Tag: Arts and entertainment
Shock G, off-kilter Digital Underground leader, dead at 57
LOS ANGELES — Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for '70s funk as leader of the off-kilter hip-hop group Digital Underground, has...
Pulitzer-winning composer Wayne Peterson dies at 93
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Composer, pianist and educator Wayne Peterson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for music that was hotly contested because judges had chosen...
Laura Pausini is ready to sing at the Oscars
<p>NEW YORK — Laura Pausini was so emotionally affected by the pandemic last year that she even thought she'd never sing again. This Sunday...
In possible Oscar preview, ‘Nomadland’ wins at Spirit Awards
Chloé Zhao's “Nomadland” won best feature at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards in a ceremony that turned the annual beach soiree into a virtual,...
Inventive books make final 6 for International Booker Prize
<p>LONDON — Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders for the...
Hit French medical drama director dons scrubs to fight virus
PARIS — Sometimes in the best cases, life affects art and art affects life.
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Hit French medical drama director dons scrubs to fight virus
<p>PARIS — Sometimes in the best cases, life affects art and art affects life.</p>
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IOC approves Tchaikovsky music as Russian anthem at Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are set to hear music by Tchaikovsky as the replacement for their national anthem,...
Rapper Cardi B takes on Wisconsin congressman
<p>WASHINGTON — Rapper Cardi B took issue Thursday with a Wisconsin congressman who criticized her Grammy performance during a speech on the House floor.</p>
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AG wants legal fees paid by Robert Indiana’s estate returned
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Attorney General’s Office says the estate of Robert Indiana has paid seven law firms excessive legal fees and wants...