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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 “…
COVID-19: 'The Bitter End' for nation's live music venues?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The venerable New Orleans funk band Galactic purchased the historic music club Tipitina’s in late November 2018 and, according to bassist Robert Mercurio, was making a go of it.
Man, 18, arrested in slaying of actor Eddie Hassell in Texas
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of actor Eddie Hassell during a random robbery at a suburban Dallas apartment complex parking lot over the weekend.
Pressure mounts, rifts emerge at Fox News over election
NEW YORK (AP) — The steady counting of votes that has moved Democrat Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel, the influential media outlet that is the favorite for many supporters o…
Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan headed to a vote by accusers
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has overruled objections to a disclosure statement outlining a revised plan providing about $35 million for creditors, with roughly half that…
New kids' series 'Pikwik Pack' puts spotlight on deliveries
NEW YORK (AP) — The studio behind the kids’ mega-hit TV show “Paw Patrol” has a new animated series that arrives timed perfectly for a global pandemic: It celebrates delivery people.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow quarantines after coronavirus exposure
LOS ANGELES (AP) — MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said Friday she was quarantining after being in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
It was all a dream: Whitney, B.I.G. inducted into Rock Hall
NEW YORK (AP) — In a normal year, the newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class would have hit the stage and perform the well-known songs that made them famous and helped them enter the prestigious organizati…
James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days
NEW YORK (AP) — James Corden may not be allowed in a theater these days but there's still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn't permitted to sing to a crowd right now but there's still a way to hear he…
New York AG: Sotheby's helped rich art lover skirt taxes
NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogu…
Megachurch Pastor Carl Lentz fired, admits cheating on wife
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Lentz, the celebrity magnet of a pastor who brought the global megachurch Hillsong from Australia to the United States, has been fired, acknowledging on Instagram that he cheated on his wife.
Pioneering Black doll Baby Nancy enters Toy Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Baby Nancy, the first Black baby doll to have an Afro and other authentic features, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday, along with sidewalk chalk and the wooden block…
Museums face calls to better represent people of color
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As young as 5 years old, La Tanya Autry loved visiting local museums like the Detroit Institute of Art with her mom. She relished the shows, dances and plays she saw there. But as she walked thr…
Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help
PARIS (AP) — Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring coronavirus lock…
How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause
NEW YORK (AP) — Would you buy something you can’t see?
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…