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Director Ryan Coogler sits with a panel for a Q-and-A after a screening of Sinners in Clarksdale, Mississippi on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)
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Ryan Coogler hosts 'Sinners' screening in Mississippi town where film is set

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Director Ryan Coogler and other cast and crew members of the hit film “Sinners” visited Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is set, for a special screening.

FILE - Smokey Robinson attends the screening for "The Apollo" during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Smokey Robinson sues former housekeepers for defamation over rape allegations

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Smokey Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who filed a $50 million lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault.

Sean Diddy Combs listens during opening statements on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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Ex-assistant testifies Sean 'Diddy' Combs sexually assaulted her and used violence to get his way

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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former personal assistant testified that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her head and slammed her arm into a door during a torturous eight-year tenure.

FILE - Jennifer Aniston arrives at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
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Judge finds man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston is mentally incompetent to stand trial

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A man charged with stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through the front gate of her home has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

This image released by Carnegie Mellon University shows Gary Edwin Robinson, recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Theatre Education Award, posing in front of a mural at the Boys and Girls High School in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 7, 2025. (Pam Wigley/Carnegie Mellon University via AP)
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Special Tony for educators goes to NYC high school teacher who urges students to 'step out the box'

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The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a New York public high school teacher who shows how theater skills can apply to a career in the arts and also far away from it.

Isaac Green, 34, poses for a portrait with his copy of "The Sacred Harp" near a natural spring at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Bremen, Ga., on Sunday, March 32, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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Who are the Sacred Harp singers using a more than 180-year-old hymnal today

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“The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing it and carry on the Christian songbook’s more than 180-year-old folk music history.

Isaac Green, 34, flips through his personal copy of "The Sacred Harp," a shape-note hymnal linked to a more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition, at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Bremen, Ga., on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The 1991 edition has undergone a multi-year revision process conducted by a nine-member committee and will be released by the Sacred Harp Publishing Company in September. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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Takeaways from AP's report on why pre-Civil War hymnal 'The Sacred Harp' is getting an update

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“The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update.

Bennet Mbata holds books of renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the U.S., at Nuria bookshop in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87

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Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s criticism of an autocratic administration, leading to his arrest and imprisonment in the 1970s.

Australian actor Magda Szubanski speaks at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Dec. 7, 2017, after parliament voted to allow same-sex marriage across the nation. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)
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Australian comic actor Magda Szubanski, star of 'Babe' and 'Kath and Kim,' reveals cancer diagnosis

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Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski has announced that she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang and Jackie Chan in a scene from "Karate Kid: Legends." (Jonathan Wenk/Sony Pictures via AP)
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With ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ Ben Wang is the 1st Asian American new ‘Kid’ on the block

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It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.”.

FILE - Julie Chrisley, right, and her husband Todd Chrisley pose for photos at the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards April 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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What to know about reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were pardoned by Trump

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Reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley have been pardoned by President Donald Trump after being imprisoned on federal convictions for bank fraud and tax evasion.

In this image made from video, Philadelphia's Mayor Cherelle Parker, left, honors actor Quinta Brunson with a key to the city in a ceremony dedicating a mural at Brunsons alma mater, Andrew Hamilton School, which was the inspiration for her award-winning show Abbott Elementary Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
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Philadelphia honors Quinta Brunson with key, mural at alma mater that inspired 'Abbott Elementary'

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Philadelphia's mayor has honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her award-winning show “Abbott Elementary.”.