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‘Dear Evan Hansen’
MOSES LAKE — Some stage musicals are grand, brightly-colored affairs, with lots of dancing and flamboyant sets and…
Ann Hui wins lifetime achievement award at Venice festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Hong Kong director Ann Hui paid tribute to her home city as she received a lifetime achievement award from the Venice International Film Festival.
Police: Man broke into Eminem's home, wanted to 'kill him'
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man who broke into Eminem's suburban Detroit home in April told the rapper that “he was there to kill him,” a police officer testified Wednesday.
'Avengers' and 'Game of Thrones' star Diana Rigg dies at 82
LONDON (AP) — Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series “The Avengers” to fantasy juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” has died. She was 82.
Review: ‘Unpregnant” is a teen road movie with personality
Films dealing with reproductive rights don’t often announce it in the title. But “
Review: Book looks at what it means to be white in America
“Just Us: An American Conversation,” by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
Iranian director calls Venice premiere 'like a new life'
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Restricted travel, quarantine and positive COVID-19 tests meant that Majid Majidi’s appearance at the Venice Film Festival for Iranian drama “Sun Children” (Khorshid) was an achievement in itse…
North Carolina home of Nina Simone gets permanent protection
TRYON, N.C. (AP) — The childhood home of iconic musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be indefinitely preserved in North Carolina.
Western art collected by T. Boone Pickens offered at auction
DALLAS (AP) — Works of art depicting the American West and other pieces collected by the late Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens are expected to sell at auction for more than $15 million.
DeGeneres vows candor as clouded talk show charts its return
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says she'll be ready to talk when her daytime show returns this month after a staff shake-up prompted by allegations of a toxic workplace.
Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — As Hollywood searches for a response to
Academy Museum details plan for inaugural Miyazaki exhibit
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is finally opening its doors in Los Angeles in April with an exhibit celebrating the works of the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Envisioned as a journey through hi…
MSNBC expands weekend programming, gives Hunt weekday shift
NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC is giving Washington correspondent Kasie Hunt a pre-morning coffee shift on weekdays and expanding its weekend lineup to have more live hours of news.
New Netflix series features an 11-year-old 'koala whisperer'
NEW YORK (AP) — Like a lot of young people, 11-year-old Izzy Bee has a special bond with animals. Unlike a lot of young people, she shares it with one of the planet's most cuddly — koalas.
Joe Exotic formally requests pardon, maintains innocence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma zookeeper
Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespearean 'Hamnet' wins Women's Prize
LONDON (AP) — Maggie O’Farrell won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “Hamnet,” a novel that explores the lives of William Shakespeare’s often-maligned wife and lost son.