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COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and a lot of people will be spending time at home wi…
2 brothers change minds, will cooperate in Smollett case
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperati…
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Disney changing Splash Mountain, ride tied to Jim Crow film
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride over its ties to “Song of the South," the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said Thursday it was recasting the ride based…
The Dixie Chicks officially change their name to The Chicks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks.
VIRUS DIARY: A film writer goes back to the movies
DORMONT, Pa. (AP) — “The Goonies” wouldn’t have been my first choice, but options were limited.
Review: Canadian Lund's unique style: Country & Northwestern
Corb Lund, “Agricultural Tragic” (New West)
Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks.
2 brothers threaten to stop cooperating in Smollett case
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who have said they helped actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year no longer intend to cooperate with authorities, according to their attorney.
Author Kimberly Jones writing a book based on popular video
NEW YORK (AP) — Kimberly Jones, the author and activist whose “
Elizabeth Banks to drive 'Magic School Bus' onto big screens
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Magic School Bus” has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Now it's going somewhere new: the big screen.
Tabloid's lawyers seek to get Johnny Depp lawsuit thrown out
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for British tabloid The Sun urged a U.K. judge on Thursday to throw out Johnny Depp’s libel claim against the paper because the film star allegedly failed to disclose evidence relating to his …
‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theaters
NEW YORK (AP) — Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan’s members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their first fea…
New HBO series looks at lives disrupted by a serial killer
NEW YORK (AP) — It's said that documentary filmmaking is all about being in the right place at the right time. If so, director Liz Garbus has been doubly lucky with her latest project.
Review: HAIM hits its stride in confident, creative album
HAIM, “Women In Music Pt. III” (Columbia Records)
Bialik and Batman: Actor teams up with DC for science book
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Big Bang Theory” actor Mayim Bialik is teaming with DC Entertainment on a project that joins superhero power to the power of science.