NEW YORK — Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is now getting some recognition from the literary world. PEN America will honor him at its fundraising gala next spring with the Business Visionary award. PEN, the century-old […]
MOORESVILLE — The stars were out last Thursday as the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame honored six new inductees to its distinguished list of more than 130 groundbreaking artists. To kick off the evening, […]
Country superstar Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced last Wednesday. The new class also includes Steve Bogard and Tony Martin in […]
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show […]
LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg proclaimed, “The Godfather” the “greatest American film ever made,” Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and Harrison Ford fought back tears reflecting […]
LONDON — American actor John Lithgow won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards on Sunday for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.” Backwards-biographical story “The Curious […]
NEW YORK — Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a list that also includes two sets of […]
LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at Sunday’s Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award. The superstar, who is both the most awarded and […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “Emilia Pérez” won best musical or comedy motion picture at the 82nd Golden Globes, while “The Brutalist” won best motion picture drama, and Adrien Brody took home best actor for his […]
As we say goodbye to Volume Two of the North State Journal and welcome our third volume today, I have taken stock of the excellent journalism our stable of writers, photographers and designers have created […]
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