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ABOVE PHOTO: Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” and host of “Dateline NBC” on the set of his weekday evening news set in New York. Holt spent a couple of nights locked up in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison earlier this year for a “Dateline NBC” episode about criminal justice reform. The episode airs Friday…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Billy Porter attends the world premiere of “Like a Boss” at the SVA Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS Last New Year’s Eve, Billy Porter was working in New Orleans. This year he’ll still be working — but in New York City. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister arrives to the world premiere of the film titled “The Grand”, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, Friday, April 27, 2007. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson) By Jonathan Landrum Jr. ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES  — Tommy “Tiny” Lister, a former professional wrestler who was known for his bullying…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Carol Sutton arrives at the World Premiere of “Poms” in Los Angeles. Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy “Steel Magnolias” and the TV series “Queen Sugar,” died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, from…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Aretha Franklin performs the national anthem before the Super Bowl XL football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ASSOCIATED PRESS SENECA FALLS, N.Y.  — “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and “Beloved” author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame last…

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawsuit filed by the Michael Jackson estate over an HBO documentary about two of the late pop star’s sex abuse accusers can go forward in private arbitration. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with two lower courts…

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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A University of Louisiana at Lafayette student who just graduated is thanking rap artist Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition. Three years ago, someone on Twitter reached out to Minaj with a request for the musician to help pay for college. Minaj agreed — on the condition that they show her…

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By Jake Coyle associated press NEW YORK— This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It’s a frothy, festive run of the year’s final premieres and screenings — all part of a carefully orchestrated dance to court tastemakers and, ultimately, academy voters. The movies may be finished —…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This photo provided by Je’Caryous Entertainment shows Natalie Desselle Reid. Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film “B.A.P.S.” and on the sitcom “Eve,” died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. She was 53.  (Leonard Reid/Courtesy of Je’Caryous Entertainment via AP) By Jonathan Landrum Jr. associated press LOS ANGELES — Natalie Desselle Reid,…

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