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Spring Fest coming May 21-24
MOSES LAKE — Spring Fest just keeps on growing. According to the city of Moses Lake’s cell phone-counting data,…
Milan turns to Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Liverpool to revive glory
Preparing to complete a ninth Serie A campaign without winning the Scudetto, AC Milan decided returning to the pinnacle of football required a new approach.
Network: Shepard Smith joins CNBC for weeknight news program
NEW YORK (AP) — Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit Fox News Channel last October amid the ascendancy of opinionated programming, will bring a nightly newscast to CNBC this fall.
After 35 seasons, MTV's 'The Challenge' still going strong
NEW YORK (AP) — Before “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “American Ninja Warrior,” there was MTV’s “The Challenge.”
Rare Cannonball Adderley 1966 Seattle concerts going digital
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A rare collection of previously unissued recordings by legendary jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley is becoming more accessible thanks to two small jazz labels seeking to keep jazz history…
The MacDowell Colony artist retreat renames itself MacDowell
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's oldest retreats for artists — The MacDowell Colony — will drop “Colony” from its name and call itself “MacDowell.”
Asian American girls saw pivotal icon in 'Baby-Sitters Club'
Author Ann M. Martin had no master plan when she decided to make one of the core members of “The Baby-Sitters Club” a Japanese American girl named Claudia.
NBC News sets goal of a workforce that is half minority
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News leader Cesar Conde, in one of his first public acts in the job, has committed to building a workforce at the news organizations he supervises where at least half of the employees are minori…
Oprah, Lionsgate to help adapt The 1619 Project for film, TV
Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New York Times’ recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television. Lionsga…
Reid says she wants different perspectives on MSNBC show
NEW YORK (AP) — Joy Reid says she wants to bring some different perspectives to MSNBC's evening lineup — lots of them.
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How many people saw 'Hamilton'? For now, that's a secret
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney+'s streaming of “Hamilton” was surely the biggest event on television screens over the holiday weekend.
Review: Hanks lends steady, sober hand to taut naval drama
He’s Forrest Gump. He’s Mr. Rogers. He’s Woody.
Review: 'Conspiracy' tells of gold rush and Gilded Age greed
“A Most Wicked Conspiracy: The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded Age,” by Paul Starobin (Public Affairs)
'Glee' star Naya Rivera believed drowned in California lake
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities said Thursday that they believe “Glee” star Naya Rivera drowned in a Southern California lake but they are continuing the search for her a day after her 4-year-old son was found alone…
Country band Lady A files suit against singer with same name
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country group Lady A, which dropped the word “Antebellum,” from their name because of the word's ties to slavery, has filed a lawsuit against a Black singer who has performed as Lady A for y…