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Donna Mills Interview: "Queens of Drama" Matriarch on Her "Amazing" Year

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Donna Mills

Chicago native Donna Mills is probably best known for her role as Abby Cunningham on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing (a spinoff of Dallas) that aired from 1979 until 1993 on CBS. She won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess three times during her stint on the show that lasted for nine years (1980-1989).

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Mignon Fogarty Interview: Life and Times of the Grammar Girl

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Mignon Fogarty

Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of the educational podcast entitled Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which promotes the proper use of the English language. A magazine writer, technical writer and entrepreneur, she has served as a senior editor and producer at a number of health and science websites. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in Biology from Stanford University.

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June 2015

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Brad Arnold Interview: Frontman Talks 3 Doors Down Summer Tour, Says New Album Should Drop Soon

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Brad Arnold

3 Doors Down originally consisted of Brad Arnold (vocals/drums), Todd Harrell (bass) and Matt Roberts (guitar). They were joined later by guitarist Chris Henderson and drummer Richard Liles. In 2012, Roberts departed due to health issues, Harrell is currently suspended indefinitely from the band after being charged with vehicular homicide and arrested for a DUI. They were replaced by Chet Roberts and Justin Biltonen respectively. Greg Upchurch (Puddle of Mud) now plays drums in the group.

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Linda Perry Interview: "Men Will Always Discriminate Because Most Are Intimidated by Women"

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Linda Perry

Singer-songwriter and producer Linda Perry joined the band 4 Non Blondes in 1989, and their debut album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More! spawned a hit single, the Perry-penned “What’s Up?” She left the band in 1994, and in the years afterward founded two record labels, composing and producing hit songs for several other successful female singers including Christina Aquilera (who had a worldwide hit with Perry’s “Beautiful”), Gwen Stefani, Pink, Joan Jett, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion and Grace Slick, just to name a few.

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