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Aerosmith announces farewell tour starting in September, includes Toronto and Montreal stops
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Aerosmith will be touring for the last time to celebrate the rock band’s 50-plus years together. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. The 40-date run of shows, which includes a stop in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barbie unveils Anna May Wong doll for AAPI Heritage Month
By Terry Tang, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
Six months after she was immortalized with a U.S. quarter, Asian American Hollywood trailblazer Anna May Wong has received another accolade affirming her icon status – her own Barbie. Mattel announced Monday the release of an Anna May Wong doll for Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. The figure has her trademark bangs, eyebrows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Met’s sumptuous Lagerfeld show focuses on works, not words
By Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Seven words from Karl Lagerfeld adorn a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum’s sumptuous new exhibit honoring the late, legendary designer: “Fashion does not belong in a museum.” Andrew Bolton, who masterminds the Met’s blockbuster Costume Institute shows each year, chuckled as he led a visitor through that doorway this weekend, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aerosmith announces farewell tour starting in September
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 1 AT 7 AM EST/4 AM PT Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate the rock band’s 50-plus years together. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sixties Scoop drama ‘Little Bird’ among May streaming highlights
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
Here’s a roundup of standout TV series and films debuting on subscription streaming platforms in May: “Little Bird” Named Esther Rosenblum when she was adopted by a Jewish family as a young child, Bezhig Little Bird still remembers a life years earlier with her birth family. Now in her 20s, some memories of her past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Name etched in gold, King Charles’ school remembers him
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III hasn’t even been crowned yet, but his name is already etched on the walls of Hill House School in London. A wooden slab just inside the front door records Nov. 7, 1956, as the day the future king enrolled at Hill House, alongside other notable dates in the school’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on May 1st, 2023
PARIS (AP) – The pioneering French stage star Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923 – a status she owed not just to acting talent but her modern instinct for self-publicizing and using the press to brand her image. A century later, a French ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Met Gala 2023 live updates: Get set for fashion’s big night
By The Associated Press on April 30th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Fashion’s biggest night is just a few hours away – after all, it is the first Monday in May. Follow along for real-time updates on the 2023 Met Gala from The Associated Press. We’ll be bringing you news in all formats, all day and all night, from the carpet and behind ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grab your fancy duds for Met Gala mania with Karl Lagerfeld
By Leanne Italie, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s the first Monday in May: Welcome to Met Gala mania. With a livestream available when the evening gets underway, the world’s most fashionable fundraiser takes on one of the world’s most prolific – and controversial – designers, the late Karl Lagerfeld, as the starry party’s theme. So how would the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Founding member of BTO dies, Randy Bachman confirms through manager
By The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2023
A founding member of the Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Tim Bachman, has died. Randy Bachman confirmed the death of his brother through his manager on Sunday. Tim Bachman’s son, Paxton Bachman, posted on Facebook that his father died Friday, explaining that he got a call last week from the care home where his father ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ hits $1B, is No. 1 for 4 weeks
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on April 30th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s still Mario Time at the box office. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” led ticket sales for the fourth straight weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters with $40 million as the global haul for the Universal Pictures release surpassed $1 billion, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Nintendo videogame adaptation dominated ... Read More »
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