Russia’s lack of progress in cleaning up its doping culture and introducing a satisfactory testing regime continues to impede the country’s reinstatement to athletics, the IAAF said Thursday. Providing its …
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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
‘Star Wars’ Embraces Girl Power With New Heroine Stories, Toys
“Star Wars” is beefing up its girl power through a new series of animated short movies featuring the sci-fi saga’s heroines including Princess Leia, Rey and Jyn Erso. Walt Disney …
your ads here!Tony-winning Gospel Singer Linda Hopkins Dies at 92
Actress and gospel singer Linda Hopkins, who won a Tony Award in 1972 for the musical “Inner City,” died Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to her great-niece Hazel Lindsey. She …
your ads here!US American Indian Museum Showcases Kiowa Photographer Horace Poolaw
One afternoon when she was about seven years old, Linda Poolaw and her older brother, Robert, stepped off of the school bus to find their father, Kiowa Indian photographer Horace …
your ads here!Conde Nast Expected to Announce New Editor for Vogue Arabia
The Saudi princess at the helm of the newly launched Vogue Arabia has apparently left her post as editor-in-chief after just two print issues of the luxury fashion magazine. When …
your ads here!Jude Law to Play Troubled Young Dumbledore in Next ‘Fantastic Beasts’
British actor Jude Law has been cast to play a young version of Hogwarts’ venerable headmaster Albus Dumbledore, a key character in the second film of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts …
your ads here!Artist Wants Role for Michelle Obama in Rosa Parks House Project
American artist Ryan Mendoza, who has moved the former house of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks from Detroit to Berlin, says he would like to return it to …
your ads here!Sculptor of Wall Street’s Bull Wants ‘Fearless Girl’ Moved
The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” says New York City is violating his legal rights by forcing his bronze beast to face off against the “Fearless Girl.” Artist Arturo …
your ads here!Bill O’Reilly Goes on Vacation Amid Sponsor Backlash
Bill O’Reilly is taking a vacation from his Fox News Channel show amid sponsor defections triggered by sexual harassment allegations. Announcing the break at the end of Tuesday’s show, O’Reilly …
your ads here!Musician J. Geils Dies at Age 71
Musician J. Geils, founder of the J. Geils Band, known for such peppy early ’80s pop hits as “Love Stinks,” “Freeze Frame” and “Centerfold,” has died in his Massachusetts home …
your ads here!Woman Who Lived in Former Slave Cabin Visits Smithsonian
It’s been years since Isabell Meggett Lucas has been inside the tiny house she was born in, a former slave cabin where her ancestors sought refuge from the hot South …
your ads here!Sheryl Crow Argues for Return to Empathy on New Album
Last year, Sheryl Crow started a petition on Change.org to shorten the U.S. presidential election cycle. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter said she was exhausted by the mudslinging and divisive language that …
your ads here!Cherry Blossoms Lure Admirers Around North Asia
China, Japan and South Korea may have their differences, but they mostly see eye-to-eye on cherry blossoms. In all three north Asian countries, people flock to parks, gardens and temples …
your ads here!Jets Zip Through Narrow ‘Star Wars’ Canyon, Drawing Visitors
Silence and stillness settled over the deep, sun-baked gorge as a pair of photographers sat on a cliff, waiting. Then the rumbling started. As it grew louder, they scrambled into …
your ads here!Investigation of Trump’s Charity Wins Pulitzer Prize
The biggest U.S. news story of 2016 — the tumultuous presidential campaign — yielded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for the Washington Post reporter who not only raised doubts about …
your ads here!Havana Named Host City for 2017 International Jazz Day
Herbie Hancock has twice before visited Havana to perform intimate solo-duet concerts with his Cuban counterpart Chucho Valdes, but at the end of April the two renowned jazz pianists will …
your ads here!Drake, The Chainsmokers Lead Billboard Award Nods
Rapper Drake and EDM duo The Chainsmokers are the top contenders at the Billboard Music Awards with 22 nominations each. Dick clark productions announced Monday that the performers set …
your ads here!Spaniard Sergio Garcia Wins Masters in Thrilling Sudden-death Playoff
Veteran Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia finally captured his first major title, winning Sunday’s Masters championship in Augusta, Georgia, in a sudden death playoff over Britain’s Justin Rose. The two players …
your ads here!Chuck Berry Fans May Say Farewell to Rock ’n ’ Roll Legend
Chuck Berry fans are getting their chance to pay their respects to the rock ’n’ roll visionary, roughly three weeks after his death at age 90 near his hometown of …
your ads here!Chuck Berry Fans Say Farewell to Rock ’n ’ Roll Legend
Family, friends and fans paid their final respects to the rock `n’ roll legend Chuck Berry on Sunday, celebrating the life and career of a man who inspired countless guitarists …
your ads here!Politics Pierces Nostalgia at Rock Hall of Fame Induction
Late rapper Tupac Shakur and 1960s protest singer Joan Baez were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday on a night where nostalgia was mixed with …
your ads here!Pearl Jam, Tupac, Yes, Journey to be Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey and Yes will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. Nile Rodgers will …
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