Movie News
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New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition
The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family
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Oklahoma's Gundy out after saying 'racially charged' word
A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Gundy uttered what it called a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week
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Filmmaker Lars von Trier diagnosed with Parkinson’s
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, known for films like “Melancholia” and “Dancer in the Dark,” has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his production company Zentropa said Monday
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Brad Pitt's 'Bullet Train' pulls into station with $30.1M
Sunday studio estimates say the Brad Pitt action romp “Bullet Train" arrived with a $30.1 million opening weekend as the last big movie of Hollywood’s summer recovery landed in theaters
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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition
Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood’s famed Pantages Theater
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TV News
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Russia targets reporter with raid, probe over war criticism
Russian authorities on Wednesday raided the home of a former state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest against Moscow’s war in Ukraine
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Prime-time network, cable viewership for the week of Aug. 1
The NFL's Hall of Fame Game was among last week's top-rated shows
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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Concern that Nicaragua repression could be "model" in region
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s government has closed seven radio stations this week owned by the Roman Catholic church, as well as two other outlets serving the largely rural northern area with a history of opposition
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Belarus court gives another journalist a lengthy prison term
A court in Belarus has sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term
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Music News
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Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier dead at 81
Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier has died at age 81
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Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in 'Grease,' dies at 73
Olivia Newton-John, the superstar singer who was everyone’s favorite Sandy in “Grease,” has died
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Nicki Minaj to get Video Vanguard Award at MTV Awards
Nicki Minaj will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Awards later this month, joining such previous winning music luminaries as Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliott
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New this week: 'Day Shift' and 'Five Days at Memorial'
This week’s new entertainment releases include music from the union of The Roots’ Black Thought and super-producer Danger Mouse, a PBS “Frontline” investigation into women’s rights in Afghanistan a year after the U_S_ withdrawal and Jamie Foxx playing a vampire hunter in “Day Shift.”
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Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79
Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died
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Other Entertainment News
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"The Snowman" children's author Raymond Briggs dies at 88
The British children’s author and illustrator whose creations include “The Snowman” and “Fungus the Bogeyman” has died
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Pioneering art collection returns to Zimbabwe after 70 years
A compelling art exhibit, “The Stars Are Bright,” has opened at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe of paintings done in the 1940s and 1950s by young Black students at Cyrene Mission School, the first to teach art to Black students in what was then white minority-ruled Rhodesia
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Serena Williams' legacy involves plenty of wins, plenty else
Serena Williams is famous for her 23 Grand Slam singles titles
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Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit to be heard by LA jury
Kobe Bryant’s widow is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments to a federal jury seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of the NBA star, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020
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As Spider-Man turns 60, fans reflect on diverse appeal
There are legions of fans of Spider-Man, who this month marks 60 years in the vast, imaginative world of comic books, movies and merch
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