“Yes We Can,” President Barack Obama’s famous catch phrase, was borrowed from a petite fiery American Latina named Dolores Huerta. Not many people know Huerta’s name, or her contributions to …
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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
Miley Cyrus, Beyonce Join Harvey Storm Relief Effort
Pop star Miley Cyrus and Oscar-winning actors Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio pledged funds to help victims of storm Harvey, while Beyonce on Thursday said she was sending a team …
your ads here!Like Destiny’s Child, Fifth Harmony Bounces Back After Drama
It’s been a year of transition for Fifth Harmony: The pop stars parted ways with member Camila Cabello, switched management teams, negotiated a new contract with their label and won …
your ads here!Del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ Makes Waves in Venice
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is an aquatic Beauty and the Beast, a transgressive fairy tale about a young woman’s love for a scaly creature from the Amazonian …
your ads here!Matt Damon Goes Mini in Venice Opener ‘Downsizing’
Downsizing has generated jumbo-sized buzz at the Venice Film Festival — not least as viewers debate how to describe it. Is it a science fiction film, a romantic comedy, a …
your ads here!US Hosts World Cup Qualifier in New York Area for 1st Time
The U.S. is playing a World Cup qualifier in the New York metropolitan area for the first time, a critical match against Costa Rica on Friday night at Red Bull …
your ads here!Notre-Dame’s Crumbling Gargoyles Need Help
The Archbishop of Paris is on a 100 million-euro ($120 million) fundraising drive to save the crumbling gargoyles and gothic arches of the storied Notre-Dame cathedral. Every year, 12 million …
your ads here!Kardashian Women Give $500,000 to Help Harvey Victims
Kim Kardashian West and her famous siblings are donating $500,000 to help Harvey victims. A spokeswoman for the reality star says she and her mother and sisters have given $250,000 …
your ads here!Houston Native Beyonce Planning to Aid Those Hurt by Harvey
Beyonce says she’s working with her charity to assist those in her hometown affected by Tropical Storm Harvey. The Houston native says in a statement to The Houston Chronicle …
your ads here!Venice Film Festival Offers Grit, Glamour and George Clooney
The Venice Film Festival is kicking off the fall cinema season with searing drama, serious glamour and a crop of new movies vying for attention, awards and acclaim. Thanks …
your ads here!UN Panel Urges Russia to Fight Racism by neo-Nazis, in Sports
A United Nations human rights panel called on the Russian Federation on Monday to step up prosecutions of racist attacks by ultra-nationalists and neo-Nazis and of hate speech by politicians. …
your ads here!US Top Women’s Basketball World Cup Lineup Joined by Nigeria, Senegal
The lineup for the first women’s basketball World Cup in 2018 has been completed by African champion Nigeria and runner-up Senegal. The top-ranked United States, which qualified as the 2016 …
your ads here!Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. Unveiled in his Hometown
The daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stood beside her father’s newly unveiled statue Monday, just a few blocks from where he grew up, handing out hugs …
your ads here!Kevin Hart Calls on Fellow Stars to Help With Harvey Relief
Stars including Kevin Hart, Katy Perry and country singer Chris Young are lining up to help raise money for flood relief efforts in Houston. Hart has pledged $25,000 to …
your ads here!Country star Chris Young Donates $100,000 to Disaster Relief
Country music star Chris Young is donating $100,000 for disaster relief efforts in Texas. Nashville-based Monarch Publicity says in a news release that Young lived in Arlington, Texas, before …
your ads here!MTV VMAs Full of Emotional, Political Moments; Lamar Wins 6
Kendrick Lamar was the king of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, winning six awards on a night full of emotional performances, political moments and a new, eye-popping Taylor Swift …
your ads here!Emirati Filmmaker Unsettles Traditions, Exposes Hidden Lives
An Emirati filmmaker is pushing boundaries and bypassing state censors by delicately unraveling a story about a traditional Arab family grappling with issues of homosexual love, gender identity, sectarianism and …
your ads here!Floyd Mayweather Dominates Conor McGregor
Floyd Mayweather Jr. figured out a 50th opponent, letting Conor McGregor have the early rounds before stalking him late and leaving the mixed martial artist defenseless and exhausted on the …
your ads here!Taylor Swift Sets Records for Spotify Streams, YouTube Views
Spotify says Taylor Swift has set a new global first day streaming record. The music delivery site said Saturday it had logged more than 8 million same-day streams for her …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 26
We’re interfacing with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending August 26, 2017. We greet a new song this week, …
your ads here!UK Police Slammed for Missing Clues to Stop Rock Star’s Sex Abuse
Detectives missed chances to stop pedophile rock star Ian Watkins in the years before he was charged with child sex abuse, Britain’s police watchdog said Friday. Watkins, lead singer of …
your ads here!Rosa Parks’ House May Be Returned to US From Germany
Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit was going to …
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