The week’s best photos

A fisherman collects dead fish from the Song May reservoir during a heatwave in Dong Nai, Vietnam (Image credit: Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) Migrants attempt to board a smuggler’s boat off the coast of northern France  (Image credit: …

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Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ Copied Smokey Robinson to Become a Hit

<p id=”par-1_46″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/madonna/”>Madonna</a> has many obvious predecessors (Cher, Donna Summer, Nancy Sinatra) but Smokey Robinson is not one of them. Despite that, Robinson influenced one of the key ingredients of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/like-a-virgin-line-from-trains-hey-soul-sister-isnt-madonna.html/”>Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.”</a> The Queen of Pop revealed what she thought of “Like a …

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Oakland A’s ace Paul Blackburn had his high school jersey retired. Then the rival’s pitcher stole the show.

BRENTWOOD – Liberty coach Andrew Lonsdale was mildly annoyed by the commotion Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn caused at Thursday’s Bay Valley Athletic League game.  Yes, Liberty graciously switched up the home-and-away two-game series with crosstown rival Heritage to allow …

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Why Halle Berry’s Scenes Got Cut Short in ‘X-Men Days of Future Past’

<p id=”par-1_34″>Thanks to the <em>X-Men</em> franchise, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/halle-berry/”>Halle Berry</a> was once synonymous with the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/halle-berry-threatened-quit-x-men-wasnt-given-bigger-role.html/”>Marvel superhero Storm</a>. But when it was time to reprise her role as the mutant, she couldn’t play the character like she did in the past.</p> <h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-halle-berry-would-reprise-her-role-in-storm-in-nbsp-x-men-days-of-future-past”>Halle …

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Oakland A’s ace Paul Blackburn had his high school jersey retired. Then the rival’s pitcher stole the show.

BRENTWOOD – Liberty coach Andrew Lonsdale was mildly annoyed by the commotion Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn caused at Thursday’s Bay Valley Athletic League game.  Yes, Liberty graciously switched up the home-and-away two-game series with crosstown rival Heritage to allow …

Oakland A’s ace Paul Blackburn had his high school jersey retired. Then the rival’s pitcher stole the show. Read More