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Done with delays, Academy movie museum rolls out red carpet
LOS ANGELES (AP) ??" The projectors are rolling. The ruby slippers are on. Many an Oscar sits glistening. The shark has been hanging, and waiting, for nearly a year.Nine years after it was announced, four years after its first projected open date, and five months since its last planned launch date, the U.S. film academy's museum is ready to open to the public on Sept 30.
"I'm very moved to be able to say to you, finally, at last, boy howdy hey, welcome to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures," Tom Hanks told reporters Tuesday at a media preview of the Los Angeles... Read More
New Orleans: Flames shoot up side of Superdome roof, put out
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ??" Smoke and flames shot up the side of the Superdome's roof on Tuesday after a pressure washer being used to clean the roof of the New Orleans sports and entertainment arena caught fire.The New Orleans Fire Department confirmed firefighters responded to flames on the building's roof shortly after 12:30 p.m. The fire appeared to be under control a short time later.
New Orleans Emergency Management Services said on Twitter that they were transporting one person to the hospital for "minor burns." Emergency officials called on people to stay away from... Read More
Lawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) ??" R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday.The remark by attorney Deveraux Cannick, made with the jury out the courtroom, came as the defense wound down its case at the trial in federal court in New York City.
The potential spectacle of Kelly testifying has always been a long shot. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly said Tuesday that the defendant still had time to change his mind before closing arguments, prompting him to nod his head.
The prosecution's... Read More
Latinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds
PHOENIX (AP) ??" Latinos are perpetually absent in major newsrooms, Hollywood films and other media industries where their portrayals ??" or lack thereof ??" could deeply impact how their fellow Americans view them, according to a government report released Tuesday.The Congressional Hispanic Caucus asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate last October.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, has made the inclusion of Latinos in media a principal issue, imploring Hollywood studio directors, journalism leaders and book publishers to include their... Read More
Sarah Dash who sang on 'Lady Marmalade' with Labelle, dies
NEW YORK (AP) ??" Singer Sarah Dash, who co-founded the all-female group Labelle ??" best known for the raucous 1974 hit "Lady Marmalade" ??" has died. She was 76.Patti Labelle and Nona Hendryx completed the trio. They announced Dash's death Monday on social media. No cause of death was disclosed.
"We spoke a musical language, music says it best. Singing brought us together," wrote Hendryx.
"Sarah Dash was an awesomely talented, beautiful and loving soul who blessed my life and the lives of so many others in more ways than I can say," Labelle wrote. "Rest in... Read More
Top Stories in Entertainment
- Done with delays, Academy movie museum rolls out red carpet
- New Orleans: Flames shoot up side of Superdome roof, put out
- Troubled Nielsen to update measurements for local television
- Lawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial
- Latinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds
- Sarah Dash who sang on 'Lady Marmalade' with Labelle, dies
- Gillian Flynn, Lena Waithe to head their own book imprints
- Bronze bust unveiled at Burt Reynolds' Hollywood gravesite
- R Kelly prosecutors rest; defense calls on singer's allies
- K-pop stars BTS dip into global diplomacy at UN gathering
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