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‘Excellent adventure’
QUINCY — Veterans Operation Creation’s Veterans Day show Wednesday will span the decades with silliness and music.…
Regina King introduces 'One Night in Miami' to Oscars race
NEW YORK (AP) — With the smell of wildfire smoke seeping into her Los Angeles home, Regina King was getting ready for the premiere of her feature film directorial debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77
NEW YORK (AP) — Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” a…
Venice Fest closes amid cheers for daring to open amid virus
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first COVID-era international cinema showcase Saturday, with critics, filmmakers and actors alike cheering organizers for having dared to hold the fe…
Virus delays filming of 2 seasons of 'Atlanta' until 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earn and Paper Boi were last seen flying to Europe on "Atlanta,” but they won't touch down until sometime next year.
Justices reject bid by Kanye West to get on Ohio ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rapper Kanye West will remain off Ohio’s fall presidential ballot after a decision Thursday by the state’s high court.
Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event
MILAN (AP) — The Italian fashion council’s only Black designer has hailed as a ‘’breakthrough’’ the inclusion of a Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a working gro…
Review: Suzanne Vega’s vibrant live album full of NYC tales
Suzanne Vega, “An Evening of New York Songs and Stories” (Amanuensis/Cooking Vinyl)
Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald 'Khalis' Bell dies at 68
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-founder, singer and producer of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 68.
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.
Autopsy report: Naya Rivera called for help as she drowned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report released Friday says “Glee” actor Naya Rivera raised her arm and called for help as she accidentally drowned while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake.
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)
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.