Hundreds of people have lined up in New York City as rapper Cardi B handed out free winter coats. The Bronx-born rapper met with residents and fans on Thursday evening …
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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
Supermodel Karlie Kloss Marries Jared Kushner’s Brother
Supermodel Karlie Kloss has married businessman Joshua Kushner. Kloss posted a photo of her in a wedding dress and Kushner in a tuxedo – both of them beaming – …
your ads here!Bangladesh Music Fans Mourn Rock Megastar
Thousands of Bangladeshi music fans gathered in the capital on Friday to mourn the sudden death of one of the country’s most famous rock stars. Ayub Bachchu, widely known as …
your ads here!Survey: US Sports Leagues Could Reap $4.2 Billion a Year from Legal Betting
The four major U.S. professional sports leagues could reap a combined $4.2 billion annually as a result of legal sports betting, most of it indirectly from increased fan engagement, according …
your ads here!US Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Swells to $868 Million
The U.S. Mega Millions lottery jackpot swelled to $868 million, the second largest in U.S. history, after no winning ticket emerged in Tuesday night’s drawing. The Mega Millions jackpot rose …
your ads here!Colorful Costumes and Strong Drum Beats Bring West African Dances to Baltimore
In West Africa, as in other parts of the continent, dancing is an important part of traditions. An ocean away, in Baltimore Maryland, a multi-generational family has made performing those …
your ads here!America’s Favorite Pastime Won’t Surprise You
You could say baseball has struck out as America’s favorite pastime, because Americans would apparently rather watch TV than head to the ballpark. Most Americans prefer to fill their spare …
your ads here!Keur Khaleyi Brings Traditional Senegalese Dance to Baltimore
In West Africa, like in other parts of the continent, dancing is an important part of the daily life and traditions. And in Baltimore Maryland, a multi-generational family is performing …
your ads here!Anna Burns Wins Booker Prize with Troubles Tale ‘Milkman’
Anna Burns won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday with Milkman, a vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set during Northern Ireland’s years of Catholic-Protestant …
your ads here!USA Gymnastics Interim CEO Resigns
Former Congresswoman Mary Bono has announced she is resigning as interim president and chief executive officer of USA Gymnastics after just five days on the job. “My withdrawal comes in …
your ads here!Pippa Middleton Gives Birth to Baby Boy
Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a baby boy. A spokeswoman for Middleton and her husband James Matthews said Tuesday that their …
your ads here!Literary Group Sues Trump, Alleges Free Speech Stifling
In the three years that Donald Trump rocketed from candidate to president, the PEN American Center has criticized him as a bully, an autocrat, a user of hate speech and …
your ads here!Iconic ‘Black Power’ Salute at Olympics Marks 50th Anniversary
It’s the 50th anniversary of the iconic moment when two African American Olympic athletes raised their fists in defiance to bring attention to racial oppression in the U-S-. It happened …
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Blind Paralympic cyclist Shawn Cheshire recently faced her biggest challenge — a rim-to-rim hike through the Grand Canyon. She and her fellow hikers spoke with VOA’s Mike O’Sullivan about the …
your ads here!Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies at 65
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who visualized the indispensability of the personal computer more than 40 years ago, died Monday at 65. Allen’s family said he died in Seattle of non-Hodgkin’s …
your ads here!Russian Orthodox Church Cuts Ties With Global Orthodox Leadership
The Russian Orthodox Church announced Monday it would break ties with the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople over the latter’s recognition of a new Ukrainian church, the latest development in a …
your ads here!Uganda Hopes Kanye West, Kardashian Visit Boosts Tourism
American rapper Kanye West and socialite wife Kim Kardashian are visiting Uganda and bringing some much-wanted, positive attention to the East African country. Deadly election-related violence in August caused many …
your ads here!Pope to Canonize El Salvador’s Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI
Thousands of people are converging on the Vatican for the canonization of two of the towering figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church: Pope Paul VI, who oversaw the modernizing church …
your ads here!El Salvador’s Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI Become Saints
Pope Francis has created seven new saints in a canonization ceremony at the Vatican. The new saints included two important Church figures who were strong voices in the favor of …
your ads here!‘Getting the Scare:’ Behind the Scenes in Maryland Haunted Forest
Halloween is a popular holiday in the United States. Hauntworld.com estimates there are more than 4,000 Halloween “fee-based” attractions in the U.S., with the overall industry generating more than $1 …
your ads here!Vietnam Wants to Go Hollywood
Call it Vollywood? Vietnam’s movie scene is growing quickly, with an explosion of theaters across the country, more filmmakers entering the market, and more global attention from the 2017 blockbuster …
your ads here!‘Women of Troy: Voices From Afghanistan’ an Afghan, American Collaboration
Afghan women too many times have been seen by some as victims. Victims of domestic violence, cultural limitations, political restrictions and more. Their voices often go unheard, but not in …
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