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Thousands of lights at Chicago Botanic Garden illuminate tunnels, lilies and art

GLENCOE, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Botanic Garden is dazzling patrons and visitors from around the world with their fifth annual holiday display of light and music: Lightscape.

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'Max Payne' and 'Rescue Me' actor James McCaffrey dies at 65

NEW YORK (AP) — James McCaffrey, who voiced “Max Payne” in the popular video game franchise and also starred in television shows including “Rescue Me,” has died, according to his agent. He was 65.

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Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he's convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star .

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Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51,000

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Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The shiny, gold Nike sneakers were hard to miss in the donation pile at a shelter in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year.

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Jeffrey Wright, shape-shifter supreme, sees some of himself in 'American Fiction'

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters. He’s played Colin Powell, a Dominican drug kingpin, Batman's Commissioner Gordon and a longtime inmate nearing release.

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'Zone of Interest' wins Toronto Film Critics Association award for best film of 2023

TORONTO — Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest" has been named best picture of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Dec 18, 2023 12:32 PM Read more >

Lucasfilm, APTN join plans for Ojibwe version of 'Star Wars: A New Hope'

The galaxy of "Star Wars" is expanding once again as plans take shape to translate the original 1977 Hollywood hit into the Ojibwe language.

Dec 18, 2023 10:20 AM Read more >

Behind the 'Maestro' drama is a raft of theater stars supporting the story of Leonard Bernstein

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure on Broadway. So it seems only fitting that the new film darma of him leans on the Great White Way to get the story right.

Dec 18, 2023 9:58 AM Read more >

Russell Brand questioned by London police over 6 more sexual offense claims, UK media say

LONDON (AP) — Comedian Russell Brand has been questioned for a second time by police investigating sexual offense allegations, British media reported Monday.

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