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Los Angeles dance festival draws filmmakers from Argentina to Turkey to Hollywood

Two modern dancers dress in black unitards seemingly attached at the hips, arms outstretched in ballet positions, one standing up on the right the other kneeling on their right leg and left leg extended to the side
Bridget Murnane’s Bella
Dancer in a treed area in a yellow-green tutu with bared arms, shoulders and legs below the knee
Dr. Tia-Monique Uzor’s The Noise My Leaves Make

The popular west coast dance film festival welcomes patrons of the arts under open skies on the lawn of the Barnsdall Gallery Theater in East Hollywood with a 90-min. free screening of international shorts starting Thursday.

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Ohio Players and Bootsy Collins performing at Cincinnati-Baltimore playoff game halftime show

Bootsy Collins performing in an orange, black and white top hat football jersey, and jacket

Ohio Players and Parliament-Funkadelic star, and Cincinnati native, the legendary Bootsy Collins will be performing a four-minute set at Halftime at the Cincinnati and Baltimore playoff game on Sunday January 15 at Paycor Stadium in Ohio. 

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Maestro Fresh Wes turns producer-chef for new TV show

Musician Maestro Fresh Wes, or  Wesley Williams, calls one of the recipes he prepares on his new television show, Maestro Chef Wes, the “Backbone Slider,” a clever play on the title of his 1989 platinum-certified hit song Let Your Backbone Slide

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John Boyega reps Frito-Lay FIFA World Cup commercial shot in Toronto

British actor John Boyega gives us “a taste of the beautiful game” in a commercial set in a local corner shop in Toronto. In an energetic history lesson on the world’s most popular sport, the actor roots for Canada in the FIFA World Cup championships with a big bag of Frito-Lay potato chips in his hands. 

John Boyega holding a bag of chips in his right hand and a soccer ball in his left arm.
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Art With Me ventures to Miami from its home base in Mexico

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World-renowned artists on exhibit, works of art being created on the spot, musicians performing live, DJs on deck, and top chefs whipping up delicious dishes. Arts and culture lovers from around the globe gather for an immersive art experience in a 30-acre park in Miami this weekend.

This is the second time that Art With Me will be held in that city. The event’s founder David Graziano calls this year’s festival “the best pre-Basel event in Miami.”

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Lupita Nyong’o spotted backstage at ‘Black Panther’ premiere

Actress Lupita Nyong’o opted for an edgy fashion look for the premiere of Marvel Studio’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever world premiere in Hollywood on October 26.

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Jerry Lee Lewis, the last originator of rock, dies at 87

An elderly Jerry Lee Lewis in a gold sequinned jacket waving to the unseen crowd. Taken from below on his right, with a spotlight like the moon above, left.
Jerry Lee Lewis. Photo: Scott Schaefer

Somewhere in the world, in a mean little honky-tonk or big music hall or church basement rec room, someone is playing a Jerry Lee Lewis song. Wherever there is a piano, someone is shouting …

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Kristallnacht: night of broken glass

Kristallnacht, German for “crystal night” or “night of broken glass.” So named for the events of November 9 and 10, 1938 when shattered glass from Jewish businesses, homes and places of worship littered the streets.

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