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LOS ANGELES — CBS announced Wednesday that the following series are renewed for the 2020-21 season: — “All Rise” — “The Amazing Race” — “Blue Bloods” — “Bob Hearts Abishola” — “Bull” — “Evil” — “FBI” — “FBI: Most Wanted” — “48 Hours” — “MacGyver” — “

LOS ANGELES — “The Half of It” director Alice Wu is not like other filmmakers. It’s not because she happens to be Asian American, female and gay, although that does put her in a rare class.

LOS ANGELES — Tribeca is taking audiences back to the drive-in this summer.

NEW YORK — After scrapping the original release date for her new album because of the spreading coronavirus, Lady Gaga has announced that her sixth studio release will be out on May 29. Gaga announced the news Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — TV viewers craving familiarity will find it on CBS, which is renewing nearly two-dozen series including newcomers “The Unicorn" and “All Rise” and stalwarts “Blue Bloods” and “The Amazing Race.

LOS ANGELES — TV viewers craving familiarity will find it on CBS, which is renewing nearly two-dozen series including newcomers “The Unicorn" and “All Rise” and stalwarts “Blue Bloods” and “The Amazing Race.

NEW YORK — A ballerina in Australia floats across the dining room floor in a hijab. Another leaps in the air on a rooftop in the Philippines, while still another showcases her intricate footwork in her backyard in the United States.

BERLIN — Florian Schneider-Esleben, a co-founder of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died, record label Sony said Wednesday. He was 73.

War is futile. War is a waste. War lays ruin to generations of promising young people.

Nanaimo, B.C. teen Lauren Spencer-Smith may not have had the hometown advantage on "American Idol," but she feels she had a fair shot on the show.