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Swift questions AMAs performance over fight with music group

LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcoming Netflix documentary on hold because the men who own her old recordings won’t allow her to play her songs. “Right now my performance ...

Katy Perry to perform at World T20 final on Women’s Day

MELBOURNE, Australia — Katy Perry will perform before and after the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket final on International Women’s Day as organizers bid to set a world record for attendance. Perry will perform March 8 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in what is tipped to be the biggest ...

Vanna White hosts ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after Sajak has surgery

LOS ANGELES — “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak had to have emergency surgery, and his longtime co-host Vanna White will fill in for him while he recovers. The show said in a statement that Thursday’s taping was canceled as the 73-year-old Sajak underwent successful surgery to correct ...

Bale and Damon go into overdrive for ‘Ford v Ferrari’

NEW YORK — France’s legendary Le Mans race, the central contest depicted in James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari,” runs more than 3,000 miles over the course of 24 hours. But that’s nothing compared to the distance Christian Bale had to cover coming off playing Dick Cheney in ...

Study finds LGBTQ characters hit record high on network TV

LOS ANGELES — “Pose” and “Batwoman” are among the shows contributing to a surge in LGBTQ and gender inclusiveness on television, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD. The percentage of regularly seen LGBTQ characters on prime-time broadcast TV this season reached an ...

A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry

NEW YORK — James Dean hasn’t been alive in 64 years, but the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War. The filmmakers behind the independent film “Finding Jack” said Wednesday that a computer-generated Dean will play a co-starring role in the ...