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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 9-15

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 9-15

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 9-15: March 9: Actor Joyce Van Patten is 91. Actor Trish Van Devere is 84. Singer John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 83. Singer Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders is 83.
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Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77

Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77

EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77.
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Oscars photos: See reunions, props and more candid moments from the red carpet

Oscars photos: See reunions, props and more candid moments from the red carpet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars had fun on their way into the Oscars. Best supporting actress nominee Ariana Grande, dressed in a baby pink gown with a tulle skirt, and Elle Fanning, in lacy white, held hands and laughed as they arrived.
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Music Review: An unplugged Jason Isbell electrifies on new album, 'Foxes in the Snow'

Music Review: An unplugged Jason Isbell electrifies on new album, 'Foxes in the Snow'

Jason Isbell unplugged can still electrify. An excellent bandleader, guitarist and singer, Isbell is first and foremost a songwriter, and that skill takes center stage on his new album, “Foxes in the Snow,” which will be released Friday.
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Music Review: Neil Young taps vast archive for previously unreleased 1977 country-rock gem

Music Review: Neil Young taps vast archive for previously unreleased 1977 country-rock gem

The latest in a dizzying number of archival releases from Neil Young offers up a 1970s gem from his country-rock phase. “Oceanside Countryside” opens and closes with a pair of Young classics: “Sail Away” and “Pocahontas.
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An actor in winter. Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall

An actor in winter. Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Anthony Hopkins will have a memoir out this fall, its title inspired by a childhood picture. “We Did OK, Kid” will be published Nov. 4 by Summit Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint.
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Short fiction and essays by 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee to be published in October

Short fiction and essays by 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee to be published in October

NEW YORK (AP) — Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be published this fall.
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Street vendors dispense the party fuel for Rio’s Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow

Street vendors dispense the party fuel for Rio’s Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sweat streamed down Talita Ferreira Sanches’ face as she pushed a cart loaded with beer and water up the winding, cobblestone streets in Rio de Janeiro last month, calling out to glitter-covered revelers decked out in fishnet ti
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Animal skins, bells, ritual chaos: Ancient burnout remedy is still at the heart of Greece’s carnival

Animal skins, bells, ritual chaos: Ancient burnout remedy is still at the heart of Greece’s carnival

DISTOMO, Greece (AP) — Feeling overwhelmed by everyday obligations or doom-scrolling? The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still practiced annually by their rural descendants.
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They were there, but barely: Celebs embrace naked fashion trend at Oscar after-parties

They were there, but barely: Celebs embrace naked fashion trend at Oscar after-parties

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — At the Oscars ceremony, they were there. At the after-parties, they were barely there. Celebrities bared a lot more than their emotions on Oscar night.
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