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AFRAM 2024: Busta Rhymes, Big Daddy Kane and the Time to headline festival

BALTIMORE — Busta Rhymes is headlining AFRAM 2024 again, but this time, the Grammy Award-winning artist will be performing in person.

As the coronavirus pandemic raged in 2021, the rap star was part of a virtual all-star lineup for the festival as Baltimore began to bring back some events in hybrid form.

Those days are over, and last year, ...Read more

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Amy Duggar King hopes cousin Josh Duggar is feeling 'torture' while behind bars

Amy Duggar King hopes that her cousin Josh Duggar, who is behind bars for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse materials, is suffering for his actions.

“I hope every day there is absolute torture for him,” the “19 Kids and Counting” and “Marriage Boot Camp” alum said in this week’s issue of People. “I really hope that ...Read more

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Barbra Streisand drops first new song in 6 years in response to rise in antisemitism

NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand has released her first new song in six years, saying she aims to bring awareness to the recent “rise in antisemitism around the world today.”

The 82-year-old Brooklyn native — and recent bestselling author — dropped “Love Will Survive” on Thursday.

The melancholy ballad, composed by Hans Zimmer in ...Read more

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San Diego band Electric Mud will open Rolling Stones' May 7 Arizona concert

SAN DIEGO — It's a dream never fully dreamed come true for Electric Mud. The award-winning San Diego rock band, led by former U.S. Navy SEAL Marc Hansen, will perform as the opening act for the Rolling Stones' May 7 Arizona concert at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix.

The announcement was made Thursday morning in a press ...Read more

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Hollywood, accusers condemn reversal of Weinstein conviction: 'We know what happened'

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and opponents of sexual violence in Hollywood and beyond are speaking out against the reversal of the disgraced movie mogul’s rape conviction in New York.

Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino and others who have accused the former Hollywood producer of sexual misconduct condemned a New York court of appeals�...Read more

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How to livestream the 2024 Stagecoach Festival from home

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As the dust and glitter settles from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Stagecoach Festival steps into the spotlight at the Empire Polo Club in Indio from April 26-28. And for the second consecutive year, those unable to attend the country musical festival in person can tune in to the livestream via the Amazon ...Read more

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Matty Healy isn't tortured by Taylor Swift's 'diss' track

Matty Healy claims he’s yet to hear Taylor Swift’s biggest apparent dig at him from her latest album, “The Tortured Poet’s Department.”

Asked about the “diss track” — presumably “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” — the 1975 frontman told paparazzi on Wednesday that he hasn’t “really listened to that much of it.”

“...Read more

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Law Roach breaks down Zendaya's tennis-inspired 'Challengers' looks and 'method dressing'

On camera or off, Zendaya stays in character.

From her wet-look Balmain gown at the 2021 Venice Film Festival to her recent jaw-dropping futuristic Mugler bodysuit at the "Dune: Part Two" world premiere, the young star has built quite a reputation for bold, method fashions.

The 27-year-old actor, who will co-chair the Met Gala in May, has ...Read more

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Glenn Whipp: Nicole Kidman on making 'Birth' and why she chooses films that aren't a 'soothing bath'

LOS ANGELES — By now, the shot should be familiar: Nicole Kidman sitting in a theater, her face registering, among other things, hope and wonder.

Except the masterful sequence I'm contemplating isn't the one from the ubiquitous AMC Theatres ad that has been worshiped and parodied the last three years, but in Jonathan Glazer's 2004 film "Birth...Read more

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'Boy Kills World' review: A midnight movie not worth staying up for

Hi kids, do you like violence?

"Boy Kills World" is a bloody action thriller revenge comedy built for hyperactive, video game addled 12-year-old boys who think that blood and punching and Uzis spraying bullets while being held sideways are so, so awesome and the pinnacle of this thing we call life. Maybe some of them will see this movie and ...Read more

Terry Carter, actor known for original 'Battlestar Galactica' series and 'McCloud,' dies at 95

Actor Terry Carter, who starred in TV's original "Battlestar Galactica" and "McCloud," and the film "Foxy Brown," has died.

Carter "died peacefully" at his home in New York City on Tuesday, his website announced. No cause of death was revealed. He was 95.

The website paid tribute to Carter and his trailblazing career, remembering him as "one ...Read more

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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce double date with Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story featured some fan favorite characters last week as the stars went on a double date with Swift’s longtime pal Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper.

Donna Kelce, mom of the 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end, said Wednesday at QVC’s Age of Possibility summit in Las Vegas that the Super Bowl champ ...Read more

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'Dead Boy Detectives' review: Hardy Boys for the supernatural realm

A pair of teenage ghosts solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele in “Dead Boy Detectives” on Netflix, an eight-episode season that sits squarely in the YA genre. Picture something like “The Hardy Boys,” but British. And dead.

Edwin (George Rexstrew) died at his boarding school in 1916 and he is bookish and sensitive. Charles (...Read more

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Television Q&A: Will 'So Help Me Todd' find a new home?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I've just read that “So Help Me Todd” has been canceled by CBS after two seasons. This is one of the cleverest, well-written shows with very good, versatile actors. Any chance it still might be renewed or possibly picked up by another network?

A: The comedy-drama starring Skylar Astin and Marcia ...Read more

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Movie review: 'Unsung Hero' more like band merch than insightful biopic

Cinematic memoir can be a complex creative endeavor. Film is a collaborative medium, and memoir requires a certain acknowledgement of the author’s creation. Without that self-reflection, memoir can slip into murky, confusing territory. This space is where the new film “Unsung Hero” exists, which is billed as “A For King + Country Film.�...Read more

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Casting directors from Anne Hathaway films deny 'gross' chemistry tests during auditions

A recent bombshell from Anne Hathaway may not have the detonation radius some people think.

In a V Magazine story published Monday, the "Devil Wears Prada" alum said she was regularly asked to participate in uncomfortable chemistry tests while auditioning for roles in the 2000s.

"It was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with ...Read more

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Back on the road, Nancy Wilson of Heart still kicking at 70

Nancy Wilson, at age 70, can still perform her signature kick move while sporting her guitar.

“I can do that and more!” she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a Zoom call from her home in Sonoma, California, on the eve of the 2024 Heart tour. “I can’t not dance and move.”

The tour, which will run throughout the year, started ...Read more

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Review: In 'Mary Jane' on Broadway, Rachel McAdams in a play about the lengths a mother will go

NEW YORK — Amy Herzog’s beautiful play “Mary Jane” is, at its core, a study of the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to fight and care for her child. But the takeaway from time spent at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre goes beyond even that realization. You leave after 90 minutes with a near-crushing awareness of the ...Read more

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Paris Hilton producing 'Toxic' docuseries on mistreatment of female celebs in the early 2000s

Paris Hilton is reportedly working on a docuseries about media’s “toxic” treatment of female celebrities — including herself — in the early 2000s.

Hilton’s production company, 11:11 Media, has optioned Sarah Ditum’s book, “Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s,” according to multiple outlets.

Ditum, a journalist for The ...Read more

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Stagecoach 2024: What you need to know before heading out to the 3-day country festival

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Stagecoach Festival is making its way to the Empire Polo Club in Indio following both weekends of its sister event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 26-28.

The three-day country music festival includes headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, supported by acts such as Post Malone, ...Read more