The Greene Block + Studios will house artist fellows, exhibits and performances.
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Autopsy shows actor Michael K. Williams died of drug intoxication
Williams, known for playing Omar Little on ‘The Wire,’ had fentanyl, parafluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine in his system when he died Sept. 6, says New York City’s medical examiner.
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Maine storyteller and radio host John McDonald facing medical challenges
His children have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help pay health care costs for McDonald, 77, who had heart surgery in March, suffered a bad fall last week and has experienced memory loss.
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Harris’ ‘View’ appearance delayed as hosts test positive for COVID-19
The vice president was later interviewed remotely from a different room in the ABC studio in New York.
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Rashod Taylor wins Newman Prize from Maine Media Workshops
The $20,000 award recognizes a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture.
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Jury urged to make R. Kelly pay for his alleged sex crimes
The tactics included isolating victims in hotel rooms or his studio, subjecting them to degrading rules and punishments and making video recordings of them having sex with him and others as a means to control them, prosecutors said.
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National Cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows
The windows will replace a set that honored two Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, with saint-like reverence and included a Confederate flag.
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Melvin Van Peebles, ‘godfather of modern Black cinema,’ dies at 89
Van Peebles was best known for ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,’ one of the most influential movies of its time.
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Netflix buys author Roald Dahl’s catalog
The late British author penned such celebrated children’s books as ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’
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Beloved ‘Sex and the City’ actor Willie Garson dies at 57
He portrayed Stanford Blatch, a talent agent and the devoted and stylish best male friend to Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie for six seasons on the TV series and in its movie sequels.