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Dan Reilly

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Dan Reilly is the Editor of Spinner.com. He previously covered music, sports and technology for ESPN the Magazine, FHM, Blender, Spin, Maxim, WWE Magazine and more. He lives with his wife, Tessa, and their dog, Walter, in Brooklyn.

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School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis Battling Cancer
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School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis Battling Cancer

Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images for Levi's School of Seven Bells guitarist Benjamin Curtis has cancer, the band revealed via Facebook today. In a short note, the New York City indie band's singer Alejandra Deheza wrote said that Curtis is suffering from T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: ...

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CBS Grammy Memo Forbids Bare Breasts, Buttocks, Nipples, Genitals, Etc.

Lester Cohen, WireImage It's been almost a decade since Janet Jackson's nipple ruined everything for everyone, and CBS appears to still be afraid of the FCC's wrath when it comes to partial nudity. As Deadline reports (via Atlantic Wire), the network sent out a Standard and Practice e-mail regarding wardrobes of on-camera talent at the ...

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Reg Presley Dead: Troggs Singer Dies After Battle With Lung Cancer

Ivan Keeman, Redferns Reg Presley, the lead singer of "Wild Thing" hitmakers the Troggs, has died just over a year after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was 71. Last January, Presley announced he was retiring from the garage rock band to undergo treatment. "I am receiving chemotherapy treatment and at the moment not feeling too bad. ...

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Eric Burdon Q&A: Rock Legend on Springsteen, Back Pain and Racial Divides

ABKCO At 71, Eric Burdon is raring to go. Following years of intense back pain after falling on a patch of ice, the former Animals and War frontman is all healed up and just released a new album, 'Til Your River Runs Dry. Spinner recently caught up with the legendary rocker to discuss the record, his grueling SXSW stint, performing with Bruce ...

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Ticketmaster Dumping Captcha in Favor of Easier Verification System

AP Ticketmaster is finally getting rid of its Captcha verification system! In its place will be a simpler process in which people can answer questions with normal phrases like "freezing temperatures" or multiple-choice options instead of hard-to-read gibberish. Captcha, which stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell ...

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Strokes' New Album: 'Comedown Machine' Coming Soon

RCA Remember when the Strokes put out that new song "One Way Trigger" last week? Well, now the inevitable has happened: The quintet has officially announced their fifth album, Comedown Machine. It's due out March 26 via -- you guessed it -- RCA. The first single from the record will be "All the Time," which fans can hear on Feb. 19 if they ...

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Chris Brown's Jesus Blues, Flamings Lips' Super Bowl Ad & More News

Jason Merritt, Getty Images Chris Brown is feeling a lot like Jesus after allegedly punching Frank Ocean. [The Boombox] http://www.theboombox.com/2013/01/29/chris-brown-frank-ocean-fight-breezy-compares-himself-to-jesus/ Could brands end up paying for albums instead of record labels? It's not as weird of an idea as you might think. ...

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