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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 16-22
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 16-22:
Feb. 16: Jazz singer Peggy King is 95. Actor William Katt (“Greatest American Hero”) is 74. Actor LeVar Burton is 68. Rapper-actor Ice-T is 67. Guitarist Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 64.…
‘Captain America’ actor Anthony Mackie is named grand marshal for the Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla (AP) — Captain America is landing at The Great American Race.
Actor Anthony Mackie is set to give the command for drivers to start their engines on Sunday at the Daytona 500. Mackie plays Captain America in Marvel…
Jon Batiste’s reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife’s painting and set stage for…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner" and shining a global spotlight on his wife's creative vision.
As Batiste performed the…
Today in History: February 17, House elects Thomas Jefferson president over Aaron Burr
Today is Monday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2025. There are 317 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson…
Today in History: February 18, Dale Earnhardt Sr. dies in Daytona crash
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2025. There are 316 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash in the final lap of the Daytona 500; he was 49.
Also on this date:…
What to stream: Bridget Jones returns, ‘Yellowjackets’ reappears and Alessia Cara sings…
Renée Zellweger returning to one of her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” and Questlove offering the definitive documentary on funk crossover star Sly Stone are some of the new television, films, music and games…
Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl…
“Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show. It was a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop…
Tom Robbins, literary prankster-philosopher, dies at 92
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died. He was 92.
Robbins’ death was…
‘Dog Man’ bests ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ at box office
On a quiet winter weekend at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s “Dog Man” chased its own tail, repeating as the top movie in theaters. The animated Universal Pictures release, adapted from Dav Pilkey’s popular graphic novel series,…
‘Anora’ wins at Producers and Directors Guild Awards
Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner? Sean Baker’s Brooklyn comedy “Anora” took top honors at both the Producers Guild Awards and the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, catapulting it to Oscar favorite status with wins…
Nelly delivers hits at ‘Homecoming’ Super Bowl week concert in historic New Orleans…
Nelly brought his signature St. Louis swagger to a New Orleans institution, turning a nearly seven-decade-old restaurant into a Super Bowl week party. The multi-Grammy winner packed Brennan’s on Friday night, delivering a hit-filled set at…
Stage and film actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen's best friend — has died. He was 85.
Roberts’ death was…
A Stradivari violin made in 1714 sells for $11.3M at auction
A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari has sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction. The violin sold Friday.…
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and…
In ‘Wicked,’ they’re silver. But at Academy Museum color show, the ruby-red shoes take center stage
In the hit movie “Wicked,” those famous magical shoes are silver. But if you want to see them in all their ruby-red glory from “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s no place like home. Their current home is at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in…
A$AP Rocky’s friend testifies that the rapper fired a prop gun, not a real firearm, in 2021…
A$AP Rocky’s longtime friend and collaborator testified at his Los Angeles trial that the hip-hop star fired a starter pistol that he carried as a prop during a scuffle with a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. The testimony from…
Jon Batiste’s reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife’s painting and set stage for…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner" and shining a global spotlight on his wife's creative vision.
As Batiste performed the…
Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl…
“Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show. It was a powerful, commanding creative choice by the first solo hip-hop…
Man charged in 2020 killing of rapper Pop Smoke pleads guilty to manslaughter to avoid trial
A man charged in the 2020 killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion accepted a plea deal. The plea averts a trial on a murder charge that was to have started Thursday. Corey Walker pleaded guilty to voluntary…
Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s beef — from its beginnings to the Super Bowl — explained
The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar started out in their lyrics but has gotten so big its reached the courts and even the Super Bowl. The two were once collaborators on a pair of tracks in 2011 and 2012, but began a minor beef…
Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with Black Sabbath bandmates in Birmingham for ‘greatest’ show…
Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s being billed as the “greatest” heavy metal show ever. In an announcement Wednesday,…
Gene Barge, renowned sax man and producer known as ‘Daddy G,’ dies at 98
Gene “Daddy G” Barge, a well-rounded saxophone player, songwriter and Grammy-winning producer, has died. He was 98. His daughter says Barge died in his sleep in his Chicago home on Sunday. His vast catalog of credits included working on…
Despite Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, ratings for the Grammys fall
Ratings for the Grammy Awards dipped from last year, despite the nail-biting tension of whether Beyoncé would win album of the year and a surprise appearance by The Weeknd. Sunday night’s broadcast on CBS was seen by 15.4 million viewers…
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar led one of the best Grammys in years. Has the awards show transformed?
For years the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity. But the Sunday's edition suggests something may have shifted. Already the most awarded and nominated artist in the show’s history, Beyoncé finally won album of the…