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B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar going up for auction

Her name was “Lucille,” and in B.B. King’s hands she gave voice to the “King of the Blues.”

‘Joker,’ ‘Hustlers,’ Tom Hanks’s Mr. Rogers biopic among Toronto International Film Festival selections

The Toronto selections often help define the looming awards race. Last year, TIFF’s audience award winner ‘‘Green Book,’’ directed by Peter Farrelly, went on to win the best picture Oscar.

Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift score 10 MTV VMA nominations

Billie Eilish, 17, came in second with nine nominations, including artist of the year.

Report: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck look to team up for medieval revenge tale ‘The Last Duel’

Reports emerged Monday that the old friends — and Oscar winners — may join forces on “The Last Duel,” based on the 2004 novel by Eric Jager and set in medieval France.

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ICA to screen extended version of Solange Knowles’s film, ‘When I Get Home’
The latest work by Solange Knowles will screen in Boston on Sunday.

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Patrick McEnroe supports P-Town tennis gala and cheers on wife, singer Melissa Errico, at Art House
Tony Award nominee Melissa Errico did more than sing in Provincetown this past weekend.

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Titanic survivor’s light-up cane goes for $62,500 at Newport auction

A Titanic survivor’s walking stick with an electric light she used to signal for help from a lifeboat has sold for $62,500 at an auction of maritime items in Rhode Island

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Video of Tom Brady and his daughter jumping off a waterfall even made The Rock queasy

“If Vivi is going to be an Olympic champion one day, it probably won’t be in synchronized diving.”

‘NOS4A2’ renewed for season 2 at AMC

Adapted from Joe Hill’s 2013 novel, the horror series has delivered strong ratings for the network since its June 2 premiere.

‘Ugly Delicious’ chef David Chang cooking up new Netflix series

Chang’s new series, “Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner,” will feature the James Beard Award-winning chef and a celebrity guest exploring a new city in each episode.

At Tanglewood, BSO gives ‘Brightness of Light’ its world premiere

Composed by Kevin Puts, the piece is a setting of letters between artist Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Ben Mezrich is making ‘Billions’ for Showtime

The Boston-based author has come aboard Showtime’s hit drama, which stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, to serve as a consulting producer on its upcoming fifth season.

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Almost two years after diagnosis, NBC10 anchor Natasha Verma, now cancer-free, heading to new station

Verma announced on social media Friday afternoon that she was leaving the station and heading west for a new job.

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For these ‘Lion King’ cubs, circle of life is just getting started

JD McCrary, who voices young Simba, and Shahadi Wright-Joseph, who voices young Nala, spoke about their work on Disney’s big-budget “Lion King” remake, in theaters Friday.


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