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NY Times prints Northup correction 161 years later

NEW YORK – The New York Times has printed a correction for misspelling 161 years ago the name of a free black man who was sold into slavery and whose memoirs were turned into the Oscar-winni...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

DeGeneres’ selfie crashes Twitter

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres’ goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the Oscars telecast was even over. During a comic bit, the Oscars ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The top iPhone and iPad apps and music on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending Feb. 17: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. “Threes!”, Sirvo LLC 2. “Card Wars - Adventure Time”, Cartoon Network ...

DATE: Feb 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Spotify’s Top 10 most viral tracks

This list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Feb. 10, to Sunday Feb. 16, via Face...

DATE: Feb 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Montgomery, Jones voted into Jazz Hall of Fame

NEW YORK – Singer Betty Carter, guitarist Wes Montgomery, drummer Elvin Jones and bandleader Fletcher Henderson have been voted into Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous weekâ€™s ranking is in parentheses....

DATE: Feb 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

New Hemingway artifacts from Cuba at JFK Library

BOSTON – Bar bills, personal notes, telegrams and even recipes from Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway are available for the first time at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library a...

DATE: Feb 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jay Leno’s top targets on ‘Tonight’

NEW YORK – Jay Leno’s top targets for jokes during his time at the “Tonight” show, through Jan. 24, as compiled by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. 1. Bill Clinton – 4,607...

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Stars young and old reflect on Hoffman’s death

Celebrity colleagues and admirers of Philip Seymour Hoffman shared their reaction Sunday to his death at 46 of an apparent drug overdose: – “Words cannot convey the devastating lo...

DATE: Feb 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Beyonce by the book: Rutgers offers course on star

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Beyonce is one of the world’s most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia. The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers U...

DATE: Jan 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Text of Obama’s State of the Union address

Here is a text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address as provided by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, my fellow Americans: ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The top 10 songs, albums and apps on the iTunes Store

iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending Jan 26: Top Songs 1. “Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)”, Katy Perry 2. “Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz)”, Jason Deru...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment