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Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid Benefit Concert
January 16, 2025 - 3:30 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief.
No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists
January 15, 2025 - 5:57 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Thinking about toasting Carrie Bradshaw with a cosmo while posing on the front steps of her Manhattan brownstone from “Sex and the City?”
A documentary on wildfires raised tough questions in 2021. People may now be more inclined to listen
January 15, 2025 - 3:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires, “Bring Your Own Brigade,” at Sundance in 2021, it was during peak COVID. Not the best time for a film on a wholly different scourge.
Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs say sex acts are distorted by 'sexist and puritanical' prosecution
January 14, 2025 - 2:55 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs labeled the prosecution against the hip-hop star as “sexist and puritanical” on Tuesday, saying nine recordings of sex acts considered important evidence in the case show only consensual sex between willing adults.
Hollywood's awards season dates, and how they've been affected by the wildfires
January 14, 2025 - 11:21 AM

Hollywood's awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis.
Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Trump's inauguration events
January 13, 2025 - 3:25 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump's inauguration next week and the 1970s hitmakers Village People will perform at two inaugural events.
Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to fire relief and Meghan delays show launch due to the disaster
January 13, 2025 - 2:44 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weaker winds and intense firefighting efforts over the weekend boosted containment of fires burning in and around Los Angeles, but the effects of the blazes on the entertainment world continue.
Book Review: Robert Crais spins the tale of a hardboiled private eye who uncovers a conspiracy
January 13, 2025 - 7:48 AM

Traci Beller was 13 when her father — co-owner of a heating and air conditioning company — went out on some service calls and never returned home. The police, who found no trace of him, concluded that he had simply abandoned his family.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 19-25
January 13, 2025 - 7:42 AM

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 19-25:
As Biden joins the former presidents club, here are some ideas for his retirement to-do list
January 12, 2025 - 4:40 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is about to have a lot more free time. He need look no further than past presidents for ideas on what to put on his retirement to-do list.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the second week of January 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

Kelowna could be UNESCO's first Canadian 'City of Gastronomy'
Kelowna has been invited to throw its hat in the ring for world-class culinary recognition. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, has asked the city to apply for its City of Gastronomy title, accor

Authorities suspect gang members involved in 7 killings at marijuana grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they suspect gang members of Laotian descent were involved in the 2020 shooting deaths of seven people at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a small, rural Southern California town. Rive

How Trump tariff threat and foreign buyers ban impacts Okanagan real estate market
American tariff threats are already impacting the Canadian economy, and the foreign buyer ban means the real estate market will look different than it did the last time the loonie dropped so low compared to the U.S. dollar. In the past, Ame

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Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid Benefit Concert

No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists

A documentary on wildfires raised tough questions in 2021. People may now be more inclined to listen

Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs say sex acts are distorted by 'sexist and puritanical' prosecution

Hollywood's awards season dates, and how they've been affected by the wildfires

Carrie Underwood, Village People to perform at Trump's inauguration events

Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to fire relief and Meghan delays show launch due to the disaster

Book Review: Robert Crais spins the tale of a hardboiled private eye who uncovers a conspiracy

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 19-25

As Biden joins the former presidents club, here are some ideas for his retirement to-do list

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