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A video projection by Manual Cinema uses animation, shadow puppets and oral installation to help museum visitors "understand why more than 50 years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968, we are still living in a segregated world with a growing racial wealth gap," according to the National Public Housing Museum, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents

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A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America.

Jon M. Chu, from left, director of the upcoming film "Wicked: For Good," Ariana Grande, and Cynthia Erivo, cast members of the upcoming film "Wicked: For Good," appear onstage during the Universal Pictures and Focus Features presentation at CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo tease new 'Wicked: For Good' footage during CinemaCon victory lap

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When Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M.

FILE - Then U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau delivers a statement to members of the media at the Benito Juarez International Airport, upon his arrival to Mexico City, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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US revokes visas of Mexican band members after cartel leader's face was projected at a concert

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The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance at a music festival in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Office of the Mayor of New York, Mayor Eric Adams, third left, participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony and sign unveiling of Bally Links, formerly Trump Links, at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office via AP, File)
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New York's casino sweepstakes could put $115M in Donald Trump's pocket

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A high-stakes contest to decide who gets to build a casino in New York City could potentially result in a $115 million jackpot for President Donald Trump.

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James Gunn, from left, writer, director, and producer of the upcoming film "Superman," Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, and David Corenswet, cast members of the upcoming film "Superman," appear onstage during the Warner Bros. Pictures presentation at CinemaCon on Monday, April 1, 2025, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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James Gunn predicts summer of 'Superman' to the rescue of the box office

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The 2025 box office has been hit with a deficit.

FILE - Soprano Anna Netrebko attends a news conference on the premiere of Manon Lescaut in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Soprano Anna Netrebko to open Royal Opera season, returning after a 6-year absence

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Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London’s Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca” that starts Jakub Hrůša’s tenure as music director.

Baritone Edward Parks, center, portrays Don Alfonso, the CEO of a tech company that is creating AI companions, in a scene from Yuval Sharon's production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," at the Detroit Opera House. (Austin T. Richey/Detroit Opera via AP)
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Detroit production of Mozart opera turns its female characters into automatons

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Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of “Cosi fan tutte” to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO.

Gracie Abrams appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024, left, Kendrick Lamar appears at a news conference in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025, center, and Zoe Saldana appears at the Oscars Nominees Dinner in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)
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Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams and Zoe Saldaña earn Webby Award nominations, along with Nutter Butter

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Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.

Director Oliver Stone stands to be sworn in during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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'JFK' director Oliver Stone calls for a reinvestigation of Kennedy's 1963 assassination

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Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone has called on Congress to reinvestigate the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy following last month's release of thousands of pages of government documents surrounding the killing.

Paul Mescal, from left, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, and Harris Dickinson, cast members of the upcoming films about The Beatles, speak during the Sony Pictures presentation at CinemaCon on Monday, March 31, 2025, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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The Beatles biopics cast revealed: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson

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Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

President Donald Trump waves as he walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

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President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced.

FILE - Amber Ruffin arrives at the 16th Annual AAFCA Film Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file)
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Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team

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Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington.

FILE - Actress-singer Liza Minnelli poses for a portrait in New York on Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)
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Liza Minnelli documentary sheds light on those who helped shape a superstar

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The documentary “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story” offers fresh insight into an EGOT winner who overcame addiction, insecurity and the shadow of her mother — Judy Garland — to become a beloved American icon.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, holds a roundtable meeting with writer Jack Thorne, centre, and producer Jo Johnson at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Monday March 31, 2025. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP)
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'Adolescence' will be shown in schools across the UK to spark conversations on social media harm

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The makers of Netflix's teenage drama “Adolescence” have sparked a conversation on how to protect children from violent misogyny and other harmful content on social media.

Jack Black poses for photographers with a model wolf character from the film, upon arrival at the World premiere of A Minecraft Movie on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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Jack Black, Jason Momoa enter the Minecraft universe as the video game phenom hits the big screen

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When Jack Black got the call to star in the “Minecraft” movie, the perks were plenty.

Rob de Heer talks next to his artwork, one of 60 pieces exhibited and inspired by the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring," painting by Johannes Vermeer, at The Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Molly Quell)
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From orange peels to bottle caps: Thousands of artists create their own 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'

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When the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague loaned its most famous work for an exhibition in 2023, it needed to find something to fill the empty space left by Johannes Vermeer’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”.

Gary Coffin, co-council for the Hackman estate, looks to Santa Fe County attorney, Walker Boyd, left, and and Peter Valencia, center, during witness testimony in the Hackman estate privacy case before Judge Matthew J. Wilson in District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, March 31, 2025. (Michael G. Seamans/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
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A court is allowing the release of most records in the Gene Hackman death investigation

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A New Mexico court has cleared the way for the release of investigative records from the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, as long as depictions of the deceased couple are blocked from view.

Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of "No Other Land," is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him

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The organization that bestows the Academy Awards has apologized to “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal after mounting criticism following its response to the violent attack on the Oscar winner.

FILE - Brendan Carr, a Federal Communications Commission commissioner, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2020. (Alex Wong/Pool via AP File)

Trump's FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies

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President Trump's head of the FCC had Disney and ABC in his sights.

FILE- People wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington, Mat 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?

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The Smithsonian, which oversees numerous museums and cultural centers, including the Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is coming under criticism from President Donald Trump.

This image released by Focus Features shows co-writer/actor Tom Basden, from left, director James Griffiths and actor Carey Mulligan on the set of "The Ballad of Wallis Island." (Alistair Heap/Focus Features via AP)

Can the ‘feel-good’ movie exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can

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By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now.

A visitor stands by the artwork "Great Hall of the People on October 27, 2000" by artist Chow Chun-fai at Art Basel in Hong Kong, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen)

Hong Kong painter draws inspiration from city's recent history in works at Art Basel

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At Hong Kong’s Art Basel, painter Chow Chun-fai’s new works transport viewers back to the night in 1997 when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule, displayed in the very exhibition center where one era ended and another began.

FILE- People wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington, Mat 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”.

In this undated photo provided by Texas Department of Criminal Justice is prison inmate Yolanda Saldvar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, after being convicted of killing Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Perez. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

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The woman who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been denied parole by a Texas board.