His motto is to just keep swimming. Jason Redman was at death’s door following an Al Qaeda ambush in Iraq in 2007, during which he was shot eight times, sustaining severe injuries to his face, arm and body. However, against all odds, the decorated Navy SEAL made it out alive, earning a Purple Heart for … Read more
To ring in her 21st birthday on February 18, 2007, Amy Folwell gripped a can of Bud Light in one hand and her military-issued rifle in the other. “My [gunnery sergeant] gave me the beer and said, ‘If you die in service, at least you’ve had your first legal drink,’” Folwell, now 37, a medically-retired … Read more
“Kandahar,” starring Gerard Butler, is the sort of textureless action thriller that sounds like it’s been musically scored by a subwoofer. The bass never stops booming as grizzled men frown and gravely whisper about matters of the utmost seriousness, and a simple race-against-time story is tied into impossibly confusing knots. movie review Running time: 120 … Read more
The Chicks have no regrets about being one of the first targets of cancel culture — 20 years after making a snarky remark about former President George W. Bush. Formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, the country trio, composed of lead singer Natalie Maines, 48, and sisters Martie Maguire, 53, and Emily Strayer, 50, were … Read more
She’s finally expressing herself. Madonna, 64, this week released the original video for her 2003 song “American Life” — bloody war footage and all. Twenty years ago, the release of the “Life” video coincided with the start of the war in Iraq. Though the song itself was not political — instead, it flirted with the … Read more