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Trump is cutting 500-plus jobs at Voice of America and its parent agency despite legal challenges

Trump is cutting 500-plus jobs at Voice of America and its parent agency despite legal challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said.
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Lady Gaga will perform during the MTV Video Music Awards. Here's everything to know about the show

Lady Gaga will perform during the MTV Video Music Awards. Here's everything to know about the show

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga is extending her dominance of this year's MTV Video Music Awards and has been added as a performer, show organizers announced Saturday.
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From European avant-garde to celeb-driven fare, here are 10 buzzy films coming to TIFF

From European avant-garde to celeb-driven fare, here are 10 buzzy films coming to TIFF

TORONTO — It's TIFF's 50th edition — TIFFty feels like something of a missed branding opportunity — and the event once known as the Festival of Festivals is going big. More than 200 features are scheduled to screen between Sept. 4 and 14.
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Julia Roberts' 'After the Hunt' stirs #MeToo debate at Venice Film Festival

Julia Roberts' 'After the Hunt' stirs #MeToo debate at Venice Film Festival

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Julia Roberts and filmmaker Luca Guadagnino faced pointed questions about complicity and undermining the feminist movement at a news conference for “After the Hunt” on Friday at the Venice Film Festival.
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Music Review: Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend' is a sincere but still sexy breakup album

Music Review: Sabrina Carpenter's 'Man's Best Friend' is a sincere but still sexy breakup album

If Sabrina Carpenter's “Short n' Sweet” celebrated the start of a romantic relationship, the pop sensation's seventh studio album, “Man's Best Friend,” is where it all comes undone in messy pieces.
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Taylor Kitsch's 'The Terminal List' character gets an origin story in 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolf'

Taylor Kitsch's 'The Terminal List' character gets an origin story in 'The Terminal List: Dark Wolf'

Taylor Kitsch's character ends up a villain in 2022's Chris Pratt-led series, “The Terminal List,” and in a new series, viewers learn how he got that way.
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A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway rom-com “Maybe Happy Ending” isn't in a very happy place these days. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony Award-winning glow.
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Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein dreams are alive

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein dreams are alive

NEW YORK (AP) — On the first day of shooting “Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro held up a drawing of the creature he had made when he was a teenager. “He said, ‘This is like Jesus to me,’” recalls Oscar Isaac.
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Rodion Shchedrin, the celebrated Russian composer, has died at age 92

Rodion Shchedrin, the celebrated Russian composer, has died at age 92

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets “Anna Karenina” and the “Carmen Suite,” has died in Germany at age of 92, Moscow's Bolshoi Theater said Friday.
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Lights, camera, brands: TIFF fans feel squeezed out as red carpets go corporate

Lights, camera, brands: TIFF fans feel squeezed out as red carpets go corporate

When Sandi Leung visited a Toronto International Film Festival red carpet for the first time in 2015, she realized she could walk up to almost any part of the red carpet and — if she spent a few hours waiting — finagle a selfie with the likes of Eddi
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