Closer USA – August 26, 2019

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MUSIC

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TANYATUCKER

WhileI’mLivin’

Forherfirstalbumof new

materialsince2002’sTanya,

thecountrylegendhadan

oldfanhelpingout—country

starBrandiCarlile.“Wehave

sofewopportunitiesto thank

thelegendsthathaveinfluencedthe generations

ofcountrymusicsingersandwriters,”explained

Brandi,whoco-producedthis“musicalbiography

ofsorts”withShooterJennings.“I’mdrawnto

TanyaTuckerbecauseshe’sbeento helland

toheaven,notto mentioneverysquareinch

ofTexas.She’slived,she’sliving,she’sgot

somethingto sayandI’mlistening.”

★★★

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PICKS

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THEWHISPERMAN

AlexNorth

Afterthe deathof his wife,

TomKennedytriesto make

a new startwithhis son

Jakein the Britishtownof

Featherbank.Buttheysoon

findthe placehasa dark

past,as it was hometo a

serialkillerwhopreyedon

fiveresidents.Now,whena

boyvanishes,an oldrumor

ofan accomplicebeginsto

resurfaceand Jake appears

tobe in harm’sway. GIRLSAND

THEIRCATS

BriAnneWills,ElyseMoody

Felinehonored!From

NYCphotographerWills

andMarthaStewartLiving

se nioreditorMoodycomes

thisredefinitionof the trope

“catlady”in this showcase

thatoffersportraitsand

profilesof kittiesandtheir

“50strong,independent,

and artistic”owners—

fromNPRhostMaria

HinojosatoTinyButMighty

authorHannahShawand

Refinery29co-founder

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DVDs

THETOMORROW

MAN

BlytheDannerand

JohnLithgowco-star

in this offbeatromance

about a hoarderand a

su rvivalist.[PG-13]

S. W.A.T.:SEASON

TWO

CriminalMindsal um

ShemarMoorerevives

the’70spolicedrama

thatoncestarred

SteveForrest.

BLUEBLOODS:

THE NINTHSEASON

TomSelleckand

DonnieWahlbergfight

crime(andsometimes

eachother)in CBS’

hitlaw-enforcement

familydrama.

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FU N FAC T:

Tanya was just 13

when she scored

her very first hit,

“Delta Dawn.”

MARVEL COMICS #1

Excelsior! Before Black

Panther, the X-Men and

Spider-Man hit the screen,

the original Human Torch,

Namor the Sub-Mariner,

Ka-Zar, the Angel and the

Masked Rider launched

Marvel’s superhero universe

on the pages of a landmark

comic, collected in this 80th

anniversary edition which

also features “retrospective

stories, bonus artwork and

insightful essays.”

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