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This mob-era Las Vegas casino is officially closed. Here’s some big moments in its 67 years
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – From its lavish opening in 1957 on a Las Vegas Boulevard surrounded by wide-open desert, to its sleepier years amid a boom in megaresorts, the Tropicana Las Vegas has been a familiar landmark home to colorful events in a city known for constant reinvention. Now it’s a jewel of Sin City’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘SCTV’ cast remember Joe Flaherty: ‘funniest at the table,’ a mentor to young comics
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2024
Joe Flaherty earned guffaws among fans of “SCTV” and “Freaks and Geeks,” but the comedian was also a “mentor” and the “funniest” among his pals, famous friends said Tuesday as word spread of Flaherty’s death. Martin Short, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas were among the “SCTV” alumni to pay tribute to the American-born actor and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Tropicana Las Vegas, a mob-era casino and Sin City landmark, closes after 67 years
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las Vegas. “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable,” Agent 007 says. It was the Tropicana’s heyday. The lavish casino was a frequent haunt of the legendary Rat Pack, while its past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tour
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Don Winslow, embarking on what he calls his final book tour, had a feeling he might not keep it together “It’s a little bit of a bittersweet evening for me,” he said Monday, speaking before some 40 admirers at The Mysterious Bookshop in downtown Manhattan, one of the city’s last stores ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Claire Jiménez’s ‘What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez’ wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
By The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The award, announced Tuesday, includes a $15,000 cash prize. “Claire Jiménez has crafted a visceral work of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pepe Aguilar is putting Mexican culture at the front and center with ‘Jaripeo: Hasta Los Huesos’
By Leslie Ambriz, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Pepe Aguilar feels like a superhero when he puts on his charro suit. But unlike Superman, Aguilar’s power isn’t supernatural or otherworldly; it’s his love for his culture and his determination to celebrate Mexico through his art. The Grammy-award winning artist says he’s proud of his heritage and wants others to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez” wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
By The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Claire Jiménez’s “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” a hard-hitting and comic novel set in New York City about a Puerto Rican family’s search for a missing girl, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The award, announced Tuesday, includes a $15,000 cash prize. “Claire Jiménez has crafted a visceral work of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poet-critic Hanif Abdurraqib among 8 winners of $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes.
By The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Poet-critic Hanif Abdurraqib, fiction writers Deirdre Madden and Kathryn Scanlan and playwright Christopher Chen are among this year’s recipients of Windham-Campbell Prizes, for which winners each receive $175,000 cash awards. The prizes are designed to enable artists to “focus on their creative practice independent of financial concerns,” prize officials announced Tuesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland’s new hate speech law
By The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – J.K. Rowling did not break the law with tweets criticizing Scotland’s new hate speech law and referring to transgender women as men, the police said Tuesday. The “Harry Potter” author opposes the law, which came into force on Monday and makes it illegal to stir up hatred on the basis of characteristics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
By Mike Householder, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82. Sinclair died Tuesday morning at Detroit Receiving Hospital of congestive heart failure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj submit letter to AI developers to honor artists’ rights
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on April 2nd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson and J Balvin are just some of the over 200 names featured on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance non-profit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, platforms, digital music services and platforms ... Read More »
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