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Ed Sheeran hit, Marvin Gaye classic soul of copyright trial
NEW YORK — Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed…
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NBCUniversal CEO Shell departs over βinappropriate conductβ
NEW YORK — Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal and one of the media industry’s renowned executives, is departing…
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Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving…
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Israel says inscription in Persian pottery shard inauthentic
JERUSALEM (AP) β Israel acknowledged on Friday that an inscription in clay found in the countryβs south bearing the name…
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Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) β Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering…
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Former `Sweetie Pie’s’ star sentenced in nephew’s killing
ST. LOUIS — The former star of St. Louis-based television reality show βWelcome to Sweetie Pie’sβ was sentenced Thursday to…
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DeSantis takes over Disney district, punishing company
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World’s…
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Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101
LOS ANGELES — Walter Mirisch, the astute and Oscar winning film producer who oversaw such classics as βSome Like It…
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Gordon Pinsent, award-winning Canadian actor, dies at 92
Gordon Pinsent, an award-winning Canadian actor acclaimed for his performance as a heartbroken husband in the film βAway From Her,”…
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Cruise, “Everything Everywhere” honored at producers’ awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) β Tom Cruise was honored for his nearly three decades of work…
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