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Aerosmith named MusiCare's 2020 Person of the Year

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - An organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance will honour Aerosmith as its 2020 person of the year. MusiCares announced Frida...

Oct 04, 2019

Dr. Dre, Iovine unveil high-tech new building at USC

LOS ANGELES - Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and Jimmy Iovine want a new high-tech building bearing their names at the University of Southern California to become a place where young creatives can understand m...

Oct 04, 2019

Pastor, radio host charged with sexual battery on child

WINTER PARK, Fla. - A popular Christian radio show host is being held without bail in Florida on allegations that he sexually abused a child numerous times over five years. The Orlando Sentinel report...

Oct 04, 2019

James Franco’s ex-students sue alleging sexual impropriety

LOS ANGELES - Two actresses sued James Franco and the acting and film school he founded Thursday, saying he intimidated his students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations far beyond those...

Oct 04, 2019

Organizers: Plácido Domingo to be absent from Batuta Prizes

MEXICO CITY - Organizers of this weekend's Batuta Prizes in Mexico say opera star Plcido Domingo will not attend, following multiple allegations from women who say the legendary Spanish tenor sexually...

Oct 04, 2019

‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It’ gets box set after 10 years

LOS ANGELES - A small-batch box set of film, music and memorabilia will be released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of "Michael Jackson's This Is It," the movie that captured Jackson's final concert...

Oct 04, 2019

Netflix series ‘Living Undocumented’ probes migrant plights

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new Netflix documentary series investigates the diversity of migrants caught in the intricate U.S immigration system where uncertainty and pain often battle dreams. "Living Undoc...

Oct 04, 2019

Mexican actress Aparicio named UNESCO ambassador

PARIS - The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples. The 25-year-old actress made history as the first i...

Oct 04, 2019

21 Savage: Young undocumented immigrants should be ‘exempt’

LOS ANGELES - Rapper 21 Savage says undocumented immigrants who lived in America as children should automatically become U.S. citizens. The Grammy-nominated artist who was held earlier this year in fe...

Oct 04, 2019

Netanyahu’s legal saga reaches critical stage in Israel

JERUSALEM - Prosecutors began a pre-indictment hearing for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, opening a critical stage in a lengthy legal saga that threatens to end the career of the long...

Oct 04, 2019