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CNN journalist and host Poppy Harlow exits after 16-year run

Poppy Harlow, the journalist who co-hosted CNN's ill-fated morning program, has decided to leave the news network.

Harlow announced her departure Friday in a note to colleagues. She has been off the air since February, when the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network scrapped the format of her program, "CNN This Morning"

Harlow, 42, has about 18 ...Read more

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This is what Billie Eilish talks about when she's not promoting 'Barbie, Barbie, Barbie'

Billie Eilish is so sick of talking about her Oscar winning "Barbie" song.

The singer, who co-wrote "What Was I Made For?" with brother-collaborator Finneas for Greta Gerwig's movie, finally has time to talk about how tiring it was to promote the song and attend all those awards ceremonies.

"Bro, nobody can get enough of me," she told Rolling ...Read more

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Grant Gustin, 'The Flash' cast mark superhero's disappearance day, as teased in show's pilot

Almost a decade ago, "The Flash" premiered on the CW with a pilot episode that teased a storyline far in the future. In a future front page of the fictional Central City Citizen paper, the headline read that the Flash had disappeared in a "crisis" event. The date: April 25, 2024.

The ominous scene set up multiple important storylines in the ...Read more

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Ricky Martin to headline LA Pride in the Park festival

LOS ANGELES — Ricky Martin will headline this year's LA Pride in the Park festival.

June 8's concert, held in in Chinatown's L.A. State Historic Park, will be the first Pride festival performance from the Latin pop superstar, who will also be the first out gay Latino to headline the event.

"I am thrilled to be headlining L.A. Pride in the ...Read more

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Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse strike heart of gold at tour-opening concert

SAN DIEGO — When Neil Young sang "rock and roll will never die" near the conclusion of his tour-opening Love Earth concert with Crazy Horse Wednesday in San Diego, you believed him.

Those words, from his 1978 song, "My My Hey Hey (Into the Black)," sounded like a defiant vow in the face of possible obsolescence 46 years ago. Now, they are a ...Read more

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Eminem announces new album, 'The Death of Slim Shady,' on NFL draft night

DETROIT — Not only did Eminem appear onstage at the NFL draft in Detroit on Thursday, but he also used the night to announce his forthcoming 12th studio album, "The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)," is due out this summer.

A 30-second ad for the album aired prior to Eminem's appearance on the draft. The spot is positioned like an "...Read more

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'Challengers' review: Tennis, everyone? Zendaya keeps a juicy romantic triangle spinning

A little delirious and a lot of serious, witty, stylish fun, “Challengers” plays a beautiful game of Canadian doubles with its three main characters, on and off the court. It’s a purely enjoyable romantic drama, and the one thing people seem to agree on is its deft sidestepping of easy labels. Is it a screwball dramedy, as one writer put ...Read more

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Review: 'Dead Boy Detectives' cleverly brings Neil Gaiman's comic book sleuths to life

In the funny, terrifying, colorful, oddly lovely, lovably odd "Dead Boy Detectives," which premiered Thursday on Netflix, deceased putative teenagers Edwin (George Rexstrew) and Charles (Jayden Revri) investigate what's troubling troubled ghosts.

Created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner for DC Comics, the eponymous team was born on the pages of "...Read more

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Review: 'Uncle Vanya' on Broadway leaves a talented cast stranded

NEW YORK — Filled with sad-sack characters living lives of soul-sucking boredom, Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” ain’t ever a walk in the park to produce or, for that matter, to watch.

Still, the new Lincoln Center production from the typically reliable director Lila Neugebauer is so disconnected and alienating that, frankly, I spend ...Read more

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Jon Bon Jovi on Hollywood, Biden and getting 'punched in the nose' by a new docuseries

LOS ANGELES — In early 1984, Bon Jovi emerged from the wilds of New Jersey to make its first appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 with "Runaway," a synthed-up pop-metal jam that frontman Jon Bon Jovi essentially willed to success by badgering a Long Island disc jockey to spin it on his air.

Forty years later, you never have to wait too long to ...Read more

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Larry the Cable Guy would rather hang out on his Midwest farm

Daniel Whitney has had every chance to go Hollywood. As Larry the Cable Guy, he emerged from the groundbreaking Blue Collar Tour to become one of the most successful stand-ups of all time. He bolstered his popularity by writing bestsellers like "Git-R-Done" and by providing the voice of Mater, the most endearing character in the "Cars" universe....Read more

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Travis Tritt at 60: Happy, healthy and scaling back touring

ATLANTA — Travis Tritt is proudly part of the Country Class of 1989 with Clint Black, fellow Georgian Alan Jackson and of course, Garth Brooks.

“It was one of the most prosperous times in country music history,” Tritt said in a recent phone interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I was extremely blessed by the timing.”

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Mike Pinder, Moody Blues' last surviving original member, dies at 82

Mike Pinder, a founding member and keyboardist of prog rock band the Moody Blues, has died. He was 82. Pinder was the last surviving original member of the band.

He passed away Wednesday at his Northern California home, his family said in a statement shared by bandmate John Lodge.

“His final days were filled with music, encircled by the love...Read more

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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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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.”

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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