Tag: Arts and entertainment
Angry at sanctions, Belarus orders 2 German entities to shut
BERLIN — Belarus has ordered two German educational organizations to close, part of its retaliation against EU sanctions imposed over a diversion of a...
Britney Spears’ father seeks court probe of her allegations
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ father has asked the court overseeing his daughter’s conservatorship to investigate her statements to a judge last week on...
Velasquez tosses 2-hitter over 7, Phillies beat Marlins 4-3
PHILADELPHIA — Vince Velasquez tossed a two-hitter over seven innings, Rhys Hoskins hit a solo homer and the Philadelphia Phillies held on for a...
Review: ‘Forever Purge’ gets political on southern border
The dystopian action-horror “Purge” franchise has previously made stops in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Now it's time to pull on...
Delia FIallo, mother of telenovelas, dies in Florida, age 96
MIAMI — Delia Fiallo, a native of Cuba who was considered the mother of Latin America's telenovelas and wrote dozens of the popular television...
Reaction to ruling overturning Bill Cosby’s conviction
NEW YORK — Reaction to Wednesday's Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling overturning Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction and clearing the way for him to...
Actor Allison Mack faces sentencing in NXIVM sex-slave case
NEW YORK — TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in a scandal-ridden, cult-like upstate New York group, is facing sentencing Wednesday...
In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud
NEW YORK — “Like a rose coming through the concrete” is one description of 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival heard in Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s exuberant,...
Older women are the fresh faces of South Korean influencers
SEOUL, South Korea — The freshest faces among South Korean influencers are no longer the usual, 20-something celebrities. Instead, entertainment and social media are...
EXPLAINER: Why Bill Cosby’s conviction was overturned
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction was thrown out Wednesday by Pennsylvania's highest court in a ruling that swiftly freed the actor from...
