Yoshiro Mori’s replacement as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is expected to be named very quickly. The 83-year-old former prime minister was forced to step down last week …
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Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration
Survey: Black Americans Attend Church and Pray More Often
Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. …
your ads here!South Africa Holds International Art Festival Despite COVID Pandemic
South Africa has held (Feb 10-14) its annual International Public Art Festival (IPAF), despite the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures. Turnout was low but those attending welcomed the street festival as a …
your ads here!Convicted Spanish Rapper Arrested in Free Speech Case
Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested Tuesday after a 24-hour standoff between him and his free speech supporters on one side and Catalan anti-riot police on the other. Along with more …
your ads here!For This Year’s Mardi Gras, New Orleans Lets the Good Times Roll at Home
“Our Big Chief told us he doesn’t want us out there this Mardi Gras because of COVID,” Aaron “Flagboy Giz” Hartley told VOA. “He said it wasn’t safe for our …
your ads here!New Orleans Hosts a Very Different Mardi Gras
“Our Big Chief told us he doesn’t want us out there this Mardi Gras because of COVID,” Aaron “Flagboy Giz” Hartley told VOA. “He said it wasn’t safe for our …
your ads here!Winter Weather, Record Cold Grips Much of Central-Southern US
More than 150 million people in the central and southern United States were under winter storm warnings or advisories Monday, with record-breaking cold temperatures gripping the nation from the Gulf …
your ads here!Good Dogs! 20 Years of Covering Westminster Kennel Club Show
To every sport, there’s a season, a spot on the calendar that fans mark for the big event. World Series, October. College hoops, March. Indy 500, Memorial Day. For dog …
your ads here!Entertainment Becomes Political as Politics Becomes Entertainment
The line between politics and entertainment is increasingly blurred in America, where a former reality TV star recently served as president and entertainment has become more political. The content people …
your ads here!Duchess of Sussex Expecting 2nd Child, A Sibling for Archie
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday. A spokesperson for Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, said in a statement: “We can …
your ads here!Historic Ongoing Search Fails to Find Climbers Missing on Pakistan’s K2 Mountain
The search for three climbers, who went missing on Pakistan’s K2 mountain earlier this month, has found no trace of them.Iceland’s John Snorri, 47, Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, and …
your ads here!Duchess of Sussex Expecting 2nd Child
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday.A spokesperson for the couple said in a statement: “We can confirm that Archie is going …
your ads here!Ancient Mass Production Brewery Uncovered in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old brewery that could produce thousands of liters of beer in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said. The site in Egypt’s …
your ads here!Cloning Diamonds: An Art and Rare Skill
Diamond cloning is said to be a vocation, an artform and a rare skill. New York artist John Hatleberg creates precise reproductions of famous diamonds, but one copy became his …
your ads here!Poet Amanda Gorman Inspires Young People to Write and Express Themselves
As 17-year-old Darius Jackson watched TV, listening in rapt attention to 22-year-old Amanda Gorman recite her poem The Hill We Climb at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden last …
your ads here!US Veteran Finds Way to Fight PTSD — and Help Homeless
After Navy veteran Maxwell Moore returned home to Los Angeles following numerous tours to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, the local Veterans Affairs office urged him to find a …
your ads here!Rights Groups Urge Boycott of 2022 Winter Games in China
More than 180 human rights groups are calling for diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games to protest Beijing’s abuses of racial and ethnic minorities. The coalition of …
your ads here!’Ailey’ Documentary Chronicles Black Experience Through Dance
“Ailey,” a documentary about the life and creative spirit of iconic African American dancer, director and choreographer Alvin Ailey, weaves an immersive portrait of Ailey as a creative genius and …
your ads here!Chick Corea, Jazz Great With 23 Grammy Awards, Dies at 79
Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He …
your ads here!Tokyo Olympics Chief Reportedly To Quit after Sexist Remarks
The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee reportedly will resign after making sexist remarks about women that were disclosed to media. Japan’s Kyodo news agency and other …
your ads here!Oscars Ceremony Will be Filmed Live from Various Locations, Including Hollywood
The Oscars ceremony, delayed until April 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the entire film industry, will be broadcast live from “multiple sites,” including Hollywood, the Academy …
your ads here!Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and The Go-Go’s Nominated for Rock Hall
Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and Iron Maiden lead this year’s nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a female-heavy list of 16 acts that includes for the …
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