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Drug kingpin Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami

Drug kingpin Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami

MIAMI (AP) — Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, who co-founded the notorious drug trafficking organization Black Mafia Family , will serve the remainder of his prison sentence in a residential reentry program in Miami, according to the Federal Bureau of
Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93

Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.
Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame

Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame

LONDON (AP) — One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of the social media era.
Jane Fonda to receive lifetime achievement award from actors’ guild

Jane Fonda to receive lifetime achievement award from actors’ guild

Actor and humanitarian Jane Fonda is adding the SAG life achievement award to her many accolades. The 86-year-old will be given the prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in February, the guild said Thursday.

Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards next month. Jon Batiste will perform live

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's National Book Awards 75th anniversary ceremony won't only be a tribute to literature. Expect some laughs and some music, too.
Music Review: Bon Iver reflects, laments and resets on 'SABLE,' a short EP of indie folk

Music Review: Bon Iver reflects, laments and resets on 'SABLE,' a short EP of indie folk

More than five years have passed since Bon Iver's last album, “i, i” was released, so it's fitting that the opening of this new indie folk EP, “SABLE,” arrives like a siren, warning the listener of some intensity ahead.
Filming 'What We Do in The Shadows' was 'a Canadian experience,' show's star says

Filming 'What We Do in The Shadows' was 'a Canadian experience,' show's star says

Matt Berry has spent six years playing a suburban New York vampire but he will forever associate "What We Do in The Shadows" with Toronto, where the acclaimed series was filmed.
Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 sends shockwaves around the world

Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 sends shockwaves around the world

BUENOS AIRES, Argentine (AP) — Shockwaves spread around the world Thursday at the death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of British boy band One Direction and had to deal with intense global fame while still in his teens.
McConnell called Trump 'stupid,' 'despicable' in private after 2020 election, according to new book

McConnell called Trump 'stupid,' 'despicable' in private after 2020 election, according to new book

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a “despicable human being" and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republ

Percival Everett's 'James' wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's novel “James,” his acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett's recent wave of literary honors.
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