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“Nomadland,” the highly-acclaimed drama starring Frances McDormand as a woman traveling the American West in a van in the wake of the Great Recession, has been named top picture of 2020 by the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.…

By Christopher Weber and Linda Deutsch | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has…

By Lisa Respers France | CNN Dustin Diamond, who played the role of Screech on the popular 1990s high school comedy “Saved by the Bell,” is hospitalized with cancer, his manager told CNN Friday. Diamond’s health is “serious” and he is…

Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, never made the most sympathetic candidates for leniency in sentencing or treatment in prison after they were convicted for their role in the college admissions scandal. Attorneys for…

BERLIN — German news agency dpa is reporting that illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the duo Siegfried & Roy, has died in Las Vegas at age 81. The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a nun who…

Oscar-winning actor and Bay Area native (Yes, we still proudly claim him) Tom Hanks will host a TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States, with performances by Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du5HjRpAliE The coronavirus crisis clearly is taking a toll on many Americans, including the journalists assigned to report on it. CNN’s Sara Sidner was overcome with emotion Tuesday as she told viewers…

Kamala Harris graces the cover of Vogue magazine in February, an honor in American fashion and culture that Melania and Donald Trump always thought should have been given to the outgoing first first lady. Unlike Melania Trump, however,…

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjeeon Monday said, without naming anyone, that she will not allow the country to be divided, and will live, work and die for people. Speaking at the inauguration of the rest camp of…

Chuck Barney’s TV and streaming picks for Jan. 10-16 DON’T MISS: “WandaVision” — We don’t really know what to expect from this trippy new series, but we’re definitely intrigued. “WandaVision” takes characters from Marvel’s superhero…