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Legend, Grande to record ‘Beauty and the Beast’ theme
NEW YORK – John Legend and Ariana Grande will record the theme to Disney’s live-action…
Study: Just 7 per cent of top films in 2016 directed by women
NEW YORK – A new study finds that just 7 per cent of the 250…
Benefit to fight pulmonary fibrosis draws Stephanie J. Block
NEW YORK – Stephanie J. Block, Mandy Gonzalez, Mario Cantone, Robert Creighton and Randy Graff…
Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman adopts a baby girl
NASHVILLE – Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman has adopted a baby girl named Dolly. The…
The 2017 Tony Awards show goes back to Radio City Music Hall
NEW YORK – The Tony Awards are going back to their old — and much…
CBC resurrects ‘Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays’ as ‘Michael Every Day’
The doctor is back in. Five years after being cancelled with just one short season…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers
Bestselling Books Week Ending 1 HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Mistress” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 2.…
Judge: Appeals holding up Prince estate determination
CHASKA, Minn. – The Minnesota judge overseeing Prince’s estate will wait for appeals to be…
Paris officials charge first 4 suspects in Kardashian heist
PARIS – French authorities have filed the first charges against four suspects in the armed…
FX signs production deal with ‘Atlanta’ creator Glover
PASADENA, Calif. – The FX television network has locked up Golden Globe winner Donald Glover,…
CNN at war with Trump over what reporting unleashed
PASADENA, Calif. – A week before the inauguration, CNN is at war with an incoming…
Joseph Boyden statements on indigenous roots too vague, say academics
TORONTO – Joseph Boyden’s recent public statement and interviews about his indigenous roots are too…
Celine Dion’s Florida estate back on sale at reduced price
MONTREAL – Celine Dion’s massive Florida estate is back on sale, but at a reduced…
Country singer Tanya Tucker hospitalized after a fall
NASHVILLE – Tanya Tucker is postponing tour dates after fracturing a vertebra and injuring a…
Lehane, Roberts and others featured in ‘Buzz Books’ preview
NEW YORK – Excerpts from upcoming works by Dennis Lehane, Nora Roberts and Roxane Gay…
Jude Law stars as a disruptive pontiff in HBO’s ‘Young Pope’
NEW YORK – In HBO’s absorbing new drama “The Young Pope,” Jude Law plays the…
Loretta Lynn, Shania Twain, Jason Aldean get museum exhibits
NASHVILLE – The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will feature exhibits on Faith…
2 members of R&B band Tower of Power hit by train, injured
OAKLAND, Calif. – Two members of Tower of Power, a group that has been an…
Ryan Reynolds named 2017 Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ryan Reynolds, who earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing the title…
Inaugural concert to feature Toby Keith, Jennifer Holliday
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s inaugural welcome concert next week will feature country star Toby Keith,…
Met cancels Calixto Bieito’s ‘Forza del Destino’ production
NEW YORK – Needing to trim its $300 million budget, the Metropolitan Opera cancelled next…
Divorce file: Prince, Canadian wife lived luxurious lifestyle
MINNEAPOLIS – Prince’s unsealed divorce file from his second marriage shows the couple lived a…
Leonardo DiCaprio foundation backing Utah national monument
SALT LAKE CITY – Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation is chipping in to support a new national…
‘Exorcist’ author William Peter Blatty dead at 89
NEW YORK – Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who…