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With ‘Barbie,’ Greta Gerwig breaks a box office record for female directors

With ‘Barbie,’ Greta Gerwig breaks a box office record for female directors

“Barbie” didn’t just break the opening weekend record for 2023; It also shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman.
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Jury in Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial ends 1st day of deliberations in London

Jury in Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial ends 1st day of deliberations in London

LONDON (AP) — Jurors in the sexual assault trial of Kevin Spacey adjourned Monday after deliberating for 2.5 hours without reaching a verdict on allegations by four men that date back two decades.
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They're the names you don't know. Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors explain why they are striking

They're the names you don't know. Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors explain why they are striking

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him — they’re just not sure how. “I’m that guy who looks like the guy you went to high school with,” says Kravits. “People think they've just seen me somewhere.
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How David Bowie, long thought ambivalent to country music, became a writer on a Chris Young song

How David Bowie, long thought ambivalent to country music, became a writer on a Chris Young song

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country star Chris Young's latest single, “Young Love & Saturday Nights,” is a vivid love letter to summertime weekends, old trucks, dive bar bands, and crushes.
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5: July 30: Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is 87. Singer Paul Anka is 82. Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn is 78. Actor William Atherton (“Die Hard” films”) is 76.
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Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest

Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins Hemingway look-alike contest

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual Hemingway Days celebration that ends Sunday.
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Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry

Say goodbye to Bodypainting Day, New York City’s annual celebration of nudity and artistry

NEW YORK (AP) — If you've ever dreamed of standing naked in New York City with dozens of strangers while artists turn your skin into a work of art, you may have missed your chance.
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'Barbie' takes the box office crown and 'Oppenheimer' soars in a historic weekend

'Barbie' takes the box office crown and 'Oppenheimer' soars in a historic weekend

“ Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work – it spun box office gold.
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The 1975 cancels its shows in Jakarta and Taipei after band's same-sex kiss controversy in Malaysia

The 1975 cancels its shows in Jakarta and Taipei after band's same-sex kiss controversy in Malaysia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday it was canceling its shows in Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian government cut short a music festival in the wake of the band's lead singer slamming the country’s anti-
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Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone

Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and pastries, commercial planes bearing the Barbie logo, political ads and even Barbie-themed protests.
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