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Carol Burnett seeks to be guardian of teen grandsonCarol Burnett and her husband are seeking to become the legal guardians of her teenage grandson as his mother struggles with substance abuse.
Artists, academics defend LGBT rights in PolandWriter Margaret Atwood and film directors Pedro Almodóvar and Mike Leigh are among dozens of notable people who have expressed outrage at the hostility being directed tow...
Tyler Perry's work honored with 2020 Governors AwardTyler Perry has won awards from the NAACP and BET.
Apple Music launching shows with Snoop Dogg, Shania TwainApple Music is launching several new radio shows hosted by A-list musical acts, including Snoop Dogg, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood.
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Dan Budnik, who photographed civil rights movement, diesAcclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s along with the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died ...
3 producers exit DeGeneres' show amid workplace complaintsThere's a production shakeup at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” following claims of a dysfunctional workplace.
'Owl House' bisexual character is a Disney TV series rarityThe creator of Disney Channel’s “The Owl House” is lauding the company for featuring a LGBTQ teenager on the animated series.
Actress Sharon Stone criticizes COVID-19 testing in MontanaActress Sharon Stone is criticizing the availability of COVID-19 testing in Montana, where her sister and brother-in-law are hospitalized with the respiratory virus.
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2 indicted in killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master JayTwo suspects have been indicted in the 2002 killing of hip hop artist Jam Master Jay, which until now had been one of New York City’s most notorious unsolved killings.
In 'The 24th,' police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago “The 24th" dramatizes one of the bloodiest and most tragic chapters in Jim Crow America history, the Houston Riot.