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NEW YORK — A man who was among those charged in the notorious 1989 killing of Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teen set upon by a white mob and shot, was fired from a New York hip-hop radio station after a new documentary brought the murder case renewed attent

WILMINGTON, Del. — Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play “I Feel the Earth Move” during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her to it.

NEW YORK — The “Comedy in Color” standup franchise will soon be expanded to audiobooks. Simon & Schuster Audio and Laugh Out Loud announced Wednesday that “Laugh Out Loud Presents Comedy in Color, Volume 1” will go on sale Sept. 29.

NEW YORK — When the iconic T. Rex at the American Museum of Natural History again welcomes visitors, it will gaze down at humans acting a bit differently. They will still gape up at its massive skeleton, but there will less of them.

As many as 40 local television outlets and 200 Canadian radio stations could be forced to close in the next three years as the financial pressures faced by media companies intensify under the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests a new study from an industry a

Nonfiction 1. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave (Audible Originals) 2. Untamed by Glennon Doyle, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 3.

LOS ANGELES — The saga of Joe Exotic is getting another Hollywood chapter, with Kate McKinnon starring as his rival in a limited TV series.

NEW YORK — Rivals in life, the rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house.

NEW YORK — Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose bestselling “Passages” helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, has died. She was 83.

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival has added more titles, special events and virtual conversations to next month's pandemic-tailored movie marathon. The festival, which runs Sept.