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Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and Billy Porter to perform at Macy’s...
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — The giant balloons may be flying at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street. Organizers revealed Thursday that actor-singer Jennifer Hudson,...
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Dolly Parton sings her family’s story on ‘Smoky Mountain DNA.’ She says it is...
By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton’s musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s. That’s where her ancestors hail from,...
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The 4 most underrated vacation spots in Mexico
Ten million visitors came through Cancún in 2023, representing 1 in 4 tourists to Mexico that year. For a country three times the size of Texas, rich with culture, art and nature, the figure is a...
View ArticleAirbnb users to play gladiators in Rome’s Colosseum, sparking mixed reactions...
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, Associated Press ROME (AP) — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million...
View Article4 fruity cocktails for fall
English author and satirist Samuel Butler once commented that “autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” Fall is the season for pears, apples and Meyer...
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‘St. Denis Medical’ review: New NBC sitcom is ‘The Office,’ but in a hospital
Taking a page from other workplace TV mockumentaries, NBC’s “St. Denis Medical” follows the overburdened staff of a hospital in Scranton. Sorry, I meant small-town Oregon. But if the rhythms and...
View Article‘Red One’ review: Promising premise, but this is poorly wrapped holiday gift
“Red One” has some clever ideas. In theaters this week, the blend of action, comedy, adventure and fantasy is set in a world where Santa Claus is real. And, as is customary in Christmas stories, he...
View Article‘Golden Bachelorette’ Joan Vassos, a Maryland grandmother, gets her...
After weeks of dining, dancing and dating her way through 24 potential life partners on ABC TV’s “The Golden Bachelorette,” Maryland grandmother Joan Vassos has found her Prince Charming. The first...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for November 15, 2024
General Daily Insight for November 15, 2024 We’re likely to receive the information we need to make wise decisions at the moment. Discerning Saturn turns direct in spacey Pisces, helping us sort fact...
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Forget Munich! America’s best Bavarian-style Christmas markets revealed
By SAGE SCOTT Looking for a taste of Europe without leaving the United States? These Bavarian-style Christmas markets across America will bring you the magic of Germany’s beloved holiday traditions,...
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Ringo goes country, again. The ex-Beatle mixes peace and love with twang and...
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country comes naturally to Ringo Starr. It’s been a low-key part of his of his career since his Beatle beginnings, so it was not a serious swerve...
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Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys
By MARIA SHERMAN Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 took home the album of the year trophy at the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards for his “Radio Güira,” not long after receiving record of the year for “Mambo 23.” “Let me...
View ArticleTV funnyman Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars
By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien....
View ArticleRecipe: Fuyu persimmons make a tasty fruit compote to serve on ice cream
Fuyu persimmons are the variety that boasts a tomato-like shape. Unlike the other common variety, the bold orange, heart shaped Hachiya persimmons, Fuyu beauties have a lighter color and can be eaten...
View ArticleColumn: Hollywood loves a scammer. But is there an appetite for a movie about...
Earlier this week came the announcement that A24 and Apple are developing a movie about Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX cryptocurrency founder who was convicted of fraud in 2023. Lena Dunham is attached to...
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Al Pacino writes in ‘Sonny Boy’ about life, love, death and the movies
I met Al Pacino one September afternoon long ago at the wedding of David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon at a place called Stillington Hall in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about an hour’s drive northeast of...
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Aprons can evoke memories and spark inspiration for the Thanksgiving cook
By KIM COOK, Associated Press Deborah Reinhardt has fond memories of her mother and grandmother cooking in aprons dusted with flour or other signs of that day’s meal. And then there were the special...
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Israeli-Mediterranean bakery opens in Annapolis Town Center
A new Israeli-Mediterranean bakery, Tatte, opened its first Anne Arundel County location on Wednesday. The bakery was started by Tzurit Or, a former film producer turned self-taught pastry chef,...
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11 new books out this month: Fiction, nonfiction and more
Recently, I picked up a book to distract myself from my phone, which was blowing up with social media alerts, election prognostications and sweaty-palmed predictions about who the Dodgers might sign...
View ArticleDon’t sleep on Black Friday, Cyber Monday travel savings this year
By Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse (TNS) If it seems like the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales start earlier and earlier every year it’s because they do. Or at least it feels that way. But that doesn’t...
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