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Maroon 5 cancels Super Bowl halftime news conference

Published On: January 30, 2019 01:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Maroon 5 has canceled its news conference to discuss the band’s Super Bowl halftime performance, choosing to not meet with reporters as most acts have done.

Venezuela’s Maduro offers to negotiate with opposition

Published On: January 30, 2019 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW, Jan 30: More than a week into a standoff with the opposition, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that he is willing to negotiate.

‘Empire’ cast member alleges homophobic attack in Chicago

Published On: January 30, 2019 09:05 AM NPT By: Associated Press

A cast member on the hit television show ‘Empire’ alleged he was physically attacked by men in Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs, police said Tuesday.

Top Pakistani court upholds acquittal, frees Christian woman

Published On: January 29, 2019 06:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a move that dealt a blow to radical Islamists who had demanded her execution.

Before it hits Netflix, Sundance previews ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’

Published On: January 29, 2019 09:24 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Dan Gilroy’s satirical contemporary art world thriller “Velvet Buzzsaw” will be available to Netflix subscribers worldwide this Friday.

Henson and Badu say comments on R. Kelly misrepresented

Published On: January 29, 2019 09:12 AM NPT By: Associated Press

he #MuteRKelly hashtag has trended on social media after the Lifetime documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly” began airing in January. The show drew fresh attention to the sex abuse allegations against Kelly, which have dogged him most of his career. Kelly, who was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008, has denied allegations of abuse.

Ahead of Oscars, ‘Black Panther’ to return to theaters again

Published On: January 29, 2019 09:08 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Fresh off of its win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, “Black Panther” is heading back into theaters. Disney announced Monday that Ryan Coogler’s Oscar nominee will play for free Feb. 1-7 at 250 participating AMC theaters to celebrate Black History Month. Disney also said it will give a $1.5 million grant to support the United Negro College Fund.

The Latest: 2 suspects dead, 5 officers hurt in shooting

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HOUSTON, Jan 29: The Latest on five Houston officers injured during a shooting (all times local):

Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba; 3 dead, 172 hurt

Published On: January 29, 2019 08:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HAVANA, Jan 29: Neighborhood brigades and teams of government workers hacked at fallen trees and hauled chunks of concrete out of collapsed homes Monday as the Cuban capital attempted to recover from what officials called the strongest tornado to hit Cuba in nearly 80 years.

‘Black Panther’ wins top honor at SAG Awards, ‘Maisel’ soars

Published On: January 28, 2019 02:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The win puts “Black Panther” squarely in contention for best picture at the Academy Awards where it’s nominated for seven honors including best picture. Actors make up the largest percentage of the academy, so their preferences can have an especially large impact on the Oscar race. In the last decade the SAG ensemble winner has gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards half of the time.

Detained Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 ½ years

Published On: January 28, 2019 10:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Jan 28: Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in a wide-ranging crackdown on the legal profession.

Some 70,000 Brussels protesters demand action on climate

Published On: January 28, 2019 09:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Jan 28: At least 70,000 people braved cold and rain in Brussels on Sunday to demand the Belgian government and the European Union increase their efforts to fight climate change, the Belgian capital’s fourth climate rally in two months to attract at least 10,000 participants.

The complete list of winners at Screen Actors Guild Awards

Published On: January 28, 2019 09:18 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Winners at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild awards, presented Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:

UPDATE: Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58

Published On: January 28, 2019 08:57 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BRUMADINHO, Jan 28: Brazilian rescue crews returned to mud-covered flats Sunday to resume the search for hundreds of people missing in the wake of a dam collapse after the operation was suspended for several hours over fears that a second dam was at risk of breach.

Man says emotional support alligator helps his depression

Published On: January 28, 2019 07:54 AM NPT By: Associated Press

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.

‘Glass’ is No. 1 again, McConaughey’s ‘Serenity’ flops

Published On: January 28, 2019 07:29 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Matthew McConaughey notched one of the worst debuts of his career, Oscar nominees saw only modest bumps and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” easily remained No. 1 on a quiet weekend in movie theaters.

Tribal land known for waterfalls won’t allow tour guides

Published On: January 27, 2019 03:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The thousands of tourists who travel to a remote Native American reservation deep in the Grand Canyon each year to camp near a series of picturesque, blue-green waterfalls will have to do so without the benefit of professional guides.

27 dead as bombs hit cathedral in Philippines during Mass

Published On: January 27, 2019 01:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JOLO, Jan 27: Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 27 people and wounding 77 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said.

Shia LaBeouf turned rehab into a writing room for new film

Published On: January 27, 2019 01:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Shia LaBeouf latest film was born in an unusual place — court-ordered rehab.

With a record acquisition, ‘Late Night’ is a Sundance hit

Published On: January 27, 2019 11:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press

“Late Night” follows a veteran talk show host played by Thompson who’s facing declining ratings, possible cancellation and a reputation for not liking women. Kaling wrote the script and plays the “diversity hire” in the writer’s room who has no qualifications except an undying love for Thompson’s character, Katherine Newbury. But she helps shake things up for the show.