Bread and Cameos — a year without income from Broadway stage
NEW YORK — A year ago, Max Kumangai was dazzling crowds with a jolt of live Broadway excitement. Now he’s doing it with his...
Obama in upcoming podcast credits his mother for his path
NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama reveals in an upcoming podcast with rocker Bruce Springsteen that he chose a career of public service...
Review: On ‘Spaceman,’ Nick Jonas opens his pandemic diary
"Spaceman," Nick Jonas (Island Records)
Make room, Paul McCartney, Snow Patrol...
A peek behind the masks, precautions at the pandemic Grammys
LOS ANGELES — I have covered the Grammy Awards for the Associated Press for 15 years. But this strange year feels like the first...
Russian folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem
GENEVA — Russia's wish to use a patriotic Soviet-era folk song as a replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics was rejected by the Court...
Erivo on near-EGOT status: ‘I’m just going to keep working’
NEW YORK — “The Color Purple” turned into Grammy, Tony and Emmy gold for Cynthia Erivo.
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Mickey Guyton, Keith Urban to host ACM Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country stars Mickey Guyton and Keith Urban are taking over as hosts for the Academy of Country Music Awards in April....
Eddie Murphy to be inducted into NAACP Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES — Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month.
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An ‘optimistic’ Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup
MILAN — Riccardo Muti and Plácido Domingo will headline the 2021 Verona Arena Opera Festival, essentially last year's canceled season revived as a sign...
Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to a California-based Iranian pop singer, his management company and Iranian...
