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‘Footloose’ : QHS musical combines high energy with strong emotion
QUINCY — It’s time to kick off those Sunday shoes and pump up the adrenaline. Quincy High School’s production of “…
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Rapper King Von among 3 killed in Atlanta shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Chicago rapper King Von was among three people shot and killed in a shooting early Friday outside a nightclub in Atlanta that also left three people wounded, state investigators said.
Review: ‘Mank’ is a grand contribution to Hollywood history
In one history of the movies, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz might look like a footnote. The former playwright had a hand in many famous pictures, including “The Wizard of Oz,” but most went uncredit…
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Johnny Depp exits 'Fantastic Beasts' franchise
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Depp has exited the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise following his failed libel case against The Sun tabloid newspaper for a 2018 article that labeled him a “wife beater.”
Debut novel 'Luster' wins $50,000 Kirkus prize
NEW YORK (AP) — A debut novel about a young Black woman in publishing who has an affair with a married white man has won a $50,000 award. Raven Leilani's “Luster” is this year's winner of the Kirkus Prize for ficti…
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Review: Borat is back, and this time he fits right in
Since Sacha Baron Cohen first appeared as his Kazakh journalist on “Da Ali G Show,” Borat Sagdiyev has been remarkably consistent. The accent is the same. The gray suit is still rumpled. “Nahce” and “Mah Wahfe” reg…
Networks cut away from Trump's White House address
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him.
After waiting game, media moves swiftly to call Biden winner
NEW YORK (AP) — With a fifth day of vote counting testing the nation's patience, news organizations on Saturday moved swiftly following a crucial release of data from Pennsylvania to declare Democrat Joe Biden as t…
NBC to cut away from Clemson-Notre Dame for Biden speech
NBC says it will cut away from the football game between No. 1 Clemson and No. 4 Notre Dame on Saturday night to show Democrat Joe Biden’s first speech as president-elect.
Jim Carrey, as Biden, mocks Trump loss on 'SNL'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It didn't take long for “Saturday Night Live” to come up with its comedic take on the presidential election results — complete with Maya Rudolph donning a white suit like Vice President-elect Kam…
Cherokee Nation to buy ranch where Will Rogers was born
OOLAGAH, Okla. (AP) — The Cherokee Nation has agreed to buy the ranch where Will Rogers was born from the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Q&A: Eva Green on playing an astronaut in ‘Proxima’
Movies about astronauts and space are so often also about estranged fathers and sons. So it’s a welcome respite that in the new film “Proxima,” now available to rent on demand, the focus is on a mother, played by E…
Al Roker to take time off work to battle prostate cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed.