Former Current DJ Mary Lucia joins Radio K team
Lucia will service as program adviser for the University of Minnesota station.
Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer
A New Mexico judge is considering Alec Baldwin's request to dismiss a grand jury indictment against him at a scheduled court hearing Friday.
Lainey Wilson wins big at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the top honor
It was Lainey Wilson 's night, in many ways. She took home female artist of the year and the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas.
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Rock band Cage the Elephant emerge from loss and hospitalization with new album 'Neon Pill'
To say Cage the Elephant's latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement. The band dealt with the deaths of loved ones, the pandemic and their lead singer's arrest and hospitalization.
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Anitta defends her Afro-Brazilian faith after new music video costs her some followers
Brazil's biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common.
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Soulful singer Michael McDonald looks back in his new memoir, 'What a Fool Believes'
Something stopped Michael McDonald from telling his story publicly — him. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with multiple Grammys just didn't think he had one.
Movies
Review: Amy Winehouse didn't want to go to 'Rehab,' and her biopic also resists logic
The biopic is best when star Marisa Abela is performing the singer's hits.
Business
Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff has won Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his ''critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time,'' prize organizers said Wednesday.
World
Young South Koreans are increasingly drawn to Buddhism via social media-savvy influencers
A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: ''This too shall pass!'' The performance brought cheers from a crowd of thousands at an annual lantern-lighting festival over the weekend to celebrate the Buddha's birthday.
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Golden Bachelorette announced, and it's not Minnesota's Leslie Fhima
A fellow contestant from "The Golden Bachelor" will star in the reality TV show airing this fall.
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
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In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story
Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of ''girls to the front'' inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one.
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David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78
David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie's ''Young Americans'' and James Taylor's ''How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)'' and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78.
Business
Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends
At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times for the media to cover an industry that, by traditional measures, is waning in influence.
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George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in a play version of movie 'Good Night, and Good Luck'
George Clooney will make his Broadway acting debut next year in a familiar project for the Hollywood star: ''Good Night, and Good Luck.''
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George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in a play version of movie 'Good Night, and Good Luck'
George Clooney will make his Broadway acting debut next year in a familiar project for the Hollywood star: ''Good Night, and Good Luck.''
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 19-25
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 19-25:
World
Swiss fans get ready to welcome Eurovision winner Nemo back home
Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready Sunday to give a hero's welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with ''The Code,'' an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer's journey toward embracing a nongender identity.
World
Switzerland's Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over Gaza war
Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with ''The Code,'' an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer's journey toward embracing a nongender identity.
World
Dutch broadcaster furious, fans bemused after Netherlands' Joost Klein is booted from Eurovision
A Dutch public broadcaster reacted angrily after the Netherlands' contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before Saturday's final over a backstage altercation that is being investigated by police.
World
Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the Israel-Hamas war overshadows the song contest
Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's exuberant, glitter-drenched final.
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Here's what to know about conservatorships and how Brian Wilson's case evolved
A judge put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriter's doctor reported that he has a major neurocognitive disorder.
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