Entertainment

Quincy Jones, musical maestro and entertainment industry titan, dies at 91

2024-11-04 17:25:03 He produced Michael Jackson’s smash record “Thriller,” as well as Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “The Color Purple” and…

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Selena Gomez Casts Vote In LA For US Presidential Elections

New Delhi: Selena Gomez's new Disney Channel series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los…

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Miami native ‘Cuban Cowboy’ Orlando Mendez returns home for Country Bay Musical Festival

MIAMI -- Miami-native Orlando Mendez had been an aspiring actor when a pandemic shut down live entertainment in 2020. But…

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Jodi Picoult’s ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops PEN America of books banned in schools

NEW YORK -- Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a…

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‘Dances with Wolves’ actor is again indicted on sexual abuse charges in Nevada

LAS VEGAS -- A grand jury in Nevada has again indicted Nathan Chasing Horse on charges that he sexually abused…

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Chloe Grace Moretz comes out as gay, endorses Kamala Harris

2024-11-03 23:20:03 Chloë Grace Moretz opened up about her sexuality as she endorsed Kamala Harris for president over the weekend.…

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Longtime PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel is stepping down to head Freedom House

NEW YORK -- The CEO of PEN America, Suzanne Nossel, is stepping down after more than a decade marked by…

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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum

MADRID -- It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and…

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Prosecutors say lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs want to ‘hijack’ criminal case to fight civil claims

NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors say lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are trying to “hijack” the music mogul's criminal case…

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Roars with entertainment and action

Story: Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) roars again as he’s set to rescue his wife, Avni (Kareena Kapoor), kidnapped by a…

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Movie Review: Steve McQueen’s WWII drama ‘Blitz’ is more unconventional than it appears

“Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen ’s first war movie. But struggle and…

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From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity

(RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen…

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Beyoncé, Shaboozey, Post Malone topped country in 2024. How will Grammy voters react?

NEW YORK -- Country music has become a dominant force, bleeding into pop music's mainstream. And artists who might not…

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At age 97, pioneering Black businessman George E. Johnson has finally written his memoir

NEW YORK -- As he approached his mid-90s, pioneering Black businessman George E. Johnson unexpectedly found himself determined — even…

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Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn lean into the quiet moments for their new album

LOS ANGELES -- Music has always been an emotional salve for Dawn Richard. In the early days of her career,…

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Australian police recover 40,000 stolen coins based on the children’s series ‘Bluey’

SYDNEY -- Australian police said on Wednesday they had recovered more than 40,000 stolen limited-edition coins based on the hit…

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Man standing trial alongside rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal

ATLANTA -- One of the co-defendants standing trial alongside the rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday.…

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Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian’s ‘garbage’ comment about Puerto Rico

2024-10-31 16:00:03 NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of…

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CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator

NEW YORK -- CNN has banned conservative writer Ryan Girdusky from the network following a contentious on-air exchange in which…

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Tina Knowles to tell her story in ‘Matriarch,’ a memoir scheduled for next year

NEW YORK -- Tina Knowles will have a memoir out next spring with a title that will not surprise her…

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