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Taylor Swift shakes Sundance with revealing documentary

PARK CITY, Utah – The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicle...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A tale of two symphonies

When San Juan Symphony formed, music put Durango and Farmington in sync

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

LONDON – Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian” and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died a...

DATE: Jan 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

NEW YORK – Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. The 71-year-old Grammy winner and former v...

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Ariz. store gives ‘Star Wars’ record back to Mark Hamill

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An Arizona store reunited Luke Skywalker with his long-lost vinyl record. Actor Mark Hamill is praising workers at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Flagstaff ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Eminem drops surprise album, advocates changes to gun laws

Rapper Eminem once again dropped a surprise album, releasing “Music to Be Murdered By” on Friday – along with a video that calls for changes to gun laws. The follow-up to 2018’s “...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Slain Tejano singer from New Mexico to be honored

SANTA FE – A slain Tejano singer from New Mexico will posthumously receive the New Mexico Hispano Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Santa Fe New Mexican repor...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

The MET presents new production of German masterpiece

“Wozzeck,” the play, the opera and a multitude of stage and film adaptations, will always be with us. The story centers on a beleaguered young man who struggles with life at the ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Demi Lovato to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl

NEW YORK – Grammy-nominated pop singer Demi Lovato will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. NFL and Fox on Thursday announced the performance, which will take place ahe...

DATE: Jan 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall

FORT WORTH, Texas – Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and organizers of a horror convention held there, blaming them for negligence whe...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Neil Peart, drummer for influential rockers Rush, dead at 67

SANTA MONICA, California – Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist from the influential band Rush, has died. He was 67. His representative, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement...

DATE: Jan 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Justin Bieber says he’s battling Lyme disease

NEW YORK – Justin Bieber says he has been battling Lyme disease. In an Instagram post Wednesday, the pop star wrote that “it’s been a rough couple years but (I’m) getting the righ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music