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Ariana Grande joining ‘The Voice’

NEW YORK – Pop star Ariana Grande is taking her seat in “The Voice” coach’s chair later this year. NBC said Tuesday that Grande will join the Emmy-winning series for its fall 2021...

20-foot art planned for Spock symbol

BOSTON – The Museum of Science in Boston is paying tribute to city native Leonard Nimoy with a 20-foot sculpture shaped like Mr. Spock’s split-fingered “live long and prosper” hand gesture, ...

Osbourne off ‘The Talk’ after inquiry into racism discussion

LOS ANGELES – CBS says Sharon Osbourne will no longer appear on its daytime show “The Talk” after a heated on-air discussion about racism earlier this month. The network said Frid...

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104

NEW YORK – Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

DALLAS – Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” and returned them to modern-day landscap...

It’s Elton John’s birthday and he’s got rare music for fans

NEW YORK – Elton John is celebrating his 74th birthday today – and he’s sending fans a very rare present. Six deep cuts have been made available on streaming and digital formats f...

‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87

LOS ANGELES – George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Gold...

Elton John opens his Oscar night party to all this year

Attending Elton John’s long-running Oscar-night party has always been one of the hardest tickets to get. Now you can go – for $20. The Elton John AIDS Foundation is inviting every...

Yaphet Kotto of ‘Live and Let Die,’ ‘Alien,’ dies at 81

NEW YORK – Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die” and “Alien,” has died. He was 81. ...

J-Rod continues: Lopez, Rodriguez say they’re still together

LOS ANGELES – J-Lo and A-Rod are still J-Rod. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez said Saturday that reports of their split are inaccurate, and they are working things through. ...

J-Rod done: Lopez, Rodriguez call off two-year engagement

LOS ANGELES – J-Rod has split. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez called off their two-year engagement, according to multiple reports based on anonymous sources. The former New Yor...

Norton Juster, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author, dead at 91

NEW YORK – Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and remained true to...