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AP PHOTOS: Coachella 2025: Benson Boone, Tyla and GloRilla perform in the desert.
Lady Gaga delivered a five-act career-spanning — and perhaps defining — performance, Benson Boone sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Queen's Brian May on guitar and Lisa drew a massive crowd to the Sahara tent as the Coachella Valley Music and…
Dominican club collapse death toll rises to 226 after woman pulled from rubble dies in hospital
Health officials say one woman hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died on Saturday. They said that raises the death toll to 226. Officials said 189 people…
Today in History: April 12, Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space
Today is Saturday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2025. There are 263 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, orbiting the earth once before landing safely via…
Whiting Foundation announces grants of $50,000 each for 10 emerging writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation.
Since 1985, the foundation has had a mission to…
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and…
Global warming isn’t funny — except in the hands of these comedians
Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change. There is a growing group of them using humor to tackle topics like a major U.S. climate law passed in 2022, called…
Eric Dane, star of ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ reveals he has ALS
“Euphoria” and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working. The 52-year-old revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in an interview…
Today in History: April 11, the liberation of Buchenwald
Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 2025. There are 264 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.
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Poet Yusef Komunyakaa to receive honorary Anisfeld-Wolf Award
NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Yusef Komunyakaa is to receive an Anisfeld-Wolf Award for lifetime achievement. Komunyakaa, 77, is known for such collections as “Neon Vernacular” and for exploring race, music and his Vietnam War experiences.
Announced…
Oscars to add stunt design award for its 100th ceremony
After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award. The film academy says Thursday that an achievement in stunt design prize will be added starting…
Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse
Fans and countrymen on Thursday shared their remembrances of Dominican Republic music icon Rubby Pérez, who was among the scores of people killed this week after the roof at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo collapsed. He was 69.
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Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee
PARIS (AP) — New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
Coming off a 2024 edition that produced the Academy Award…
Today in History: April 10, Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2025. There are 265 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement…
Movie Review: ‘Drop’ doesn’t phone it in
It’s oddly comforting that a movie can still dial M when it wants to.
Smart phones have largely been a bit of a buzzkill for horror films, leading filmmakers to find all kinds of reasons — dead batteries, no service — to strand potential…
‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’
Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of a real incident involving combat and recreate it as faithfully as possible?
He posed that question to former Navy…
