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Queen and Lambert enjoying success

Queen has clearly found somebody to love in Adam Lambert.Since joining forces with the “American Idol” runner-up for a series of shows in 2012, the band that ruled rock radio in the 1970s and early ’80s has enjoyed tremendous success, with audiences embracing Lambert as the heir to ...

Samantha Bee plans counter White House Correspondents Dinner

NEW YORK – Comic Samantha Bee is throwing a counter-party to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner this spring.Scheduled for the same April night as the real dinner, Bee said Monday she’ll welcome journalists and “non-irritating celebrities to the first annual Not the White House ...

In ‘The Salesman,’ echoes of Arthur Miller in Tehran

Even as Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi layers his films with complexity – with characters whose intimacies are crowded by politics, society and the past – his command of narrative is utterly total. You get the impression he could direct his way out of any labyrinth, that his camera ...

‘Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown gets first film role

LOS ANGELES – “Stranger Things” breakout star Millie Bobby Brown has landed her first big film role in “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” representatives for Legendary announced recently.With a smattering of TV credits to her name, the 12-year-old actress gained fame this past year for her ...

Grammys, CBS to honor Bee Gees

LOS ANGELES – The Recording Academy and CBS will pay tribute to the Bee Gees two days after the Grammys with a concert featuring a range of artists, including Celine Dion, Andra Day, John Legend and Keith Urban.The show, “Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees,” ...

Iranian director to skip Oscars over Trump’s travel ban

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Oscar-nominated Iranian director said Sunday he will not attend this year’s Academy Awards because of a travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump.Asghar Farhadi, an acclaimed director whose film, “The Salesman,” was nominated for best foreign language film, ...