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In this Wednesday, March 6, 2019 booking photo released by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office is R. Kelly. A Cook County Sheriff's Office official says singer Kelly won't be released from jail until he pays $161,000 in back child support he owes. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari says Kelly was taken into custody Wednesday during a hearing over the child support and that his next hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday, March 13. (Cook County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
March 07, 2019 - 1:33 am

R. Kelly is now in jail because of unpaid child support

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly's day began with a nationally televised broadcast in which he whispered, cried and ranted while pleading with viewers to believe him: He'd never had sex with anyone under 17 and never held anyone against her will. The day ended with a trip to jail after the embattled R&B...
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'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek speaks as he is inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner at the Encore Las Vegas on April 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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March 06, 2019 - 4:33 pm

'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Trebek said he has to beat it -- he still has three years left on his contract.
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Entertainer Michael Jackson sings at half-time during the Super Bowl X XVII
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March 05, 2019 - 10:30 am

Major Montreal radio stations have stopped playing Michael Jackson songs

MONTREAL (AP) - Three major Montreal radio stations have stopped playing Michael Jackson songs as a result of child-molestation allegations against the late musician that aired Sunday in an HBO documentary. A spokeswoman for the owner of the French-language stations CKOI and Rythme and the English-...
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the 2019 "An Unforgettable Evening" benefiting the Women's Cancer Research Fund, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Reports that Spielberg intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated and unwieldy online debate. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
March 04, 2019 - 10:59 am

Spielberg's push against Netflix at the Oscars hits a nerve

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports that he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online this weekend. It has...
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Oscar statues backstage during the show.
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February 25, 2019 - 3:00 pm

Nielsen: 29.6 million viewers for Oscars, up from 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscars ended its four-year streak of dwindling viewership, reaching 29.6 million on Sunday to beat last year's audience by 12 percent, but it still represents the second-smallest audience in the award show's history. The 2018 show had reached only 26.5 million viewers, a figure...
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February 25, 2019 - 7:44 am

President Donald Trump accuses Spike Lee of doing a "racist hit" on him at Oscars

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going after director Spike Lee, who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilization for the 2020 election. Trump tweeted Monday that Lee did a "racist hit on your President." Trump claimed that he had "done more for African Americans" than "almost"...
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Mark Reardon
February 22, 2019 - 1:52 pm

Reardon: Oscar picks and the politics of award shows

The 91st Oscars won’t be handed out until Sunday, but Roma has already made history. With a 32.6 percent chance to win best picture, it sets a new record: No foreign-language film has ever had a higher chance of winning the top award on Oscar night. That’s according to Hollywood Reporter Oscar...
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Pop band 'The Monkees', with Peter Tork, celebrating at a press conference to advertise their concert, Royal Garden Hotel, London, June 29th 1967. (Photo by Mike McLaren/Central Press/Getty Images)
February 21, 2019 - 11:39 am

Monkees singer Peter Tork dies at 77

by Bob Diehl, RADIO.com Peter Tork, the musician and lovable, quirky bassist for The Monkees, has died at the age of 77. A cause of death has not been released, but Tork was diagnosed with a rare cancer that affected his tongue ten years ago. “It is with beyond-heavy and broken hearts that we share...
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Carol Daniel
February 21, 2019 - 8:12 am

St. Louis MMA fighter ready to shine in Dwayne Johnson's show "The Titan games"

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KMOX) — A St. Louis native has made it into this evening's semi finals of NBC's "The Titan Games." 30-year-old Derik Scott is an attorney and professional MMA fighter. He says he's been competitive since he was a child, when he started doing backflps at the age of 4, and won his...
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February 21, 2019 - 7:07 am

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in custody after being charged with filing a false police report

CHICAGO (AP) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said. Smollett turned...
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