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Broadway celebrates a packed and varied theater season with the 2024 Tony Awards
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The 28 Broadway shows that earned at least one Tony Award nomination are hoping Sunday is the day the sealed envelopes break in their favor. The three-hour main telecast from New York City’s Lincoln Center will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, with a free ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hollywood stars help Biden raise $28 million during a fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump
By Darlene Superville And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Saturday night, helping raise what his reelection campaign said was $28 million and hoping to energize would-be supporters ahead of a November election that they argued repeatedly was among the most important in the nation’s history. George ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs returns key to New York City in response to video of him attacking singer Cassie
By The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Sean ” Diddy “ Combs has returned his key to New York City after a request from Mayor Eric Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul attacking R&B singer Cassie, officials said Saturday. The mayor’s office said Combs returned the key after Adams sent letters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photos offer a glimpse of Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee
By The Associated Press on June 15th, 2024
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) – The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is underway in Tennessee, bringing tens of thousands of fans to a 700-acre farm campground and concert venue for more than 150 performances this weekend. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Pretty Lights are among those headlining the sprawling annual event. Concertgoers were facing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid
By Darlene Superville And Will Weissert, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Flying through the night across nine time zones, from southern Italy to Southern California, President Joe Biden will shift focus from Russia’s challenge of Western unity to raking in big bucks for his reelection campaign at a Hollywood fundraiser featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Biden went straight from the Group of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Narwhal, Toronto Star win Michener Award for work on Ontario Greenbelt scandal
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Narwhal and the Toronto Star have been named the winners of the 2023 Michener Award for their reporting about Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal. The Michener Awards Foundation says that throughout 2023, the magazine and newspaper revealed how “politically connected developers benefited from buying devalued farmland just before Premier Doug Ford lifted Greenbelt protection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hannah Einbinder uses comedy as a coping mechanism in debut standup special
By Brooke Lefferts And Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – To rising comic Hannah Einbinder, her bits are for more than just laughs. She says her jokes are a coping mechanism she uses to process the tough topics she tackles in her material. Einbinder, known for matching Jean Smart’s quick wit and comedic timing in “Hacks,” released her debut standup special ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tejano singer and TV host Johnny Canales, who helped launch Selena’s career, dies
By Ken Miller, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
Tejano singer and longtime television music show host Johnny Canales has died. He was 77. Canales’ family confirmed his death in a statement posted Thursday on the Johnny and Nora Canales Show Facebook page. The post did not provide a cause of death. “He was more than just a beloved husband, father, TV host, musician, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Ron Simons dies at 63
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Ron Simons, an actor who turned into a formidable screen and stage producer, winning four Tony Awards and having several films selected at the Sundance Film Festival, has died. He was 63. SimonSays Entertainment, his New York-based production company said Simons died Wednesday but gave no cause or other details. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zsela is letting go and leaning into uncertainty with her debut album ‘Big For You’
By Leslie Ambriz, The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Zsela leans into the ebb and flow of uncertainty and invites listeners to do the same throughout her debut album “Big For You.” The album, written over four years, follows Zsela’s 2020 EP “Ache of Victory,” which she describes as “an imprint of time.” “I’m connected to it since it’ll always ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As the number of displaced people surges, an ‘Inflatable Refugee’ in Barcelona sparks questions
By The Associated Press on June 14th, 2024
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Hugging his knees and clad in a bright orange life vest, the giant “Inflatable Refugee” looks vulnerable as he sits alone in a sea of empty red velvet chairs. Belgian visual artists Schellekens & Peleman, who created the figure in 2015 following the refugee crisis in Europe, have brought the installation ... Read More »
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