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Marie Prevost was a silent film star of the 1920s, appearing in over 120 films during a 21 year career, yet she is known today primarily for being the subject of a Nick Lowe pop song (the misspelled "Marie Provost"). Working with talented directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra and Mervyn LeRoy among others, Marie was at the height of popularity in 1926 when tragedy suddenly befell her. With her marriage to leading man Kenneth Harlan in the process of crumbling, Marie was devastated by the sudden death of her mother in a car accident. Her mother's death plunged her into depression,

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Today marks the forty-first anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin’s eponymously titled debut album. The odd moniker was allegedly adopted after a remark that Keith Moon reportedly made to the band members (“Well, that went over like a lead balloon”) after a poorly received early gig. Despite that inauspicious beginning, during an appearance at a club called The Boston Tea Party two weeks after the album’s release, the audience refused to let the band leave the stage at the conclusion of their scheduled one-hour set. The band began to riff on everything and anything they knew and

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