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

Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman: I Was Abused by Doctor

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman says she is among the young women sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor. Raisman tells “60 Minutes” she was 15 when she was …

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Swedish Radio Station: Pirate Broadcaster Plays IS Song

A Swedish radio station says a pirate broadcaster briefly broke into its Friday morning show and broadcast an English-language pop song urging Westerners to join the Islamic State group. Jakob …

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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Nov. 11

We’re gettin’ down with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Nov. 11, 2017. After several exciting weeks, the chart …

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African Art Has its Weekend in Paris

African contemporary art and design is being showcased in the French capital, Paris, this weekend, with a three-day fair that runs through Sunday. It is among a number of African …

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Director of ‘Last Jedi’ to Steer New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

The galaxy far, far away is expanding further on screen with a new trilogy of Star Wars films outside of the ongoing Skywalker saga, Walt Disney Co. said Thursday, to …

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Clue, Wiffle Ball, Paper Airplane Enter Toy Hall of Fame

The board game Clue, the Wiffle Ball and the paper airplane are the newest inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame.                    The trio was honored at the upstate New …

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Pennsylvania Tree to Adorn Rockefeller Center for Christmas

It will soon look a lot like Christmas in New York City thanks to a tree from Pennsylvania. Workers on Thursday will cut down a 75-foot (23-meter) Norway Spruce at …

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Dance Star Akram Khan Prepares for Swansong Tour

One of Britain’s most celebrated dancer-choreographers, Akram Khan, is tackling the rise of xenophobia in his latest work, which he says will be his last as a leading performer. The …

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Kevin Spacey Being Removed From Upcoming Film

The mounting allegations of sexual assault involving Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey are taking a mounting toll on his career. Sony Pictures says it will remove Spacey from its upcoming feature …

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Garth Brooks Wins Entertainer of the Year at CMA Awards

Garth Brooks continued his winning streak as entertainer of the year at the 2017 Country Music Association Awards, beating out Luke Bryan and Keith Urban.   Brooks, who has won …

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Pokemon Go’s Niantic Taps ‘Harry Potter’ Magic for New AR Game

Fantastic beasts, wizard adventures and magic spells will come to life in a new “Harry Potter” augmented reality mobile game from Pokemon Go developer Niantic and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, …

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ESPN: UCLA Basketball Players Arrested in China Could Stay for Months

The three UCLA men’s basketball players arrested in China for allegedly shoplifting a day before U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit cannot leave their hotel until the end of the legal …

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Cost to Visit Some US National Parks to Double

America’s national parks are a popular destination for tourists and vacationers from across the country and around the world. More than 330 million people visited them in 2016, enjoying the …

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Apple Orders Witherspoon, Aniston Drama in TV Push

Apple has ordered two seasons of a dramatic series that stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and looks at the lives of people working on a morning television show, a …

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Egyptian Activists Pan US Actress Helen Hunt in Open Letter

Egyptian activists condemned American actress Helen Hunt on Tuesday for her participation in a government-organized youth conference they say is whitewashing authorities’ appalling human rights record and suppression of free …

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Brazil’s Young Indigenous Musicians Rap for Land Rights

The opening ceremony of Brazil’s World Cup in 2014 also marked the kickoff of a campaign by teenager Werá Jeguaka Mirim to fight for indigenous land rights through his rap …

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‘Hamilton’ Creator Visits Puerto Rico, Announces $2.5M Fund

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda made sandwiches, took selfies and announced a partnership with a nonprofit group for a $2.5 million hurricane recovery fund during a trip Tuesday to Puerto Rico. …

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Retired All-Star Pitcher Halladay Killed in Plane Crash

Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay was killed Tuesday when his private plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near St. Petersburg, Florida. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said …

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Rodney Crowell, Kelsea Ballerini Honored by ASCAP

Singer songwriters Rodney Crowell and Kelsea Ballerini and hit country songwriter Ashley Gorley were honored at the ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday.   Crowell, who announced …

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Sony Pulls Spacey Film from Festival, Going Ahead with December Release

Sony Pictures on Monday withdrew a movie starring Kevin Spacey from a Los Angeles film festival following sexual misconduct allegations against the actor, but said it was going ahead with …

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Turkey’s Erdogan Angers Critics With Plan to Replace Culture Center

President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday plans to demolish a culture center in Istanbul named after the founder of modern secular Turkey, in a move critics see as another attempt …

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Mariah Carey, N.W.A. Up for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Mariah Carey, the artist with the most No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, is one of the nominees for the 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame.   Carey, …

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