Category: Entertainment
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Review: Harry Styles ‘steps into the light’ with great album
Harry Styles, “Fine Line” (Columbia )
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Review: Cook’s new thriller sheds light on genetic genealogy
“Genesis,” Putnam, by Robin Cook
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Golden snubs and surprises, including little ‘Cats’ love
NEW YORK (AP) — Some Golden Globe nominations seemed like locks: Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Hanks, Adam Driver and Eddie Murphy. But others were shocks, like Lupita Nyong’o not getting a nomination for “Us.” Other notable snubs and surprises:
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Zellweger, Pitt and … “Cats”? Here come the Golden Globes
NEW YORK (AP) — With four films up for best picture, four series nominated for the top television awards and 34 total nominations, Netflix dominated the 77th Golden Globe nominations on Monday.
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Review: Author keeps tension high in `Trace of Evil’
“Trace of Evil” by Alice Blanchard (Minotaur)
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Ronstadt, `Sesame Street’ to receive Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt and the disco-funk band Earth Wind and Fire shared the spotlight Sunday night as part of the latest group of recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the arts.
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Banana, duct tape add up to $150,000 at Art Basel Miami
MIAMI (AP) — 3D-printed cocktails, a traffic jam sculpture made of hundreds of tons of sand and more celebrity sightings than a Kardashian Christmas party were all part of over-the-top festivities during the week of Art Basel Miami, but it was a banana that stole the show.
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Sesame Street puppeteer Carroll Spinney dies at age 85
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame Workshop.
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Let’s cancel cancel culture in 2020, and the humblebrag, too
NEW YORK (AP) — Either loudly sing your own praises or don’t in the new year, but let’s leave the humble brag behind, along with a few other oversaturated, cloying or just plain silly cultural quirks that deserve a big goodbye.
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Netflix executive touts ‘golden era’ of streaming service
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An executive with Netflix says the streaming giant has boosted its original content exponentially over the last several years and that will mean more action for its production hub in New Mexico, where state officials have been busy trying to woo more big partners in the industry.