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

Actress Debra Messing Regrets Appearance on Megyn Kelly Show

“Will & Grace” star Debra Messing says she regrets her appearance on Megyn Kelly’s new NBC daytime show.   Messing made her comments while responding to an Instagram follower who …

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Diwali Festivals Grow in US, from Disney to Times Square

The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in India and other countries, has long …

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Residente Leads Latin Grammys Nominations With 9 Nods

Puerto Rican rapper Residente’s first solo album post-Calle 13 has received a leading nine nominations for this year’s Latin Grammys, including for record, song and album of the year. Colombian …

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Guitarist Joe Walsh, Friends Stage VetsAid Concert

Joe Walsh is known for his guitar skills as a member of The James Gang and later as a member of the rock super group, The Eagles.  He has received …

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Robert Plant Releases New Track, Announces 2018 Tour

Robert Plant is going on tour in North America next year to support his upcoming album, “Carry Fire.” The former Led Zeppelin frontman announced Tuesday that his 2018 tour will …

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Washington Wizards Show NBA’s Global Reach

More than ever, professional basketball in the U.S. is becoming a global game. Last season, the National Basketball Association had 113 international players from 41 countries and territories. All in …

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Business as Usual as USOC Prepares for Winter Games in Seoul

Not a single American athlete has expressed security concerns about next year’s Winter Games in South Korea and it is business as usual for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) …

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US Olympics Committee Chief Backs Athlete Protests

Athletes should feel free to express their political opinions during next February’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang despite strict Olympic rules barring such demonstrations, the head of the United States Olympic …

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Banned Books Week in US Emphasizes Freedom to Read

Inside the Woodridge Neighborhood Library in the U.S. capital, a wall is plastered with ominous warning signs: “Reading This Book Display Is Banned” and “No Books to See Here.” Below …

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‘Screaming Eagle of Soul,’ Charles Bradley Dies at 68

Charles Bradley, known as the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” for a powerful, raspy style that evoked one of his musical heroes, James Brown, died Saturday at age 68. Bradley, who …

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Banned Books Week Emphasizes Freedom to Read

This is banned books week in the United States, an annual event that points out censorship and emphasizes the freedom to read. In Washington, the public library system has hidden …

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Ultraconservative Islam, King of Pop Meet in Egyptian Film

An Egyptian ultraconservative Muslim preacher hears on his car radio news of the death of Michael Jackson, the pop singer he idolized in his teens, and he becomes so distraught …

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Prince Harry in Toronto for Invictus Games

Britain’s Prince Harry is in Toronto ahead of his Invictus Games for wounded veterans The founder of the games left the Royal York hotel and arrived at a Toronto office …

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Flight Attendant Helps Refugees by Selling Their Art

Kayra Martinez took calligraphy paper and pens into refugee tents in Greece last year. “That was the first time I had actually seen the children really calm,” Martinez said. “And …

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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept 23

This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re detonating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Sept. 23, 2017. Sometimes the …

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Flight Attendant sells Refugee Art to Help Refugees

More than 150 pieces of art made by refugees from Greece are part of the collection at Love Without Borders – For Refugees’ art show in Washington D.C. Many of …

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First of Its Kind, Museum Records Traumatic Legacy of Birth of India and Pakistan

Britain’s division of the Indian subcontinent into two countries 70 years ago led to the largest mass migration in modern history, with more than 12 million people displaced and more …

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Stronger: Jeff Bauman’s Tale of Survival, Recovery After the Boston Marathon Bombing

On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including Jeff Bauman, who lost …

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In Glossy Bollywood, Stories of Ordinary Indian Women Shine

An elderly woman seeks a romance with her swimming coach in the Hindi film Lipstick Under My Burqa, which battled the Indian censors ahead of its release in theaters last …

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New African Art Museum Aims to Provoke, Question

The new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is, in a word, ambitious.  The museum opens its doors Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. The building is itself a work of art, …

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Play Brings Syria’s Heartbreak to American Kitchens

Twenty strangers have gathered in the dining room of a New York City apartment as a woman with long dark curly hair putters around the kitchen, putting a package of …

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Fergie Says She and Josh Duhamel Still ‘Great Friends’

Fergie says even though she and husband Josh Duhamel are splitting up, they’re still “great friends” who love one another and their young son. The singer talked about her marriage …

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