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The disabled hope their Oscar moment can become a movement

by ANDREW DALTON Associated Press April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Three films have the people behind them hoping their moment can move Hollywood to stop using the disabled as sources of inspiration, objects of pity, or twisted villains.

‘The Bachelor’ star Colton Underwood comes out as gay

by The Associated Press April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Underwood is a former football tight end who found fame on Season 23 of ‘The Bachelor.’

Arts & Entertainment, Business

Nielsen, networks clash over stats showing fewer viewers

by DAVID BAUDER Associated Press April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

It’s a reliable sign of spring: Television networks are grumbling that the Nielsen company is not accurately measuring how many people are watching their programs.

Nation & World, Religion and Values

Muslims mark Ramadan amid virus surge and new restrictions

by AMR NABIL and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Saudi authorities were only allowing individuals who’ve been vaccinated or recently recovered from the virus to perform taraweeh prayers at the Kaaba – Islam’s most sacred site.

Arts & Entertainment

Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez to headline vaccination concert

by GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Anti-poverty organization Global Citizen wants to raise $22 billion to help get much-needed doses to poor countries.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Young adults run amok in the silly sci-fi thriller ‘Voyagers’

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Set in the late 21st century, on a spacecraft en route to a new “Earth” – a habitable planet, 86 years distant from ours, to be colonized by the best representatives of the human race, after climate change and disease have ravaged this one – the sci-fi thriller “Voyagers” is grounded in very real current […]