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Joni Mitchell to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

by Associated Press January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

Previous winners of the Gershwin prize include Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Carole King.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Remake of Swedish film adds heart, loses soul

by Thomas Floyd The Washington Post January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

As the title character in “A Man Called Otto,” Tom Hanks plays a cantankerous widower with an affinity for home repair. When it comes to this tear-jerker’s own makeover – it’s based on Hannes Holm’s 2016 Swedish film “A Man Called Ove,” inspired by Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel – some sanded-off edges threaten to throw […]

Animals, Nation & World

Florida manatee deaths drop but starvation still a concern

by CURT ANDERSON Associated Press January 11, 2023

The long-term key to manatee survival is the restoration of beds of seagrass on which they depend, officials say.

Arts & Entertainment

SAG Awards nominees include ‘Fabelmans,’ ‘Banshees of Inisherin’

by Peter Sblendorio Tribune News Service January 11, 2023

Both won top honors at Tuesday night’s Golden Globes.

Arts & Entertainment

Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart pay tribute after death of Jeff Beck

by Associated Press January 11, 2023

Fellow rock legends are paying tribute to Jeff Beck, the guitar virtuoso and musical innovator who died Wednesday.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Jeff Beck, guitar virtuoso who influenced generations, dies at 78

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Beck won 8 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009.

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Arts & Entertainment

Here are the 2023 Golden Globe winners

by Jevon Phillips Los Angeles Times (TNS) January 10, 2023January 11, 2023

Some winners at the Golden Globes on Tuesday include Austin Butler from ‘Elvis,’ Colin Farrell from ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and Angela Bassett from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’