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British producer and songwriter Rupert Hine — who worked with musicians including Tina Turner, Rush, Stevie Nicks, the Thompson Twins, Bob Geldof, the Fixx, Suzanne Vega and Howard Jones — has died at 72. No cause was given for his death, which was confirmed by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, for whom he served …
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Texas native Matthew McConaughey welcomed viewers to the virtual ATX TV…from the Couch festival on Friday afternoon. Shortly after the festival announced the cancellation of several of its high-profile panel discussions, the Oscar winner gave a pre-recorded introduction to the event starting with his signature “Dazed and Confused” line, “All right, all right all right.” …
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French luxury goods giant LVMH, owner of Louis Vuitton, is not asking to renegotiate its $16.2 billion acquisition of US jewelry chain Tiffany & Co. after deliberating whether to do so, people familiar with the matter said Friday. LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault had been in talks with his advisers this week to identify ways …
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ATX TV…from the Couch got off to a rocky start on Friday morning with the announcement that some of the virtual festival’s main panels had been canceled just hours before the event was set to begin. On the festival’s official Twitter page, ATX announced the cancellation of panels set for shows including “Scrubs,” “Cougar Town,” …
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“Selma,” director Ava DuVernay’s biopic about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be free to rent on streaming services for the month of June, Paramount said Friday. “We hope this small gesture will encourage people throughout the country to examine our nation’s history and reflect on the ways that racial injustice has infected our society,” …
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Cate Blanchett revealed a frightening medical scare she suffered while in quarantine at her home in England. The Australian actress and mother of four joined Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, on her podcast last week, where she was asked about her time spent in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from helping …
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Oprah Winfrey will lead a conversation with black thought leaders, activists and artists next week called “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?,” Variety reports. The two-night special will air on the host’s OWN channel on June 9 and 10 at 9 p.m. ET and will also be simulcast across the network’s parent company …
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“Call of Duty” is adding a new feature to its mega-popular “Modern Warfare” game: social activism. The best-selling shooting game now includes a message splashed on its loading screen with “Black Lives Matter” written in large, bold print. “Our community is hurting,” the statement, first spotted by The Verge, reads. “The systemic inequalities our community …
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A series by Joel Sherman chronicles how the Yankees’ fiasco of 1990 laid the groundwork for a dynasty. From mid-February to early June 1990, Donald Trump dominated tabloid coverage in New York. The dissolution of his marriage to Ivana served as one bookend and a $2 billion debt that threatened his empire the other. On …
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Hong Kong police have fired pepper-spray at protesters as thousands defied a ban on holding an annual candlelight vigil in memory of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown. Authorities rejected an application on Monday to hold the event for the first time in its history, arguing the vigil would violate coronavirus social-distancing rules on large gatherings. Police clashed briefly on Thursday …
British producer and songwriter Rupert Hine — who worked with musicians including Tina Turner, Rush, Stevie Nicks, the Thompson Twins, Bob Geldof, the Fixx, Suzanne Vega and Howard Jones — has died at 72. No cause was given for his death, which was confirmed by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, for whom he served …
