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BY ED WHITE PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other. It’s a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin whose lawyers…

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ABOVE PHOTO: MEREDITH STIEHM, LEFT, PRESIDENT OF WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, AND FRAN DRESCHER, PRESIDENT OF SAG-AFTRA, take part in a rally by striking writers outside Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023. Hollywood actors may be on the verge of joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike…

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ABOVE PHOTO: THIS COMBINATION OF PHOTOS SHOWS PROMOTIONAL ART FOR FILMS, top row from left, “Barbie,” “Blue Beetle,” “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” “Every Body,” “The Flash,” second row from left, “Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3,” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part I,” “Oppenheimer,”…

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The Dell Music Center today announced the opening of its popular summer concert season, delayed this year by a $7 million state-of-the-art renovation to the stage, lower offices, bathrooms and green room. The iconic outdoor Parks & Recreation venue “where the stars take center stage” will open August 16, with a family-friendly cultural night featuring…

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ABOVE PHOTO: THIS COMBINATION OF IMAGES SHOWS PROMOTIONAL ART for “And Just Like That,” premiering its second season on June 22, left, “Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris,” a series premiering June 22 on E!, center, and “Perfect Find,” a film premiering June 23 on Netflix.  (Max/E!/Netflix via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS Albums from Kelly…

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ABOVE PHOTO: PEOPLE WALK BY THE CBS BROADCAST CENTER ON 57TH STREET IN NEW YORK on April 20, 2023. CBS News has asked all of its local stations to become proficient in “solutions journalism,” a story-telling method that has taken off in the past decade to counter people who think reporters are obsessed with bad…

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ABOVE PHOTO: PATTI LABELLE PERFORMS “THE BEST” during an In Memoriam tribute to the late singer Tina Turner, pictured onstage at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill) By Maria Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The 2023 BET Awards celebrated 50 years of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The McLeods with Game Changer Award honorees Malcolm Jenkins, Melanie Jackson and David E. Thomas. (Photos by K-Len Anderson) By Kharisma McIlwaine On June 22, fashion met philanthropy as Change Our Future held its 3rd Annual Sneaker Ball at Vie by Cescaphe. Change Our Future, founded by Super Bowl LII champion Rodney McLeod…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Guests tour the International African American Museum on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Charleston, S.C.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) By Aaron Morrison ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C.  — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved…

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ABOVE PHOTO: DR. DRE ATTENDS THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART’S COSTUME INSTITUTE BENEFIT GALA celebrating the opening of the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award. The American Society of Composers, Authors…

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