The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced Wednesday that its Emergency Assistance Program raised more than $15 million in the last 3 weeks.
Arts & Entertainment
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Lizzo’s former dancers sue singer, alleging sexual harassment and hostile work environment
The defendants are seeking an unspecified amount for damages to cover lost earnings, emotional distress, medical expenses, and legal fees.
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Judge won’t dismiss charges against ‘Rust’ armorer in fatal on-set shooting by Alec Baldwin
A New Mexico judge has told the attorneys to ‘stay the course’ on charges including involuntary manslaughter against a movie weapons supervisor in the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer.
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Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies of cancer at 70
Reubens died Sunday night after a 6-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.
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Lady Gaga says she and Tony Bennett had ‘a very long and powerful goodbye’
The ‘A Star is Born’ Oscar winner recalled how Bennett shared some of his most vulnerable moments during his battle with Alzheimer’s disease with her.
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Maine actors say strike is about getting streaming services to play fair
Most union actors rely on residual pay from past work, but streaming services use a different payment model than the one broadcast networks have long used.
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‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds strong in second
Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters.
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In new exhibition at Colby, Pueblo people tell their own story
Native art gives a broader picture of what the Taos Society of Artists wanted to depict.
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A prehistoric mammoth and a 19th century circus elephant cross paths in ‘Mystery Tusk’
Through his efforts to identify the mammoth, former natural history curator Gary Hoyle discovered the story of Old Bet, the elephant.
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Bedside Table: A particular window of Irish history
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