Tag: Arts and entertainment
CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell
NEW YORK — Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at...
ASCAP to honor Timbaland, Swizz Beatz and D-Nice
NEW YORK — Three acts who kept music alive during the worldwide pandemic will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and...
BioNTech founders contributing to book on COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK — The husband and wife team who helped make the first COVID-19 vaccine are contributing to a book about their efforts. BioNTech...
Review: Henderson writes a powerful and energetic memoir
“The Ugly Cry,” Danielle Henderson (Viking)
“The Ugly Cry,” Danielle Henderson’s...
Copeland, Ingram among winners of Blues Music Awards
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Singer Shemekia Copeland and guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram are among this year's top winners at the Blues Music Awards.
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NBCUniversal will have 7,000 hours of Tokyo Games coverage
NBCUniversal will present 7,000 hours of coverage of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics across eight networks and multiple digital platforms from July 20 to Aug....
Q&A: Ellen Burstyn on her acting life, and never retiring
NEW YORK — That Ellen Burstyn plays a woman who recoils at the very mention of a retirement community in the upcoming film “Queen...
Luiselli’s prize-winning novel responds to migratory crisis
MEXICO CITY — Valeria Luiselli is pleased to have passed the libraries’ test with her first novel written directly in English, “Lost Children Archive”...
Former Michigan State basketball star charged with murder
DETROIT — A former captain of the Michigan State University basketball team was charged with murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a man...
Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protests
SOLWAY, Minn. — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning...