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Today: March 22, 2025
Today: March 22, 2025
MARK KENNEDY

MARK KENNEDY

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Crime|Entertainment

'Happy Face' looks at ripple effects of true crime

The new Paramount+ series “Happy Face” has all the elements of a gripping true-crime yarn: A serial killer, his estranged daughter, a race to get an innocent man off death row

'Happy Face' looks at ripple effects of true crime
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Lifestyle

The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame

Just cue up the first song from the new album by The Doobie Brothers and you’ll hear something unusual: harmony, in a new way

The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Hulu's 'Good American Family' with Ellen Pompeo scrambles a wild true-crime case

If Ellen Pompeo was going to find a new role after 20 years as a series regular on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” it had to be good

Hulu's 'Good American Family' with Ellen Pompeo scrambles a wild true-crime case
Arts|Entertainment|Political|US

Semisonic objects to White House using their song 'Closing Time': 'You missed the point'

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee

Semisonic objects to White House using their song 'Closing Time': 'You missed the point'
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, 'Fire & Rain'

Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond, step aside

James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, 'Fire & Rain'
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli O’Hara star on album

Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her — “Edelweiss” from the musical “The Sound of Music,” a song usually performed by the paternal Captain von Trapp

Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli O’Hara star on album
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Fashion and Beauty

Ashley Graham to make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the razzle-dazzle musical 'Chicago'

Model and entrepreneur Ashley Graham will make her Broadway debut this spring in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that skewers celebrity culture

Ashley Graham to make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the razzle-dazzle musical 'Chicago'
Arts|Business|Entertainment|Health|Lifestyle

Michelle Obama and her brother to launch a podcast with weekly guests

Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business

Michelle Obama and her brother to launch a podcast with weekly guests
Africa|Arts|Entertainment

South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’

South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba

Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.”

Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has died

Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84
Arts|Entertainment|Political|US

Broadway musical 'Hamilton' cancels plans to play the Kennedy Center in 2026

The megahit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D

Broadway musical 'Hamilton' cancels plans to play the Kennedy Center in 2026
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Political|US

George Clooney revisits a journalistic hero in Broadway version of 'Good Night, and Good Luck'

George Clooney, the proud son of a journalist, likes journalism and telling truth to power

George Clooney revisits a journalistic hero in Broadway version of 'Good Night, and Good Luck'
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Key Oscar moments, from Zoe Saldaña's emotional win and 'Oz' opening to Kieran Culkin's baby wish

After accepting the Oscar for best supporting actress for her work in “Emilia Pérez,” Zoe Saldaña spoke emotionally about her family and her grandmother, tearing up during her speech

Key Oscar moments, from Zoe Saldaña's emotional win and 'Oz' opening to Kieran Culkin's baby wish
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls, has died

David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
Celebrity|Entertainment

Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Harriet the Spy' star, dies at 39

Michelle Trachtenberg, the actor known for “Gossip Girl,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Harriet the Spy” died Wednesday

Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Harriet the Spy' star, dies at 39
Arts|Entertainment

Come 'Beyond the Gates' for the first Black-led soap opera — the first new network soap in decades

The first thing viewers of “Beyond the Gates” see is a black Mercedes gliding past manicured lawns and stately estates

Come 'Beyond the Gates' for the first Black-led soap opera — the first new network soap in decades
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

'Wicked' choice: Cynthia Erivo will host the Tony Awards in June

“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, who has been earning awards left and right, will next be handing them out

'Wicked' choice: Cynthia Erivo will host the Tony Awards in June
Crime|Entertainment|Travel

True crime cruise will star John Walsh and hosts of 'RedHanded,' 'Scamfluencers' and 'Kill List'

Hosts of many popular true crime podcasts will headline a true crime-themed cruise next year that’s being billed as a first-of-its kind immersive mystery experience at sea

True crime cruise will star John Walsh and hosts of 'RedHanded,' 'Scamfluencers' and 'Kill List'
Arts|Entertainment|Health

TV procedurals up their game, with doctors on cruises and quirky single moms solving crimes

“Watson” is an unusual TV medical procedural

TV procedurals up their game, with doctors on cruises and quirky single moms solving crimes
Arts|Education|Entertainment

Congratulations, March 2 is your day: A free book giveaway honors Dr. Seuss' birthday

Dr. Seuss has a present for you, as long as you were born on his birthday

Congratulations, March 2 is your day: A free book giveaway honors Dr. Seuss' birthday
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

New national tour of 'Beauty and the Beast' features Fergie L. Philippe and Kyra Belle Johnson

Fergie L

New national tour of 'Beauty and the Beast' features Fergie L. Philippe and Kyra Belle Johnson
Celebrity|Entertainment|Political

12 times 'Saturday Night Live' made a cultural bang over the past 50 years

“Saturday Night Live” was intended for countercultural comedy

12 times 'Saturday Night Live' made a cultural bang over the past 50 years
Celebrity|Entertainment

Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations

Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Stage and film actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85

Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen’s best friend — has died

Stage and film actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85

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