May 1 1931: The Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City; it would be the world’s tallest building for four decades. 1960: The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week: May 1 Singer Judy Collins is 86. Singer Rita Coolidge is 80. Filmmaker John Woo is 79. Actor Dann Florek is 75. Musician Ray Parker Jr. is 71. Hall […]
Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema. In its second weekend in theaters, “Sinners” earned $45 million […]
ONTARIO, Calif. — In less than a year, Katy Perry has released an album, campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris and, just last week, flown to space. As she heads to Mexico City to kick […]
NEW YORK— One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000. It featured songs from a two-night stand with The Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page. But fans […]
Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I […]
NEW YORK — The second season of the Star Wars series “Andor” and the streaming release of the Wu Tang Clan’s latest album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to […]
April 24 1916: Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland. 1915: The Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople, marking the start of the […]
These celebrities have birthdays this week: April 24 Actor Shirley MacLaine is 91. Actor-singer-filmmaker Barbra Streisand is 83. Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier is 73. Actor Eric Bogosian is 72. Actor Michael O’Keefe is 70. […]
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe — A pair of white hands blinding a black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a […]
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