, it did rise 6 to 4. '7,' Prince and the New Power GenerationThe track reached a No. 7 peak on the Hot 100 in 1993. (On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it stopped at No. 61, but at least those numbers add up to 7.) '#9 Dream,' John LennonThe song hit No. 9 on the Hot 100 in 1975. It's the only one of the late legend's eight solo top 10s or the Beatles' 35 top 10s to have peaked at that rank. '21 Questions (Again),' DebrecaIn 2003, the track by the singer reached No. 42 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Maybe '21 Questions (Again)' would've peaked at No. 21 if she didn't add its subtitle? 'Eighteen With a Bullet,' Pete WingfieldPerhaps the best example of a song related to a trip up Billboard's rankings, the single was its title on the Nov. 22, 1975-dated Hot 100, climbing four spots to No. 18 with a '*' award, or bullet, reflecting its positive chart momentum. The song, which hit a No. 15 best the following week, has fun with several industry shoutouts. Wingfield sings in the doo-wop-flavored track, 'I'm high on the chart, I'm tipped for the top … but 'til I'm in your heart, I ain't never gonna stop!' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Versatile home with annexe for sale at £700,000
A detached family home in Wissett is for sale for offers over £700,000. Selling agent Durrants said Woodville is 'individually designed,' whilst offering space that can be adapted for varying lifestyle choices. Inside is accommodation comprising a kitchen/dining room, living room, two bedrooms, bathroom and a utility. The open-plan dining area and kitchen (Image: Nick Read) The kitchen features integrated appliances and plenty of storage space (Image: Nick Read) At the heart of the home is the kitchen/diner, which is great for hosting guests for dinner parties. In the kitchen is a breakfast bar, which is ideal for sitting at and enjoying a morning coffee. There are plenty of wall and base level units, as well as integrated appliances, such as a hob with extractor above and an oven. A door from the dining space leads outside to the decked area, perfect for alfresco dining. The sitting room has a wood burner, ideal for warm nights in front of the fire (Image: Nick Read) One of the two bedrooms in the main part of the house, with the master including an en suite (Image: Nick Read) The family bathroom includes a bath and separate shower (Image: Nick Read) The family bathroom also has Jack & Jill sinks and a bidet (Image: Nick Read) The sitting room is triple aspect and benefits from views over the garden. The focal point of the room is the wood burner, allowing for cosy nights in front of the fire during the colder months. READ MORE: Chocolate box cottage with one-bed annexe for sale in rural village Two double bedrooms are in the main part of the home, with the master offering triple-aspect views, and an en-suite bathroom that has a shower, WC and wash handbasin. A family bathroom serves the other bedroom, and features a bath, separate shower, WC, bidet and Jack and Jill sinks. The studio has a multitude of uses (Image: Nick Read) There is a set of stairs in the hallway that lead down to a dual aspect studio, which has the potential for a variety of uses, including a cinema room, home office, gym or even an artist's studio. The home also has an attached annexe suite, which is perfect for multigenerational living, or perhaps as a holiday let to provide an income source. It is at the opposite end of the home and has its own entrance, with its accommodation including a kitchen, living room, dining room, two bedrooms, bathroom and separate WC. The annexe has a fitted kitchen (Image: Nick Read) The sitting room in the annexe also has a wood burner (Image: Nick Read) There is two bedrooms in the annexe, ideal as a holiday let or for multigenerational living (Image: Nick Read) The L-shaped sitting room and dining room has open-plan living, with double doors out to the garden. The fitted kitchen has space for further electrical appliances, while the two bedrooms are good-sized doubles. READ MORE: Georgian townhouse in Woodbridge for sale at £1.75 million guide Outside, Woodville sits on a plot of approximately two acres and is approached by a driveway with ample off-road parking, which leads to an integral double garage and workshop area. The driveway leads to a double garage (Image: Nick Read) The gardens are diverse, with a woodland area that offers shade during the warmer months (Image: Nick Read) The gardens are diverse, with the lower garden including raised flower beds, while the main garden is laid to lawn and has a woodland area. It is ideal for those seeking shaded relaxation, or those who want to observe the local wildlife. Woodville is in Wissett, a small village two miles from the market town of Halesworth, where there are amenities including schooling, retail and eateries. For more information, contact Durrants. PROPERTY FACTS Woodville, Wissett OIEO: £700,000 Durrants, 01986 872553
New York Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Maggie & Terre Roche's 1975 LP Is a Revelation. Why Is It Forgotten?
'It's funny how one always wants to play their favorite records for friends, and they never listen properly, never understand them,' Patricia Highsmith wrote in her diary in 1943. Many of us have albums like that, orphaned ones we shyly push on others to little or no avail. We blink back tears while playing the tracks; they wish to flee the room. Primary among these, for me, is Maggie & Terre Roche's little-known 1975 album 'Seductive Reasoning.' It appeared 50 years ago this month, which seems like an occasion to speak up about it. It's a misfit of a record, and it fizzled commercially: People lined up not to buy copies. 'Seductive Reasoning' was such a non-hit that it drove Maggie and Terre, sisters from Park Ridge, N.J., out of the music business — at least until 1979, when they emerged with their younger sister, Suzzy, as the Roches and released their eponymously titled first LP to ecstatic reviews. That album, 'The Roches,' deserves its reputation. If you don't know 'Hammond Song,' well, your homework, and a portable slice of bliss, awaits you. Nothing the three Roche sisters did together, for me, tops the sparer and earthier and wilier (it's a little stupid on purpose) pleasures of 'Seductive Reasoning.' It's been in the shadows for too long. 'Seductive Reasoning' is a young person's record, a product of overlapping propinquities, made by a college dropout (Maggie) and a high school dropout (Terre) who possessed swooping blood harmonies, a novelistic deftness with language and a whole raft of intense perceptions and inchoate longings to draw upon. That the record was made in Muscle Shoals, Ala., with members of those first-call session musicians known as the Swampers, and with Paul Simon, who'd met the sisters when they barged their way into his songwriting class at New York University, and with a cameo by the Oak Ridge Boys, only adds to this record's peculiarities. The sonic palette is in constant flux — swelling strings here, a big farting bass line there — in a frazzled manner that I find appealing and searching and true to its moment. Best of all was that all these musicians knew when to simply get out of the sisters' way. This album's acoustic songs and piano ballads are destroyers. Maggie, who died in 2023, was the primary songwriter. Her unexpected rhymes (Jack and Jill and 'contraceptive pill'; 'clear to ya' and 'cafeteria') spilled out of her pockets like seeds. When she writes in one song that, for a young woman out there alone, 'there ought to be something to fall back on,' you're not surprised when the options are 'like a knife, or a career.' So many of the songs on 'Seductive Reasoning' are about leaving home. 'I come funny and dumb with spending money from Jersey,' the sisters sing on 'The Mountain People,' rhyming dumb with 'suckin' on my thumb.' It becomes a song about heartbreak and missed connections. The narrator was accepted to a school in the mountains, but her secret shame was that 'I failed the mountain people. / Surely I failed the mountain people.' Innocence is bartered for experience in these songs; the playfulness is sometimes mock playfulness; there is a constant fine line between hilarity and pain. In the album's rollicking opener, they sing: Maggie and Terre knew they were scrutinized. 'You had one eye on my dungarees and another on my reviews,' they sing in 'If You Empty Out All Your Pockets You Could Not Make the Change.' They refused to bend to a music world that wanted to get them out of their thrift store clothes and tease their hair. When no door was opened to them, they jumped out the window. The albums's quieter songs are the ones that pull the rug out from under you: 'Down the Dream' ('George is colored and I'm white / and George could go for me'), 'Jill of All Trades' ('there's chances on the edge of town / Blowin' by in eastbound cars'), and especially 'West Virginia,' a piano ballad rendered triply moving by the fact that you can hear the piano's pedals moving beneath the song, and because Terre, with her opaline voice, delivers one of the great, rising vocal performances of the decade — the sound of a blister breaking. On the page, 'West Virginia' reads like a language poem. It begins: The song gets darker than you can imagine. 'Seductive Reasoning' wasn't completely ignored by the music press. In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the record a B+ in a capsule review. But he added: 'last time a women's sensibility this assured, relaxed, and reflective made it to vinyl was Joy of Cooking.' If you know how much Christgau thought of the band Joy of Cooking, this is higher praise than it initially seemed. In her book 'The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic,' Jessica Hopper asked, 'When you are past that youthful period when your whole identity is tied up in a faith affirmed by music, when the mortal aspects of life start to catch up with you — how do you orient yourself?' It's a sentence I've thought about a lot in terms of 'Seductive Reasoning,' because it's been with me for so long. I first bought this melancholy and satirical album on vinyl 45 years ago, because of something I'd read. Forty years ago I replaced that with a cassette; 35 years ago I bought the compact disc; 25 years ago a friend illegally downloaded it for me from LimeWire; 15 years ago I began sending Spotify a check every month to assure that it was kept on tap and available to me in times of need, which is all the time.
Irish Independent
22-04-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Kerry parents face ‘roadblocks' and ‘untold stress' in efforts to provide care for their children with rare diseases
Moms Michelle Duggan and Anna Walsh, both hailing from the Tralee area, each have a child who suffers from a rare health condition. The mothers provided The Kerryman with their first-hand perspectives on finding suitable caring for their children, some of the challenges they face and the importance of specialist groups like Rare Ireland, which supports the needs of families affected by rare conditions. Michelle Duggan and her husband Joe, from Dromtacker, are parents to the bright and determined three-year-old Jack, who has SWAN. SWAN stands for Syndromes Without A Name, as efforts to identify a disorder, or disorders, affecting Jack have failed despite the fact that he suffers from serious issues which affect his kidneys, brain, heart, lungs and other parts of the body. Michelle said she and Joe found it very difficult to find a preschool place for Jack for the next academic year. 'The minute they heard complex needs child, people at a lot of places turned us down, which I found was very tough,' she explained. Fortunately, after some time the parents were eventually able to find a preschool willing to take Jack and learn about his needs. After this testing experience, Michelle has called on preschools to not turn down children with complex needs without taking the time to learn more about them. 'Jack is easy to care for. I know he has a lot going on but he's actually very easy to care for. Just think about it before you turn down complex needs children.' Jack requires 24-hour care and Michelle has given up work so she can look after him. This means the Duggan family must rely on one income and it has been difficult for Michelle to secure carer's allowance due to issues like the amount of paperwork required and time demands. ADVERTISEMENT "There is a lot of issues that we've come across - roadblocks - while we're trying to apply,' Michelle said. 'I only get one day a week where I'd get to go into town, visit the bank and do the shopping.' The Duggans are grateful that the Laura Lynn and Jack and Jill foundations provide nurses to care for Jack for a few hours every week, and that there are also nurses on hand to look after their son five nights a week. However, Michelle and Joe must still stay up two nights a week to care for Jack. One of those nights is usually a Sunday, and this shift can be difficult for the parents as Joe must work the following day. Though Irish healthcare system may be facing challenges, Michelle said she could not fault the HSE and its doctors' support for their son and credits Bumbleance children's ambulance service with providing convenient transport for the family to travel to Jack's regular appointments. Anna Walsh and Brian Morrissey, based in Kilfenora near Fenit, are parents to daughters Connie and Róisín, a happy and sociable five-year-old with a rare condition which also requires her to attend frequent medical consultations. Róisín was three-months-old when she was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, which mainly affects the nervous system and has seen her intellectual, physical and motor skills significantly delayed. She does not speak, has just started to walk and is at risk of having seizures. Over the last five years, Róisín's mom Anna has gotten a good understanding of how the Irish healthcare system caters for children with rare illnesses. Anna said clinicians and therapists with the necessary skills are in the country and do their best for her daughter. But the system is also under pressure and potentially overloaded, in her view. She has also found that she and Brian must advocate on behalf of Róisín, and often have to be 'the experts in the room'. 'Angelman Syndrome, it is a rare disease, so when you come to the emergency departments or come to a new clinician or therapist, often potentially they haven't heard of it,' Anna said. Anna and Brian both work full-time to keep their family afloat while also caring for Róisín. Anna noted that there is only one type of leave, which is limited and unpaid, for caregivers in the workforce like herself attending medical appointments. 'I think that's an important area to highlight, you know if I'm taking a day off to attend an appointment with Róisín, I come out with less money that month,' Anna said. 'Families are under massive stress, studies done show that the cost burden to families is not insignificant.' When it came to finding a preschool arrangement for Róisín, Anna said she and Brian faced the same challenges that most parents do. Thankfully, they were able to secure a spot for their daughter at a nursery which goes 'above and beyond' to help their daughter's development. The parents count themselves lucky that they were also able to find a childminder to look after Róisín when she finishes preschool at midday. Anna said it was very difficult to find a minder for Róisín outside of the preschool hours covered by The Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE), which provides free care and education for preschool children for a set number of hours over a set period of weeks during the year. 'After the ECCE hours it's been extremely difficult to find a childminder for Róisín after midday,' Anna explained. 'We have been very lucky to find a childminder. But there have been times of untold stress where the school year is starting again, I'm starting back to work, and we had no idea of what that is going to look like and just by word of mouth we found someone who would look after her.' Finding a primary school place for Róisín for the next academic year was another big concern for the parents. Anna and Brian had been preparing themselves for a big struggle when they began the process last September and they were 'over the moon' when their daughter received a spot at Nano Nagle Listowel. Anna, like Michelle Duggan, encouraged parents who also have children with complex or rare illnesses to be careful where they get medical information from, as there can be a lot of unreliable information online. Instead, parents can seek out support and community from groups like Rare Ireland. Anna said groups like Rare Ireland and Angelman Syndrome Ireland, with which she volunteers, largely rely on peer-to-peer funding to continue the support they provide. The mom called for charities like the Jack and Jill Foundation and Little Blue Heroes to be kept funded as their work fills the gaps in the healthcare system and is crucial to families like hers.
