Category: Entertainment
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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
Author John Grisham appears at the opening night of “A Time To Kill” on Broadway in New York on Oct. 20, 2013, left, and author R.R. Martin appears in Toronto on March 12, 2012. Grisham and Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale.” Their suit was filed Tuesday…
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New York City mayor gives Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a key to the city during a ceremony in Times Square
Sean “Diddy” Combs got the key to New York City on Friday, the same day that he released his first studio album in 17 years. “The bad boy of entertainment is getting the key to the city from the bad boy of politics!” Mayor Eric Adams said as he presented a giant key to Combs in…
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Hot time. Summer in the city. Spike Lee’s block party makes a triumphant return after a four-year hiatus
Spike Lee hosted his block party in Fort Greene after a four-year hiatus. Photo by Beth Eisgrau-Heller Saturday, Aug. 26, marked the triumphant return of Spike Lee’s beloved Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson and Prince Block Party after a four-year hiatus. He announced the event via Instagram as only Spike Lee knows how to do: Spike…
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Kimiko Hahn wins $100,000 award from Poetry Foundation for lifetime achievement
Toi Derricotte attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony and benefit dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which announced some of the poetry world’s most lucrative…
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West Indian American Day Parade steps off with steel bands, colorful costumes, stilt walkers
Dancers participate in the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The largest U.S. celebration of Caribbean culture is held in New York City, as steel bands, floats and flamboyantly costumed revelers take to the streets in the West Indian Day parade. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura Read the…
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New Rolling Stones album teased on Brooklyn Bridge
A laser projection boosting the Rolling Stone’s upcoming album, “Hackney Diamonds,” was projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge Monday night — part of a stealth publicity campaign. Eagle photo by Mary Frost It was there, and then it was gone. Rolling Stones fans are in a state of high anticipation as the legendary band has been…
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$3.5M secured in state funding for Brooklyn libraries
The Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza. Wikimedia photo by Ajay Suresh An additional $3.5 million in funding for much-needed renovations and upgrades to Brooklyn’s public libraries has been secured by State Senator Iwen Chu (D–NY) of Dyker Heights, South Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Bensonhurst and…
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Writers’ Institute’s choices for NY State Author, Poet are both from Brooklyn
Brooklyn resident Jacqueline Woodson has been named as New York State Author. Photo: Sharif Hamza The New York State Writers Institute has chosen two Brooklyn residents as its new state author and its new state poet — poet Patricia Spears Jones and children’s/teens’ book author Jacqueline Woodson. The awards, established in 1985 by the late…
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Brooklyn high schooler named 1 of 5 National Student Poets
Poets at 61 Local in Cobble Hill. Photo courtesy of Jason Koo Five high school students from Florida to Utah have been selected as this year’s National Student Poets, a program founded more than a decade ago. Each winner represents a different region in the country, and brings their own distinctive background and perspective. The…
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‘Barbie’ for $4? National Cinema Day is coming, with discounted tickets nationwide
People sit in a cinema in Milan. Photo: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be able to catch up for $4 a ticket in movie theaters nationwide. Theater owners announced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For one day, all movies — in all…