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ABOVE PHOTO: Lil Nas X “7: By Mesfin Fekadu NEW YORK (AP) — Lil Nas X has taken his horse to the old town road and ridden it to the top of the Billboard charts for 16 weeks, tying a record set by Mariah Carey and Luis Fonsi. “Old Town Road” logs its 16th week…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The global box office has a new king in “Avengers: Endgame.” The superhero extravaganza this weekend usurped “Avatar” to become the highest-grossing film of all time, with an estimated $2.79 billion in worldwide grosses in just 13 weeks. “Avatar” held onto the record for a decade at $2.789 billion. The title…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A$AP Rocky (Photo: Shutterstock) STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation of a man they say was involved in a fight with American rapper A$AP Rocky. Magnus Stromberg represents the alleged victim and said Monday they are happy but not surprised by the decision. Rocky, a platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist whose real…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett and Felicity Huffman star in “Otherhood.” By Kharisma McIlwaine Motherhood is described as one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, but it can also be one of the most thankless.  It comes with long hours, sleep deprivation, worrying, a tremendous amount of sacrifice, and the constant shifting…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Pernell Whitaker By Tim Dahlberg ASSOCIATED PRESS Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medalist and four-division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police in Virginia Beach said the former fighter was hit by a car…

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By Lynn Elber associated press LOS ANGELES — HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded television heap. The bloodthirsty saga’s total eclipsed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Meek Mill (Photo: Shutterstock) By Maryclaire Dale associated press Lawyers for Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill will ask an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that’s kept the Philadelphia rapper on probation for a decade. The city judge who oversees the case and sent him to prison in 2017 on…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, and 50 Cent (Photos: shutterstock) By Mesfin Fekadu NEW YORK (AP) — Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Future and Tyga have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia that Nicki Minaj pulled out of because of human rights concerns. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Johnny Clegg By Cara Anna and Christopher Torchia JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed under the country’s apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, died Tuesday. He was 66 and had pancreatic cancer. The Grammy-nominated and British-born…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Jharrel Jerome  (Photo: Jamie Lamor Thompson / shutterstock) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the Emmy nominations (all times local): Actor Jharrel Jerome of “When They See Us” says he cried so much when he learned of his Emmy nomination that you would have thought he had lost a family member. Jerome…

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