Arts

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

More Security for NYC Halloween Parade a Year After Attack

A jittery New York will celebrate Halloween on Wednesday with the city’s police department planning on being out in force as precaution, a year after the holiday was marred by …

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Beyonce in ’90s Halloween Mood With Tony Braxton Salute

Beyonce is in a 1990’s mood as she salutes singer Toni Braxton for Halloween. Beyonce appears on Instagram in a pixie wig, leather jacket, white tank top and jeans to …

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Hidden Secrets of America’s Ghost Towns

Clues to America’s past can be found in its ghost towns, once bustling communities that have been abandoned. The deserted communities show us how the Industrial Revolution and two World …

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Pistol Annies Tackle Divorce, Complicated Women with Humor

The Pistol Annies’ sassy new song about reclaiming singlehood called “Got My Name Changed Back” has raised some eyebrows for its lyrics about a husband who cheats while on the …

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Washington Residents Celebrate Halloween With Healthy Run Through Cemetery

Kids – and a lot of adults – around the country are counting the hours left until they can celebrate the spookiest night of the year – Halloween. But some …

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Guitarist Jimmy Page Looks Back at 50 Years of Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page once painted a dragon, and used it to slay. The guitar guru was so bursting with creative inspiration 50 years ago that he felt compelled to pick up …

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Ava DuVernay to Make Prince Documentary for Netflix

Ava DuVernay is making a multipart documentary on Prince for Netflix with the support of the late musician’s estate. The director on Tuesday confirmed Twitter reports late Monday that she’s …

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NFL to Schedule 4 London Games in 2019

London will play host to four NFL games in the 2019 season, the league’s United Kingdom office announced Tuesday. The league did not say which teams would play and did …

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Women Make their Mark at Comicon

Each October, fans of comics, anime, graphic novels and manga…Japanese comics…descend on New York for Comic Con. A highlight of the international pop culture festival is cosplay. Cosplayers dress as …

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African Filmmaker Tells Tales of South African Migrants

The film Vaya from Nigerian-born director Akin Omotoso, tells the story of three people who journey from their rural homes in South Africa to Johannesburg. As Mike O’Sullivan reports, it’s …

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Rock Band Kiss Promises ‘Unapologetic’ Final Tour

Members of the rock band Kiss said they are kicking off a farewell concert tour in January because they wanted to say goodbye while they could still deliver the over-the-top …

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Frank Underwood is Dead but Looms Large in Final ‘House of Cards’ Season

In the final season of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Frank Underwood is physically gone, having died unexpectedly in his sleep. But the ghost of the win-at-all-costs politician played by Kevin …

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Survey: Most Americans Would Fail US Citizenship Test

Most Americans would fail a U.S. citizenship test if they had to take it. Just one in three Americans can pass a multiple choice exam featuring questions taken from the …

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Dead Honored in Various Ways

At this time of the year, people in many parts of the world observe holidays honoring the dead. In some countries the focus is on celebrating ancestors, in others the …

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Author Ntozake Shange of ‘For Colored Girls’ Fame Dies

Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, …

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Los Angeles Marks American Tradition with ‘Pumpkin Nights’

Traditionally, the U.S. turns to all things pumpkin as Halloween approaches at the end of October. Coffeeshops sell pumpkin spiced lattes, grocery stores offer pumpkin-scented paper towels, and markets, porches, …

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Rare Horse Breed Revived for Choctaw Nation

A stallion in southwest Mississippi is bringing the first new blood in a century for a line of horses brought to America 500 years ago by Spanish conquistadors. The stallion …

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Marie Antoinette Jewels on Display in New York Before Sotheby’s Auction

Pearls, diamonds and history one of the most beautiful and historic jewelry collections will go to auction in November when Marie Antoinette’s jewels will be sold at Sotheby’s in Geneva. …

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20 Years After His Murder, Matthew Shepard Laid to Rest in National Cathedral

A little more than 20 years after he was murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, the remains of Matthew Shepard were laid to rest Friday at Washington’s National Cathedral. Shepard was openly …

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Megyn Kelly’s Show Canceled After Blackface Remarks

Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was fired from her morning show Friday after triggering a furor by …

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Most Popular Halloween Candy in Each US State

Americans are expected to spend about $9 billion on Halloween this year as they buy costumes, decorations, greeting cards and candy for the annual Oct. 31 event. The National Retail …

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‘Hunter Killer’ Depicts 21st Century Naval Warfare

Since the 20th century, submarine movies have reflected the times. World War II gave rise to nerve-wracking thrillers such as the German “Das Boot.” Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red …

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