The cost of last year’s Rio Olympics has risen to 43.3 billion reais ($13.2 billion), around 14.5 billion reais more than originally planned, according to figures published by the federal …
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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
Homeless, But Not Voiceless, at Carnegie Hall
They’re homeless, but a group of men and women from Texas has made it to Carnegie Hall. The storied New York City concert hall is the venue Wednesday evening for …
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The Golden State Warriors won their second National Basketball Association championship in three years Monday night with a 129-120 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Warriors forward Kevin Durant scored 39 …
your ads here!Relationships Between Hollywood and China Film Industry Deepen
In recent years, China has become an increasingly attractive market for Hollywood producers, despite tight state controls. Chinese investors also have been looking at opportunities in the U.S. film and …
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They came for the music, the mind-bending drugs, to resist the Vietnam War and 1960s American orthodoxy, or simply to escape summer boredom. And they left an enduring legacy. This …
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A museum that tells the stories of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks will reopen Tuesday in a new space, a little farther from the World Trade Center memorial …
your ads here!Music Road Warriors James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt Team Up This Summer
James Taylor might just be the happiest road warrior touring today, so what makes him happier? Bringing on old friend Bonnie Raitt this summer for concerts that include the …
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Broadway’s highest honor – the Tony Awards – were presented Sunday night in New York. Recognition also went to a lot of people who work behind the scenes on Broadway …
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Bill Cosby’s lawyers put on a case consisting of just one witness and six minutes of testimony Monday, wrapping up the defense side in the sexual assault trial without the …
your ads here!2 Corporate Sponsors Pull Support From Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’
Two corporate sponsors have pulled their support for a controversial New York Public Theater production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that depicts Caesar as U.S. President Donald Trump. Delta Air Lines …
your ads here!Will Cosby Testify at Sex Assault Trial? Lawyers Remain Quiet
Actor Bill Cosby could charm jurors at his sexual assault trial if he testifies this week, but experts say the risk would be considerable. Accuser Andrea Constand has told her …
your ads here!Judy Garland Returns to Hollywood, Laid to Rest in Mausoleum
Judy Garland has been laid to rest in a mausoleum named for her at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A spokeswoman for Garland’s estate says her family and friends held a …
your ads here!Natural, Manmade Wonders in the Land of Enchantment
Natural caves where desert natives once made their homes … places where massive boulders appear to rise up from the desert … ancient rocks inscribed with symbolic carvings … a …
your ads here!Musicon Helps Disabled Children Enter the World of Music
Music is as much about math, as it is about sound. It’s also about imagination and learning. But it’s out of reach for some disabled or physically challenged students, until …
your ads here!South Korean Yekwon Sunwoo Wins Cliburn Piano Competition
Pianists from South Korea and the United States took the top three places Saturday in the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas, this past week. …
your ads here!Tapwrit Rallies in Stretch to Win Belmont Stakes
Tapwrit overtook favored Irish War Cry in the stretch to win the Belmont Stakes by two lengths on Saturday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third career victory in the final …
your ads here!U2 Make Their First US Festival Show a Bono-Roo
U2 turned their first headlining appearance at a U.S. music festival into Bono-roo. The Irish rockers performed a two-hour set Friday night at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival …
your ads here!Tel Aviv Gay Pride Festival Draws Thousands; One of Many Marches This Weekend
Thousands of people from around the world packed Israel’s streets of Tel Aviv for the city’s annual Gay Pride march, one of many festivals for gay rights taking place this …
your ads here!Prom Still an Iconic Dance for Teens in the US
Every springtime in the United States, boys don tuxedos or suits and girls wear elegant gowns on one special night. For decades, the high school prom has been a major …
your ads here!Cosby Offered to Pay for Grad School for Accuser, Jurors Hear at Trial
Comedian Bill Cosby acknowledged in 2005 that he offered to pay for graduate school for the woman who has accused him of sexual assault after her mother confronted him, jurors …
your ads here!Best Young Pianists Compete for Van Cliburn Gold
More than half a century ago, international relations between the United States and Russia warmed when a tall, soft-spoken young pianist from Texas claimed first prize at the prestigious International …
your ads here!Polanski’s Victim to Stand Up for Him in California Court
Roman Polanski won’t take his chances and return to court to resolve his sexual assault case, so his victim is going to stand up for him. Samantha Geimer, who was …
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