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Dancing and dishes: Southern Soul Music Festival serves up special sauce
Published 12:10 am Friday, October 10, 2025 EAST SPENCER — The Southern Soul Music Festival has become a staple on East Spencer’s social calendar, but this year offered a local dance troupe and a caterer chances to show the crowd something...
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Tomi Lahren’s Puerto Rico Gaffe Sparks Backlash and Social Media Frenzy
NEW YORK, NY — Fox News host Tomi Lahren created a stir this week during an interview on her podcast, “Tomi Lahren is Fearless,” when she mistakenly claimed that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is not an American artist. The comments, made during a...
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Georgia Today: CDC layoffs; Government shutdown affects Georgia Tech; Georgia hospitals using AI
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Georgia Public Broadcasting
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TRANSCRIPT: Peter Biello: Welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode, about 600 people have been laid off from the CDC. Georgia Tech feels the pain of the government...
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Today In Culture, Friday, October 10, 2025: Diane Simpson’s Art Institute Sculptures | Stanley Tigerman Book Launch | Ari Emanuel Closes Frieze Deal
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Ari Emanuel Closes Purchase Of Frieze From His Former Company, Endeavor Ari Emanuel, former head of the Endeavor talent agency...
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AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:50 a.m. EDT
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Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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John Lodge, singer and bassist of Moody Blues during classic era, dies at 82 LONDON (AP) — John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82. His family announced Friday that Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was...
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How Bad Bunny is making history while celebrating Puerto Rican culture on the world stage
Global superstar and Grammy-winning singer Bad Bunny has been getting hotter and hotter lately. His celebrity reaches beyond the music industry, spanning generations and encompassing politics, Caribbean culture and Puerto Rican and Latin pride....
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Bad Bunny’s music streams soar since halftime news
Bad Bunny’s music streams soar since halftime news Published: October 10, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny’s music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance was announced....
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Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson 'smashes' in Mark Kerr biopic
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Miami Times - Florida
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“Am I going to hurt him before he hurts me?” That’s what’s on the mind of mixed martial arts (MMA) champion fighter Mark Kerr before every match. He developed that aggressive stance early in life. Born in Toledo, Ohio, to an Irish dad and Puerto...
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Puerto Rican Singer Too Difficult a Concept for MAGA World
When the NFL and the other powers that be announced that the Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny would headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, it felt like a natural choice. His meteoric rise over the past year, coupled with being Spotify’s...
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Jennifer Lopez on Her New Film and the Power of Love Through Art
Jennifer Lopez says her latest musical film, Kiss of the Spider Woman, comes at a crucial time for a world facing “a lot of hate.” The film explores an unexpected bond between a transgender character and a political revolutionary, carrying a...
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Billboard Names Bad Bunny Top Latin Artist Of The 21st Century
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Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio at the premiere of "Caught Stealing" at Regal Union Square on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in New York. 2025 Invision Global superstar Bad Bunny will be honored as Billboard's Top Latin...
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Music and activism: Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is a political statement
On Sunday, Sep. 28, it was announced that Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny will be playing one of the biggest American events of the year: the Super Bowl Halftime Show. After this announcement and the days following, opinions about this...
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Rebecca Mead on Mary Ellen Mark’s Photo from the Puerto Rican Day Parade
When the photographer Mary Ellen Mark arrived in New York City, in 1966, one of her strategies for finding arresting images was to attend parades and other large gatherings, seeking out subjects not in the main flow of the action but on the...
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Puerto Rican livery brings burst of colour to JetBlue
JetBlue has unveiled a new aircraft livery titled Isla del Bluencanto, designed by Juan Gutiérrez Rovira, a Puerto Rican artist, to celebrate the low-fare airline’s presence on the island. The name is a combination of the JetBlue and Puerto Rico’s...
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Trump Announces U.S. Has Struck a Fifth Vessel Off The Coast Of Venezuela, Killing Six
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. has struck a fifth vessel off the coast of Venezuela as his administration continues ramping up pressure on the Maduro regime. The attack killed six people, Trump added. In a social media...
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BIA’s Debut Album Makes You Want to Root For Her
The rapper has stirred up drama and with her versatile LP Bianca she wants to keep our attention BIA’s long-delayed official first album, Bianca, hardly feels like a real debut. The rapper and singer-songwriter has hovered around the industry for...
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Spike Tape X SHADES Cabaret Showcases Wesleyan’s Musical Talent
c/o Elijah Philip On Saturday, Oct. 4, the hot ticket on campus was the Spike Tape X SHADES Cabaret at the Patricelli ’92 Theater. Theatergoers squeezed into a line in front of the box office, hoping to get their names put onto a lengthy waitlist...
Bad Bunny's SNL monologue is crashed by Jon Hamm as rapper pokes fun at his viral Puerto Rico concert clip
By JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Published: 00:20 EDT, 5 October 2025 | Updated: 00:32 EDT, 5 October 2025 Bad Bunny took on hosting duties for SNL's season 51 premiere - and the rapper's opening monologue was humorously crashed by Jon Hamm. The...
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Puerto Rican Restaurant Planned For Lincoln Village
New business would bring pernil, pizza and a pool table to high-turnover southside space. //end headline wrapper ?> This article is available only to Urban Milwaukee's paid members. Membership is available for $9 per month or $99 per year and...
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Poetry Connection | Connecting with Literary and Music Festivals
This weekend, I am excited to go to the Tahoe Literary Festival. I haven’t been to the Lake Tahoe area since going to the Community of Writers conference more than 15 years ago. Now, in its second year, the Tahoe Literary Festival begins on...
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