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Musical sensation ‘Six’ hopes to empower audiences with pop numbers, power ballads

Musical sensation ‘Six’ hopes to empower audiences with pop numbers, power ballads

TORONTO — In Mirvish's latest production of a Tony Award-winning hit, six divas in glam-pop jewelled versions of Tudor attire flip the story of King Henry VIII and his ex-wives on its head.
Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

NEW YORK (AP) — Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities lately dipping their toes into producing on Broadway.

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Top New Shows (US): 1. The Really Good Podcast, Bobbi Althoff 2. How Rude, Tanneritos!, iHeartPodcasts 3. The RE—CAP Show: World Cup Edition, RE—INC 4. I Beg Your Pardon, Nurse John 5. The Meatball Pod, Audioboom 6.

Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting

NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of hip-hop, plugging turntables into a light post and converting an outdoor basketball court into a discotheque may have seemed like a simple invitation to party.
Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a kindergartener when her mother gave her a record player, and she would continuously spin it, not knowing what it was.
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

BRONX, NEW YORK (AP) — Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also grit, resilience and creativity.
Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her.
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times

BRONX, NEW YORK (AP) — Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also grit, resilience and creativity.
Sony's profits drop as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes

Sony's profits drop as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes

TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s April-June profit slipped 17% from a year earlier, as worries grew about revenue damage from a strike in the movie sector, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Wednesday. Tokyo-based Sony Corp.
Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and their early hip-hop influences

Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and their early hip-hop influences

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do.
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