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Billy Joel stopped by The Late Show to discuss his new single, “Turn The Lights Back On,” and his Madison Square Garden residency. After coming onstage to chats of “Billy! Billy!” from the late-night show audience, Joel explained the inspiration behind releasing what he calls his first new song in 30 years. “I didn’t expect this to happen,” Joel told host Stephen Colbert. “This is something that just developed starting about two years ago. I met a guy, who was a fan, and he wanted to try to get me to think about…

Senator J.D. Vance denied that Republicans are trying to restrict access to birth control, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. The senator claimed he doesn’t know “any Republican, at least not a Republican with a brain, that’s trying to take those rights away from people.” The topic came up during Vance’s appearance Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union after host Jake Tapper asked about the Texas Supreme Court blocking a woman from obtaining an abortion even though her fetus has a fatal genetic condition.…

Like many of his teammates, Freddie Freeman already seemed tired of the topic.Asked Friday night about the significance of the Dodgers’ early success against the star-studded San Diego Padres — particularly in the wake of the Padres’ all-in offseason acquisitions and playoff elimination of the Dodgers last October — the first baseman followed an organization-wide lead.He downplayed any discussion about the rivalry. He sidestepped any cliches or bulletin-board declarations. Instead, he kept his focus fixed on his own…

Consumer insights and analytics specialist J.D. Power has released its annual US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study that relays not only an increase in EV customer satisfaction but also a shift to more traditional factors, like vehicle quality and styling, rather than categories like range. In its first year of eligibility, the Rivian R1T garnered the top satisfaction rating amongst premium EVs, dethroning 2022’s leader, the Tesla Model 3. J.D. Power is an American consumer…

Image: Netflix Worlds collide as the man who wrote a book that spawned a Razzie-nominated movie has now been called the winner of an Ohio midterm result. Now, people are out for blood against Hillbilly Elegy. J.D. Vance wrote the original book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, an autobiographical piece on Vance’s childhood growing up in rural Kentucky and his hometown’s socioeconomic struggles. Naturally, he’s now a venture capitalist and a Republican. The film adaptation, directed…

J.A. Bayona filming The Rings of Power.Image: Amazon StudiosIn a few short weeks, Amazon becomes Middle Earth. The trillion-dollar company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in bringing the latest iteration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings franchise to its streaming service. That show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, debuts September 2, and few premiere episodes in entertainment history have as much riding on them as this one. Everyone had better watch and love it. That’s where J.A. Bayona comes…

Billboards at the Ziegler Cadillac, Buick and GMC Dealership in Lincolnwood, Illinois, the United States. U.S. General Motors Co.Joel Lerner | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesNew vehicle quality declined by 11% this year amid parts shortages, shipping snarls and global trade disruptions, according to J.D. Power's 2022 Initial Quality Study. Buick, Dodge and Chevrolet topped the list while Volvo, Chrysler and Polestar landed in the bottom three.The 2022 Initial Quality Study found four times as many new models were worse…