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Nevada high court weighs public access to secretive legal spat over control of Murdoch media empire

Nevada high court weighs public access to secretive legal spat over control of Murdoch media empire

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's high court is weighing whether to open up courtroom access and unseal records in the secretive legal dispute over who will control Rupert Murdoch's powerful media empire after he dies.
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12 television shows influenced by the Vietnam War

12 television shows influenced by the Vietnam War

The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring uncontroversial content to the broadest possible audience.
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Trump administration will provide programming from conservative network OAN for Voice of America

Trump administration will provide programming from conservative network OAN for Voice of America

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration, which has fought to dismantle or hollow out government-run outlets that provide news to other countries, has agreed to use the conservative media network OAN's feed on Voice of America and other services.
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Movie Review: Dark bromance 'Friendship' hysterically explores modern men's awkward embrace

Movie Review: Dark bromance 'Friendship' hysterically explores modern men's awkward embrace

Craig Waterman is a suburban dad in middle age who favors extremely puffy jackets, yearns to see the new Marvel movie and is so uncool that he lobbies his town to have speed bumps installed. Naturally, he has no friends.
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Actor Michael Pitt charged with sex abuse, assault of ex-girlfriend in New York

Actor Michael Pitt charged with sex abuse, assault of ex-girlfriend in New York

Actor Michael Pitt , known for his TV roles on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Dawson's Creek,” is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber at his New York City home, according
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Prosecutor says Sycamore Gap tree cutters committed 'arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery'

Prosecutor says Sycamore Gap tree cutters committed 'arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery'

LONDON (AP) — Two men who cut down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree did it for a laugh, a prosecutor said Wednesday as he provided a motive for the first time to explain the senseless crime that shocked Britain.
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Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates

Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said Wednesday.
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The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are Thursday. Here's who's performing and presenting

The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are Thursday. Here's who's performing and presenting

NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards .
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Disney parks thrive in second quarter and company adds 1.4 million new streaming subscribers

Disney parks thrive in second quarter and company adds 1.4 million new streaming subscribers

Disney posted solid profits and revenue in the second quarter as its domestic theme parks thrived and the company added well over a million subscribers to its streaming service .
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William Christie is busy as ever at 80 and putting his imprint on the period-instrument movement

William Christie is busy as ever at 80 and putting his imprint on the period-instrument movement

NEW YORK (AP) — William Christie, a conductor renowned for Baroque performances, thought back to a 2014 phone call from Nikolaus Lehnhoff, a year before the German director’s death.
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