Hollywood science-fiction fantasy has intruded into the grim daily realities of war in Ukraine after Hamill, Luke Skywalker of ‘Star Wars,’ lent his voice to a downloadable app linked to Ukraine’s air defense system.
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Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parents
There was no indication that any trip would be subsidized by the city or museum.
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Adele extends Las Vegas residency, plans concert film
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
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Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43
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
The novel tracks the search for a lost book within the book, also called ‘Monkey,’ as well as the writer of that unusual book.
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Protests erupt in NYC – not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’
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
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
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
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
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.