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Review: 98 Degrees superb on Ed Sheeran cover of 'Perfect' Special By Markos Papadatos The Grammy-nominated pop group 98 Degrees has done a glorious job covering Ed Sheeran's "Perfect." Digital Journal has the scoop.

Decadia up for 'Best of Long Island' honors in 2019 competition By Markos Papadatos Wantagh - Tribute band Decadia has been nominated for two "Best of Long Island" honors in the 2019 "Best of Long Island" competition.

Review: James Maslow covers 5 Seconds of Summer, watch this version Special By Markos Papadatos Singer-songwriter James Maslow (from Big Time Rush fame) and Future Sunsets have covered "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer, and the result is magical. It was released on Maslow's YouTube channel on July 1, 2018.

Op-Ed: Top 10 tribute bands on Long Island of 2017 By Markos Papadatos With the year 2017 coming to a close, Digital Journal ranks the Top 10 cover bands on Long Island in 2017. These are arranged in no particular order.

Review: Larger Than Life awesome on 'A Boyband Story' documentary Special By Markos Papadatos Boy band cover group Larger Than Life has released their new documentary, "Larger Than Life: A Boyband Story," and it is a compelling and heart-warming film.

Chatting with Sky from the 80's tribute band Jessie's Girl Special By Markos Papadatos Huntington - Paul "Sky" Armento, the keyboard player and musical director of Jessie's Girl, sat down and chatted with me prior to their show at The Paramount.

Op-Ed: Five superb country cover songs by Waterloo Revival By Markos Papadatos Country duo Waterloo Revival are one of the most underrated acts in the country genre. Here are five of their superb cover songs.

Review: Lisa Martin delivers on new cover of Adele's 'Skyfall' Special By Markos Papadatos Lisa Martin, best known as one of the impersonators from "Adele at the BBC," is back with her new cover of "Skyfall," and she delivers.

Microsoft unveils the Surface 3 — A low-cost Windows tablet By James Walker As previously rumoured, Microsoft has today launched the Surface 3 as a low-cost addition to its line-up of Windows tablets. Sporting a 10.8-inch display and Intel Atom processing power, the new Surface is tasked with bringing entry-level consumers in.

Review: Nick Tangorra Band nails new Taylor Swift 'Blank Space' cover Special By Markos Papadatos Nick Tangorra Band rocks on their latest cover, global music superstar Taylor Swift's multi-week chart-topping single "Blank Space."

Charlie Hebdo Turkish version to counter 'attack on secularism' By AFP Paris - Charlie Hebdo's chief editor said a Turkish version of the satirical French magazine will be sold Wednesday because constitutional secularity is "under attack" in mainly Muslim Turkey.

Defiant Charlie cover stirs concern of Muslim anger By AFP Paris - French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo drew ire Tuesday with a new cover image of the Prophet Mohammed on the eve of its return to newsstands after the murder of its core staff by Islamist gunmen.

Review: Nick Tangorra Band impresses on cover of 'N Sync's 'Dirty Pop' Special By Markos Papadatos Farmingdale - The Nick Tangorra Band dusted off pop boy band 'N Sync's hit single "Dirty Pop" and made it their own, in an acoustic fashion.

Twitter buys Android lock-screen startup Cover By AFP San Francisco - A young startup specializing in Android smartphone lock screens that anticipate what "app" a user might want at any give moment said Monday it has been bought by Twitter.

Review: Adam Lambert stuns on cover of Jessie Ware's 'Wildest Moments' Special By Markos Papadatos Grammy-nominated pop singer Adam Lambert is no stranger to taking songs from other artists, twisting them, and making them his own.

Where is Macaulay Culkin now? Playing in pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute band By David Silverberg The child actor synonymous with the Christmas-themed Home Alone films has formed a tribute band playing Velvet Underground songs, with lyrics solely devoted to pizza. Well, Kevin DID like his pizza.

Cassadee Pope announces title and unveils cover of new album By Markos Papadatos On August 6, country music sensation and season 3 winner of “The Voice” Cassadee Pope announced that her upcoming album will be titled “Frame By Frame” and it is going to be released on October 8 via her record label, Republic Nashville.

Newsweek's final edition cover revealed By Tim Sandle Newsweek, the 80-year-old US current affairs magazine, has revealed the image that will grace the cover of its last-ever print edition.

Op-Ed: Australian Men’s Weekly: Honoured woman elevated to cover By Richard Milnes In a possible case of blatant sexism the Australian Men’s Weekly arrogantly proclaims that it has ‘elevated’ an ‘honoured’ and ’worthy’ lone ‘Sheila’ to feature on the cover for the first time in over fifteen years.

Lady Gaga releases cover art for 'Born This Way' album By Matt Harding At 1 a.m. EST Saturday, Lady Gaga (via Twitter) released her cover art for the 'Born This Way' album. It has already sparked a collective "huh?"

Monkeys may be saying 'Do not disturb' By Lynn Curwin Stanway - A community of mandrills at a zoo in the UK has been seen doing something no other members of their species appears to do, covering their eyes with one hand.

GQ's sexy photo shoot of Glee actors 'borders on pedophilia' Special By David Silverberg GQ Magazine's recent racy photo shoot with three actors from the TV show Glee has prompted the Parents Television Council to criticize the photos for oversexualizing a show watched by teens. But what bothered them exactly?

Iran's President calls 9/11 a 'big lie' By Lauren Todd The Iranian President Ahmadinejad has made it crystal clear what he thinks about the official U.S. version of 9/11, he called it a "big lie."

Russia Takes New Step to Cover Up Alleged War Crimes By Christopher Szabo Countries of the former Communist Bloc are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the end of Soviet domination. Russia, after a promising start of opening up about its past under President Boris Yeltsin, has now increasingly adopted a stance of denial.

University Accused of Lying to Cover up Rape and Murder By wiccania Eastern Michigan University is being accused of covering up the rape and murder of a 22 year old rower, Laura Dickinson. Dickinson was discovered dead in her dorm room by a janitor in December.

Genocide Crimes by Canada and the attempt to cover it up By Diego wow...The word genocide is finally being used to describe the actions of this country.

Subway Collapse in Beijing and Accusations of a Cover-Up By Kyle Pallanik The Beijing Times has accused a government owned construction company of trying to cover-up the collapse of a subway tunnel that they have been building for the Olympic games.

Sports Illustrated: Tyra's 10 Year Anniversary By somethingelseunique Ten years later and Tyra Banks dons the same polka dot swimsuit that she wore in her 1997 SI photoshoot. The video is footage of her interview in '97 on the Tyra show.

Tyra Banks to mark S.I. cover milestone By RobotGod Tyra Banks marks a modeling milestone next week, and is donning a decade-old bikini to celebrate the special anniversary.

Worst..Nirvana cover...EVER By bobSP The sad thing is..the crowd doesn't boo them off of the stage for committing this travesty. Again..could this Nirvana cover go any worse?

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