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Boy George of iconic band Culture Club returns to Broadway in a musical he calls ‘a slap of joy’
NEW YORK (AP) — Rock stars famously don’t get up before noon, and rocks stars…
Book Review: Richard Roper charms and surprises with ’This Disaster Loves You’
Richard Roper, whose debut novel “Something to Live For” (2020) featured a character seeking the…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 91.…
They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. She insists she’s a missionary
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Standing 9 feet tall, Raquel Potí regularly graces the front…
Vancouver celebrates Year of the Dragon at 50th Chinatown Spring Festival
VANCOUVER – Dragons danced to the beat of drums through the streets of Vancouver’s historic…
UK’s King Charles III attends church for first time since revealing he has cancer
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III cheerfully waved to well-wishers on Sunday as he left…
“Diva” film soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith has died at 75
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith, a renowned soprano known for her performance…
Warm weather forces Quebec winter carnival to shut ice palace on event’s final day
QUEBEC – Unseasonably mild weather has forced the Carnaval de Québec to close one of…
‘Lisa Frankenstein’ fails to revive North American box office on a very slow Super Bowl weekend
“ Lisa Frankenstein ” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in…
Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans —…
Christopher Nolan, Celine Song, AP’s Mstyslav Chernov win at Directors Guild Awards
Christopher Nolan was awarded the top prize at the Directors Guild Awards for “Oppenheimer” Saturday,…
After decades of cheap rent, some Montreal artists being priced out of their studios
MONTREAL – Over the past 32 years, painter Frances Foster has seen the view from…
New book based on sex survey offers unprecedented look into Canadians’ bedrooms
Until recently, Tina Fetner’s sociology students at McMaster University were skeptical when she presented statistics…
Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton, a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who…
How a run-down Ford launched a music revolution that swept Brazil’s Carnival
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sound begins blasting ear drums and rattling bones even before…
Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Sade, Oasis and Ozzy Osbourne among Rock Hall nominees for ’24
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Lenny Kravitz, the late Sinéad…
‘A bit more meaningful’: Econoline Crush singer describes nursing career
Trevor Hurst is out the door and navigating the barren, prairie landscape of southwestern Manitoba…
Tommy Hilfiger takes over the Oyster Bar in Grand Central for a joyous New York-centric fashion show
NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at…
Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week…
The wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff died in a 1967 unsolved shooting. Agents just exhumed her body
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed…
Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on…
Man accused of stalking outside Taylor Swift’s Manhattan home to receive psychiatric treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of stalking Taylor Swift after being spotted multiple…
‘Depressing’ to see ‘W5’ affected by Bell Media cuts, says former host Kevin Newman
TORONTO – Former “W5” host Kevin Newman says the demise of Canada’s longstanding prime-time investigative…
Colin Jost of ‘Saturday Night Live’ gets entertainer gig at White House correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Jost, the co-anchor of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” will…