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R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for sexually abusing young fans

The prosecutor said the rapper sought to raise up his neighborhood with him.

Four Atlantic City casinos reach contract agreement with union, averting a strike on Fourth of July weekend

Essence’s chief executive officer said she’s been asked many times whether the Essence Festival of Culture is staying in New Orleans

The leather-clad founding member of the notorious motorcycle club has died.

“Mr. Malcolm’s List” is not, technically, by Jane Austen, but it is Austenesque through and through

Former Associated Press board chair Frank Daniels Jr. has died at 90

Years before “Bridgerton” and the Regency-era fashion moment it helped inspire, director Emma Holly Jones was dreaming of an early 19th century romantic comedy with a diverse cast

If you were hiding under your bed after listening to the last album by Imagine Dragons, it’s time to come out

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After light years in space, actors Sonequa Martin-Green and Kate Mulgrew are meeting up on Earth to compare “Star Trek” stories

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The NFL is teaming up with Ice Cube

The 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at 45, is the youngest person to receive the library’s fiction award and is being honored for her lifetime of work examining racism and social injustice

Despite a growing recognition of the newspaper industry's problems among politicians and philanthropists, a new report says a downward trend continues

Royal accounts show the British monarchy’s publicly-funded spending rose by 17% to 102.4 million pounds ($124 million) in the past year, with the renovation of Buckingham Palace taking up a large part of the expenses

Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine

Buckingham Palace has investigated how staff handled allegations of bullying.

Both sides have rested their cases in the trial of a man charged with the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle

R. Kelly is being sentenced in a sex trafficking case.

For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said

Fox News Channel is airing the Jan. 6 committee hearings when they occur during daytime hours, and ratings show that a striking number of their viewers are tuning it out

R. Kelly’s musical accomplishments have been accompanied by a long history of allegations that he sexually abused women and children

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” writer-director Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his whodunit hit “Knives Out,” will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

R. Kelly, who used music superstardom to subject young fans to systemic sexual abuse, sentenced to 30 years in prison

Dutch police have released without charge two Belgians who were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a daring smash and grab jewelry heist at a prestigious art fair

Black culture, in all its glory, will be on display over the 4th of July holiday weekend in New Orleans as thousands converge for the in-person return of the Essence Festival of Culture

The Nielsen company says the NBA Finals series between two stories franchises reached 24% more viewers than the 2021 Finals

More than 200 employees at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have ratified a contract that includes better pay and benefits

Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Smartly dressed robbers wielding what appeared to be weapons and a sledgehammer have staged a brazen jewelry heist at an international art fair in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht

Woody Allen told Alec Baldwin during a live interview Tuesday on Instagram that he is mulling ending his movie-making career, saying directing has lost its luster

Chris Pratt’s respect for people serving in the U_S_ military runs deep, so much so that he uses veterans in his new Amazon series, “The Terminal List.'

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Two decades old, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival strives to create a greener, more energy efficient and less wasteful music experience

Bond has been set for “Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle on charges he laundered more than half a million dollars

A judge has found that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears to go to trial for felony stalking

Marc Jacobs’ runway show in the grand, marbled lobby of the New York Public Library came exactly a year after his previous show in the same venue — the first in-person runway show since the pandemic had shut things down for a couple of seasons

A man was killed and two others injured, including rapper Ludacris' manager.

The Scarlet Sails celebration is a rite of passage both figuratively and literally. Every year, tall ships with glowing red sails make their way down the Neva River in St. Petersburg to honor recent school graduates as they set out on their journey into adulthood. Enormous, happy crowds gathered along the river banks to watch the ships on Friday and Saturday, along with an elaborate fireworks show. The pageant’s colors were augmented by the deep blue glow of the night sky, which never becomes completely dark over the northern city during the summer. Recent graduates flocked from throughout Russia for the celebration, embracing each other, tossing their fellows in the air and clambering onto windowsills and door frames to watch the passing ships. The celebration dates to Soviet times, in 1968, and is rooted in the earlier romantic fantasy novel of the same name by Russian author Aleksandr Green, which was turned into a popular movie in 1961. The book tells the tale of a poor girl...

A man was killed and two others were injured, including rap star Ludacris’ manager, in a parking lot shooting in an upscale neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta on Sunday night

Television actor Mary Mara has died in an apparently accidental drowning in upstate New York

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MSNBC says that journalist Alex Wagner will take over Rachel Maddow's prime-time slot four nights a week, beginning in August

Federal authorities have seized six websites that prosecutors say were illegally distributing copyrighted music to millions of users

Many observers expected the Jan. 6 committee hearings would be nothing more than reruns, but they've proven much more