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NEW YORK (AP) — Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of “Wicked.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton has released a breathtaking new ballad in tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean. Dean, who was Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday . He avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, his lawyer and authorities said.

TORONTO — Gabbi Kosmidis still feels shivers from watching the intensely gory 2006 horror thriller “Silent Hill” as a child. “It was an insane film for an 11-year-old to watch,” says the Toronto-based voice actor, now 30.

VIENNA (AP) — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna ’s famed balls in the 18th century could never have imagined how the hallmark of the Austrian capital’s social and cultural scene would evolve.

NEW YORK (AP) — She was the first to go “SOLO.” Seven years ago, global pop phenomenon Jennie became the first member of the K-pop group Blackpink to release solo music.

PARIS (AP) — Doja Cat took her front-row seat at Balmain’s fall show at Paris Fashion Week, fresh off her appearance at the Oscars in a custom beaded Balmain gown.

PARIS (AP) — If any one piece defines Chloé under Chemena Kamali , it’s the blouse. Billowy, ruffled, effortless, and deeply romantic, it captured the essence of her third collection for the house at Paris Fashion Week .

PARIS (AP) — To a futuristic backdrop of interlocking squares — like an intergalactic Super Bowl — designer Ib Kamara delivered a fierce, urban-feeling collection at Paris Fashion Week .

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district judge who presided over the widely publicized trial of actor Alec Baldwin for a fatal movie set shooting is getting ready to retire from the bench.