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Justin Bieber, Lil Baby to headline Made in America festival

NEW YORK (AP) ??" Justin Bieber and Lil Baby are set to headline Jay-Z's Made in America festival in Philadelphia.

Organizers announced Monday that Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, Bobby Shmurda and A$AP Ferg will also perform at the two-day event on Sept. 4-5 over Labor Day Weekend.

Last year's festival was canceled because of the coronavirus. This year's festival, held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the REFORM Alliance.

Other performers... Read More

Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune 'In the Heights'

NEW YORK (AP) ??" He hadn't been in a musical since his high school years, but when Jimmy Smits saw the opportunity to play Kevin Rosario in the film adaptation of "In the Heights," he was happy to check that off his artistic bucket list.

"Of course it's something that you always wanna do if you had done it before. I mean, I don't sight read music or anything like that, but I figure that, with the proper help, I can carry a tune," Smits said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

The star of "NYPD Blue" and "The West Wing," who is of Puerto Rican descent, was... Read More

Rethinking tequila: Premium brands aim to change perceptions

LONDON (AP) ??" Love it or hate it, tequila conjures up strong feelings in many drinkers.

"Forgive us for the old memories of bad quality tequila!" jokes Antonio Rodriguez, director of production at Patrón Tequila. "We cannot hide that we come from a history when usually tequilas were not as premium as they are right now."

Deano Moncrieffe, founder of the London tequila and mezcal bar Hacha, laments, "People always blame tequila for a bad hangover when really the fact is that they probably started the night drinking wine and then beer and then champagne and then at... Read More

Ferrari enters luxury fashion, targeting uninitiated youth

MARANELLO, Italy (AP) ??" Ferrari V12 production cars were suspended over the factory floor Sunday night as the 74-year-old luxury carmaker launched a new era as a lifestyles brand, with a runway show unveiling its first ready-to-wear collection targeting a younger generation that might not be aware of its Formula One racing pedigree and coveted performance street cars.

Models walked along the halted production line in a symbolic gesture that underlined the creative interplay between Ferrari's long lineage of sleek, curved automotive bodies and the fashion line by creative... Read More

Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83

NEW YORK (AP) ??" Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including "Deliverance," "Network" and "Superman," was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts, has died. He was 83.

Beatty's manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones.

After years in regional theater, Beatty was cast in 1972's "Deliverance" as Bobby Trippe, the happy-go-lucky member of a male river-boating party terrorized by backwoods thugs in "Deliverance."... Read More

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Justin Bieber, Lil Baby to headline Made in America festival

Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune 'In the Heights'

Rethinking tequila: Premium brands aim to change perceptions

Ferrari enters luxury fashion, targeting uninitiated youth

Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83

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