A Bowie Celebration is on Saturday, when he would have turned 75.
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‘Spider-Man’ clings to No. 1 for third weekend
The mega-hit “Spider-Man: No Way Home” held onto its perch atop the North American box office for a third weekend, helping theater owners close out a difficult 2021 on a positive note. “No Way Home,” from Sony Group and Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel division, generated $52.7 million over the weekend in the U.S. and Canada, […]
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Hollywood mourns the death of Betty White, ‘a spirit of goodness and hope’
LOS ANGELES — A couple of weeks shy of her 100th birthday, on the last day of an already cruel 2021, Hollywood legend Betty White died Friday. News of her passing prompted an outpouring of condolences and remembrances on social media from former co-stars and longtime admirers of the beloved actress, whose work and popularity […]
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Limited revelers returning to Times Square to usher in 2022
The annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York City will arrive with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future.
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Betty White, charming and enduring star of television, dies at 99
She was a TV mainstay for over 60 years and would have turned 100 on Jan. 17.
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‘Winnie the Pooh,’ ‘Sun Also Rises’ among works whose copyrights expire in 2022
Once a work enters the public domain it can legally be shared, performed, reused, repurposed or sampled without permission or cost.
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New Year’s show will go on in Times Square despite virus surge, mayor says
Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned.
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Escalating construction costs challenge Gardiner’s Johnson Hall heading into the new year
While fundraising continues for the $5.5 million renovation of Gardiner’s historic opera house, pandemic-driven inflation is expected to increase the final project cost.
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Harvey Evans, actor in Broadway’s golden years, dies at 80
Harvey Evans managed to land roles in the original Broadway productions of such classics as ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Follies’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’
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‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1 billion globally in second weekend
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday.