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An 'optimistic' Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup

An 'optimistic' Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup

MILAN — Riccardo Muti and Plácido Domingo will headline the 2021 Verona Arena Opera Festival, essentially last year's season revived as a sign of “great optimism and utmost seriousness," the festival's general director said Thursday.
As 'Grey's' returns, Wilson says it has connected viewers

As 'Grey's' returns, Wilson says it has connected viewers

LONDON — Unlike lead character Meredith, “Grey’s Anatomy” is not fighting for its life. It is the most-watched entertainment series for the season to date among young adults on Thursday night and resumes season 17 this week.
Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B

Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B

NEW YORK — For years, researchers have said a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business.
Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests

Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to a California-based Iranian pop singer, his management company and Iranian media said Thursday, in Tehran’s latest effort to halt what it deems decad
Meghan and Harry spark anger, soul-searching in UK media

Meghan and Harry spark anger, soul-searching in UK media

LONDON — Britain’s royal family is smarting from its depiction in Meghan and Harry’s explosive TV interview as aloof, uncaring and tinged with racism.
Jennifer Garner invites families to have a ‘Yes Day’

Jennifer Garner invites families to have a ‘Yes Day’

Jennifer Garner didn’t come up with the concept of a Yes Day.
Oh, what a birthday week for Dr. Seuss books

Oh, what a birthday week for Dr. Seuss books

NEW YORK — Oh, the books that sold last week by Dr. Seuss. More than 1.
As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe

As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe

CASPER, Wyo. — President Joe Biden’s bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S.
Florida on pace for record number of manatee deaths in 2021

Florida on pace for record number of manatee deaths in 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A combination of cold weather, a decline in seagrass due to development and contaminated waterways have put Florida on pace for its highest number of manatee deaths in a decade.
Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT 'freedom zone'

Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT 'freedom zone'

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBT people, an effort to push back on rising homophobia in Poland and elsewhere.