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Iowa pianist returns home on first tour with gypsy-jazz-swing band (AUDIO)

A musical act that defies genre will make its first-ever stop in Iowa next week, bringing an Iowa native home with his high-energy acoustic band. Jared Hall is the keyboardist for Velvet Caravan, a five-member act that was assembled in Savannah, Georgia, from a wide array of musicians — hailing from as far away as […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Liam Neeson says he’s not retiring from action films, but “Taken” is “done”

ABC News/Jeff Swartz(NEW YORK) -- Liam Neeson might not be considering any more Taken movies, but he hasn't retired his "particular set of skills" for good. He hasn't given up on action movies, but of the series of films that made him an unlikely action hero, Taken, Neeson joked with ABC's Peter Travers, "There’s only so many times your daughter can get taken. C’mon! No, that’s done." Neeson, 65, joked […]

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Jennifer Hudson dishes on former co-stars in November issue of “Cosmopolitan”

ABC/Fred Lee(LOS ANGELES) -- The Voice coach Jennifer Hudson is Cosmopolitan's November cover star, and inside the pages of the magazine she gives one-word answers to describe a few of her former co-stars, like Beyoncé and Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker. JHud calls Bey "Sisterly" and Sarah "Genuine."  As for Adam Sandler and Empire's Taraji P. Henson, the former is is "Funny," while Taraji is unmistakably Jennifer's "Homegirl."   The "Walk It Out" singer also dishes on another […]

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Kim Fields addresses the “Living Single” reboot: It’s “not out of the realm of possibility”

ABC/Byron Cohen(NEW YORK) --  It's been close to 20 years since Kim Fields starred as Regine Hunter on Queen Latifah's '90s sitcom Living Single. While the actress may have moved on in life -- now, a wife and proud parent of two young kids -- Fields says she's not against Living Single once again. "Well, we've had some really lovely conversations -- quite honestly -- about a Living Single reboot," Fields tells […]

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“It’s terrifying.” New “American Idol” judges talk Vegas concert massacre

ABC(NEW YORK) -- American Idol's new judges -- Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan -- made their first appearance together on ABC's Good Morning America Wednesday. In addition to talking about the forthcoming ABC reboot of the music competition series, they weighed in on Sunday's mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that killed 59 people and injured more than 500. "You always have it in […]

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No more Caf-Pow: Pauley Perrette’s leaving “NCIS”

©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc./Sonja Flemming(LOS ANGELES) -- Get ready to say so long to Abby Sciuto -- Pauley Perrette is leaving NCIS at the end of the current season. The actress -- who's played the over-caffeinated, hyper-intelligent, goth-loving forensic scientist since the CBS show's debut -- revealed the news on her Twitter. "There have been all kinds of rumors as to why," she writes, adding in all caps, "NO I […]

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Gabrielle Union reveals infertility struggle: “My body has been a prisoner”

ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) -- Gabrielle Union is opening up about her struggles with fertility in her new memoir, We're Going to Need More Wine, writing that, "For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant." "I've either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle," the Being Mary Jane star […]

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“The Mayor” star Brandon Micheal Hall “would ban guns” if elected in real life

ABC(NEW YORK) -- Brandon Micheal Hall plays a rapper-turned-unlikely politician on the new comedy series The Mayor, which premiered on ABC Tuesday night. His character, Courtney Rose, initially runs for office as a publicity stunt to get more people to listen to his mixtape. But he ends up winning the election, and has to brush up on public policy pretty quickly. If Hall were in a similar position as his […]

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Kate Winslet to team with James Cameron for “Avatar” sequels

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Kate Winslet and director James Cameron are setting sail together again. The pair, who worked together on Titanic in 1997, will be joining forces on Cameron's upcoming Avatar sequels. Deadline reports that the actress has signed on for a starring role as a character named Ronal in the film series.  Four Avatar sequels are scheduled, though it's unknown how many of the movies Winslet will appear […]

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