Category: Entertainment
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Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39B bid
LONDON (AP) — Comcast has emerged as the top bidder for European broadcaster Sky after a rare auction held by British regulators.
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Cosby to fight ‘sexually violent predator’ tag at sentencing
Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing Monday will begin with testimony about his sex offender evaluation and, presumably, a fierce debate over whether the 81-year-old actor should be branded a sexually violent predator.
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Jane Fonda, her life and men star in a revealing documentary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As beguiling and powerful as Jane Fonda is onscreen, she has yet to play a role that’s a match for her whiplash-inducing life of artistry, celebrity and polarizing activism. Then there’s the personal drama, including serial marriages to three very different husbands with their own claims to fame.
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Review: Joe Bonamassa rocks the blues hard on ‘Redemption’
Joe Bonamassa, “Redemption” (J&R Adventures)
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Correction: Homes-Regional Modern story
In a story Sept. 18 about how modernist homes vary by region, The Associated Press misspelled the publisher of two new books on the subject. It is The Monacelli Press.
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Dwayne Johnson backs stuntman’s film honoring Knievel jump
Before climbing into the cockpit of his steam-powered rocket and blasting off across the Snake River Canyon, daredevil Eddie Braun scribbled two things on his bare chest in marker.
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Review: Billy F. Gibbons feels right at home on blues album
Billy F. Gibbons, “The Big Bad Blues” (Concord Records)
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J Balvin leads Latin Grammy noms with 8 nods, 1 with Beyonce
NEW YORK (AP) — Reggaeton star J Balvin received eight Latin Grammy Award nominations on Thursday, including two for record of the year, one for album of the year and one for song of the year with Beyonce for their hit version of “Mi gente,” also featuring Willy William.
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Fox-Comcast battle to buy Sky to be settled by auction in UK
LONDON (AP) — Comcast and 21st Century Fox will settle their battle for control of broadcaster Sky through a rare auction designed to put an end to months of offers and counteroffers from the American media empires seeking a foothold in the European pay TV market.
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Review: Michael Moore takes on Trump _ via Flint, Michigan
“I hope he never does one on me,” Donald Trump once said of Michael Moore.