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Member of Turkish band dies on 288th day of hunger strike
ANKARA, Turkey - A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey died on the 288th day of a hunger strike she and a colleague started while imprisoned to protest the government's treat...
Apr 03, 2020
Andrew Lloyd Webber shares musicals online; actor diagnosed
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most...
Apr 02, 2020
'Lost Children' author: Writers must 'document' pandemic
NEW YORK - Cooped up at her Bronx home with her daughter and a niece because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli says she has lowered the "volume and speed" of her life. She i...
Apr 02, 2020
Music never dies: "Bolero" busts out of coronavirus lockdown
LE PECQ, France - Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other ... and doesn't even have his drums. But, hey, cutting a few corners can be forgiven of an o...
Apr 01, 2020
Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead, 85; COVID involved
NEW ORLEANS - Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday from pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons and a de...
Apr 01, 2020
‘Never Rarely’ captures the obstacles of abortion
NEW YORK - Even progressively minded movies about abortion have usually focused on the morality of the decision. Eliza Hittman wanted to make a film where the highest hurdle isn't deciding to have an ...
Apr 01, 2020
'Wicked' movie release delayed, 'Minions' pushed to 2021
LOS ANGELES - "Wicked" fans are going to have to wait even longer to see Stephen Daldry's film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. Universal Pictures on Wednesday announced that another handfu...
Apr 01, 2020
Nova Scotian hosts online kitchen party as antidote to the COVID-19 blues
HALIFAX - For those growing weary of gloomy news about the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Scotian Heather Thomson has created an upbeat antidote: an online, down-home kitchen party. Her Facebook page,&n...
Apr 01, 2020
Shut-in TV viewers push 'Let's Make a Deal' to record rating
NEW YORK - Shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show "Let's Make a Deal" in record numbers last week. TV programs across the dial recorded superlatives last week with a captive audience of ...
Mar 31, 2020
'It is brutal': Hollywood's rank-and-file on the pandemic
LOS ANGELES - The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood. And for the ...
Mar 31, 2020
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