Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him Monday following …
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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
Forbes Names Beyonce Music’s Highest-earning Woman
Forbes has crowned Beyonce as the highest-paid woman in music. Forbes magazine says the singer earned $105 million over a yearlong period stretching from June 2016 to June of this …
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The 2017 American Music Awards marked a night of unison, positive vibes and American pride as musicians spoke about coming together in a year dominated by natural disasters, violence and …
your ads here!Longtime Country Singer, Songwriter Mel Tillis Dies
Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, …
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When Britain’s 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth married 26-year-old Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in 1947, the wedding sparked joy and celebration in a country just recovering from World War II. …
your ads here!Afghan Youth Team Beats Pakistan to Win Asian Cricket Championship
Afghanistan defeated Pakistan Sunday, winning their first under-19 cricket Asia Cup final in Kuala Lumpur, offering a rare opportunity for celebrations in a country desperate for a break from relentless …
your ads here!Group Buys Land, Prevents Break in Pacific Crest Trail
A group dedicated to preserving and promoting the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail has purchased private land in western Washington state to prevent a break in the path. The Pacific …
your ads here!AC/DC Co-Founder, Guitarist Malcolm Young Dies at 64
Malcolm Young, the co-founder of rock band AC/DC, has died at the age of 64, according to a statement on the group’s website. Ailing for several years with dementia, Young …
your ads here!As Sex Harassment Scandal Grows, Minorities Seldom Involved
In the weeks since dozens of women have accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape or sexual, unleashing an avalanche of similar charges against other prominent men across American life, …
your ads here!‘Pocket Hercules,’ 3-time Olympic Champion, Dies at 50
Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Suleymanoglu was considered one of the sport’s greatest …
your ads here!Leonardo da Vinci’s Christ Painting Sells for Record $450 Million
It was a historic moment in the art auction world: Da Vinci’s “Salvador Mundi” or “Savior of the World” sold to the highest bidder at $450 million. VOA’s Evgeny Maslov …
your ads here!Controversial Bible Museum to Open in Washington
A larger than life entrance greets visitors at the new Museum of the Bible in Washington — dramatic 12-meter-tall doors containing text from Genesis 1, the biblical creation of the …
your ads here!New, Controversial Bible Museum Opens in Washington
The world’s best-selling book is the Bible, but the holy manuscript has been interpreted in different ways by different religions. In Washington, a new, privately funded Museum of the Bible …
your ads here!US Senator in Trouble After Being Accused of Sexual Harassment in 2006
A U.S. senator from Minnesota is the latest in a string of well-known personalities from entertainment and politics to be accused of sexual harassment. Democrat Al Franken is under fire …
your ads here!At Latin Grammys, Puerto Rico and ‘Despacito’ Dominate
The global hit “Despacito” was the big winner at Thursday’s Latin Grammy Awards, making good on all four of its nominations, including record and song of the year. Singer-songwriter Luis …
your ads here!In ‘Mudbound,’ Rees Crafts a Jim Crow Epic of Two Families
The movies have tended to skip from slavery to the Civil Rights movement, but Dee Rees’ Mudbound plunges into the complex tragedies of the in-between era of Jim Crow. The …
your ads here!Famed London Theater Receives 20 Allegations Against Spacey
London’s Old Vic Theatre said Thursday it has received 20 allegations of inappropriate behavior by its former artistic director Kevin Spacey, and acknowledged that a “cult of personality” around the …
your ads here!Brooklyn Restaurant Provides Culinary Training to Refugees
The United States admitted close to 100,000 refugees and asylees into the country in the last fiscal year. Compared with other immigrants, refugees and asylees often need more assistance making …
your ads here!Alejandro Sanz Celebrated as Latin Grammy Person of the Year
If he could travel back in time, Alejandro Sanz says he would stop and enjoy the moment when his career started taking off two decades ago. “Maybe I would …
your ads here!Pakistan Unveils 1,700-year-old Sleeping Buddha, Evoking Diverse Heritage
Pakistan unveiled the remains of a 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha image on Wednesday, part of an initiative to encourage tourism and project religious harmony in a region roiled by Islamist militancy. …
your ads here!Egypt Displays Previously Unseen King Tut Artifacts
Egypt opened an exhibition on Wednesday to display previously unseen treasures from King Tutankhamun’s famed tomb. At least 55 pieces of fabric decorated with gold that were found in the …
your ads here!Rare Painting by Leonardo da Vinci Auctioned in New York
A painting thought by scholars to be one of only a few by Leonardo da Vinci to have survived the half-millennium since the artist’s death is set to be auctioned …
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