Dr. Rembert Herbert is the man who first told “Hamilton” creator and Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda that he “could be good” at writing musicals. Ahead of the show’s debut in Puerto Rico, Dr. Herbert shared a message with Miranda that brought him to tears. “Lin, this is your old …
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CHICAGO — Chance the Rapper says he is donating $1 million to help improve mental health services in Chicago. The Chicago native made the announcement Thursday during a summit for his nonprofit organization SocialWorks. “With the help of SocialWorks we want to change the way that mental health resources are …
Read More »Henry Cavill will star in Netflix’s “The Witcher” series, showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich confirmed on Tuesday. The series is an adaption of the book and video game series of the same name. Cavill will lead the cast as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who goes on a journey through …
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HELENA, Mont. — “Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, and her daughter said Wednesday it’s a relief to finally have the truth out. Kidder, who played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve’s Superman in her most famous role, was found by a friend in her Montana home …
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LOS ANGELES — A woman has been charged with 11 felonies stemming from the hacking of the email of Selena Gomez and one of the singer’s associates. Los Angeles County prosecutors said Friday that 21-year-old Susan Antrach of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, has been charged with five identity-theft counts, five …
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Now ON DISPLAY here in New York: works by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. Years after his death, the art world is still taking full measure of the man, as Serena Altschul shows us: “I think he’s one of the two or three greatest artists of the 20th century; I …
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The 2018 Billboard Music Awards kicked off Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where some of the biggest names in music came out to honor the year’s most celebrated and successful artists. Hosted by Kelly Clarkson, the star-studded annual show features tons of jaw-dropping live …
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Grant Wood created one of America’s most familiar paintings. Yet his life story remains unfamiliar to most of us – which is where the exhibit Anna Werner’s about to walk us through comes in: You’ve undoubtedly seen it before. It’s one of the most recognizable paintings in American art: “American …
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This is paid content. It was written and produced by CBS Interactive’s branded content unit in collaboration with the sponsor. Slow down. Talk. Listen. In a world of partisan politics and viral videos these concepts can feel like relics of a bygone era. But something’s happening in Vermont. In the …
Read More »DALLAS — Dallas police are looking for the person who stole several guitars from Nils Lofgren, the longtime guitarist with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Investigators say somebody broke into Lofgren’s van, which had been parked outside a Holiday Inn, between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Four guitars and a …
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