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Meet Will Butler, the singer-songwriter who makes Broadway’s ‘Stereophonic’ rock
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The assignment was daunting: Write a song for an onstage moment of transcendence. Make it kind of funny and exciting and for a five-piece band. Write it so it justifies an audience sitting in their seats for two hours before they hear it. And, oh, it must plausibly be a rock ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An eclectic mix of restaurants and chefs are vying for the coveted James Beard Awards
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – From Seattle pho shops to an East African eatery in Detroit, an eclectic mix of restaurants and chefs are vying for the coveted James Beard Awards, which will be announced Monday at a ceremony in Chicago. More than 100 restaurants are finalists in 22 categories for the culinary world’s equivalent of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India
By The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze sculpture of a Hindu poet and saint to India, the university’s Ashmolean Museum said. The Indian High Commission in the U.K. made a claim four years ago for the bronze figure of Tirumankai Alvar that was allegedly looted from a temple. Vijay Kumar, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!This NYC vet makes house calls. In ‘Pets and the City,’ she’s penned a memoir full of tails
By Leanne Italie, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot’s classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ursula K. Le Guin’s home will become a writers residency
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin, remembers well the second-floor room where his mother worked on some of her most famous novels. Or at least how it seemed from the outside. “She was very present and accessible as a parent,” he says. “She was very intent on not burdening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition
By The Associated Press on June 10th, 2024
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years. But change is afoot, most recently in central Taiwan where the races were switched to the evening to take advantage of cooler temperatures, a refreshing breeze and the sight of the boats lit up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback and the box office with $56 million opening
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on June 9th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a much-needed summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Expectations were all over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Howard University cuts ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after video of attack on Cassie
By The Associated Press on June 8th, 2024
Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his name, after a recently released 2016 video that appeared to show him attacking the R&B singer Cassie. “Mr. Combs’ behavior as captured in a recently released video is so fundamentally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pat Sajak says goodbye to ‘Wheel of Fortune’: ‘An incredible privilege.’ Seacrest pays tribute
By Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on June 8th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak made his final turn as the renowned host of “Wheel of Fortune” on Friday. The season 41 finale, dubbed the “Thanks for the memories” show, opened with a clip from Sajak’s first episode as the host of “Wheel of Fortune” in 1981 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netflix’s recipe for success includes ‘secret sauce’ spiced with Silicon Valley savvy
By Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press on June 8th, 2024
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) – Although its video streaming service sparkles with a Hollywood sheen, Netflix still taps its roots in Silicon Valley to stay a step ahead of traditional TV and movie studios. The Los Gatos, California, company, based more than 300 miles away from Hollywood, frequently reaches into its technological toolbox without viewers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvey Weinstein lawyers argue he was denied fair trial in appeal of LA rape conviction
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on June 7th, 2024
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers argue in an appeal that he did not get a fair trial when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. The brief filed Friday with California’s Second District Court of Appeal comes six weeks after his similar landmark #MeToo ... Read More »
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