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On new album, Chick Corea plays with a piano and his fans

NEW YORK - If you're very lucky, one day Chick Corea will make your portrait. And because he's a formidable musician, it will be a portrait entirely in musical notes. Corea likes inviting volunteers o...

Sep 09, 2020

Oscars set inclusion standards for best picture category

In an historic move, the Oscars are raising the inclusion bar for best picture nominees starting with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday laid o...

Sep 09, 2020

U.S. job postings rise to 6.6 million in July

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about the job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Labor Department said Wednesda...

Sep 09, 2020

Iranian director calls Venice premiere 'like a new life'

VENICE, Italy - Restricted travel, quarantine and positive COVID-19 tests meant that Majid Majidi's appearance at the Venice Film Festival for Iranian drama "Sun Children" (Khorshid) was an achievemen...

Sep 09, 2020

'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' will end in 2021

LOS ANGELES - Who do we keep up with now? After more than a decade, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" will be ending its run next year. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye" to the reality sho...

Sep 09, 2020

Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Ha...

Sep 09, 2020

Afghan officials: Kabul bomb targets VP, kills 2 civilians

KABUL - A bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed at least two civilians and wounded several others in an attack that targeted the country's first vice-president, who was unharmed, officials...

Sep 08, 2020

Tech chills spill into Asia, as shares sink across region

Asian shares slid further Wednesday after a sell-off of big technology stocks on Wall Street pulled U.S. benchmarks lower. Crude oil prices and Treasury yields also weakened. Australia's benchmark led...

Sep 08, 2020

Arizona Supreme Court denies West's bid to appear on ballot

PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Kanye West's bid to appear on the state's Nov. 3 ballot as an independent presidential candidate, just hours before eight of the state's 15 coun...

Sep 08, 2020

Appeals court agrees R&B singer R. Kelly should stay jailed

NEW YORK - R. Kelly can remain behind bars awaiting multiple trials on child pornography and other charges in three states, an appeals court in New York said Tuesday as a lawyer for the R&B singer...

Sep 08, 2020