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Adele extends Las Vegas residency, plans concert film

by Associated Press March 26, 2023

Adele has announced that she’s extending her Las Vegas residency with 34 more dates between June and November and also plans to release a concert film

Arts & Entertainment

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43

by The Associated Press March 26, 2023

He was a Grammy-nominated composer, a record producer and the eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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In ‘Monkey,’ writer Agnes Bushell meditates on the Russian novel

by Tobias Carroll March 26, 2023March 25, 2023

The novel tracks the search for a lost book within the book, also called ‘Monkey,’ as well as the writer of that unusual book.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Protests erupt in NYC – not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’

by BOBBY CAINA CALVAN March 25, 2023March 25, 2023

Crews for the movie sequel have been facing the possibility that filming in New York could be disrupted by real-life protests over the Trump case.

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Record number of books targeted in complaints last year, library association says

by Peter Sblendorio March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

The number of complaints in 2022 nearly doubled the previous year’s amount.

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Richard Russo’s ‘Straight Man’ is back on campus in new AMC series

by Ray Routhier March 23, 2023March 29, 2023

The show, called ‘Lucky Hank,’ is based on the 1997 novel and stars Bob Odenkirk as a small college professor in a mid-life crisis. The second episode airs Sunday.

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‘Winnie the Pooh’ slasher film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas

by KANIS LEUNG March 22, 2023

For many, the character is a playful taunt of China’s President Xi Jinping.

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Virginia Zeani, renowned and versatile opera diva, dies at 97

by Tim Page March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Her specialty was the role of Violetta in Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’ which she sang more than 600 times after her first performance in 1948 in Bologna, most of them at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala.