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‘Saturday Night Live’ Cancels Live Audience over Omicron Spike

NEW YORK (AP) — People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won’t be a live audience to see it happen.

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Harvey Weinstein Could Go Free, as Appeals Court Casts Doubt on His Conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court blasted Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday for filling out Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial last year with what one judge deemed “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from women whose allegations weren’t part of the criminal charges against him — a strategy that now has the potential to jeopardize the disgraced movie mogul’s conviction.

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 06: Executive producer Harvey Weinstein speaks onstage during War a

‘Hamilton’ Joins Latest Broadway Covid Cancellations

NEW YORK (AP) — Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once more as the live theater community grapples with backstage outbreaks of the coronavirus and its variants, temporarily closing everything from London’s revival of “Cabaret” starring Eddie Redmayne to mighty “Hamilton” in New York.

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 15: Actor, composer Lin-Manuel Miranda performs on stage during 'H

Disgraced Golden Globes Group Announces Nominations Under Cloud of Boycott and Scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nevertheless went ahead announcing nominees for film and television awards on Monday despite a skeptical entertainment industry.

Snoop Dogg attends the nominations announcement for the 79th Golden Globe Awards, December

Anne Rice, Novelist Who Breathed New Life into Vampires, Dies at 80

NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With a Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke,

FILE - Author Anne Rice poses for a photo at her home Oct. 26, 2005, in San Diego. Rice’

Timeline of Events Since Jussie Smollett Reported Attack

CHICAGO — Jussie Smollett was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former “Empire” actor and R&B singer reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack nearly three years ago. Some key moments in the story:

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 08: Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton

Jussie Smollett Found Guilty in Hate Crime Hoax Trial

A jury found disgraced actor and former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett guilty on charges he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself nearly three years ago and then lied to Chicago police about it.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 02: #NextPepsiArtist Jussie Smollett performs on stage during the

Jussie Smollett Trial: Jury Reaches Verdict

CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors in Jussie Smollett’s trial resumed deliberations Thursday on charges the former “Empire” actor orchestrated a fake attack on himself, then lied to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist hate crime.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 01: Actor/singer Jussie Smollett performs onstage during the 20th

Jussie Smollett Trial: Jury Has Begun Deliberations

The jury in Jussie Smollett’s trial started deliberating Wednesday, after a prosecutor said there is “overwhelming evidence” that the former “Empire” actor lied to police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist attack and his defense attorney said the charges are based on lies.

JUNE 06: Actor Jussie Smollett speaks onstage during the Global Green USA 19th Annual Mill

Rose McGowan Lawsuit Against Harvey Weinstein Dismissed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actress Rose McGowan alleging that Harvey Weinstein engaged in racketeering to silence her and derail her career before she accused him of rape.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 06: Actress Rose McGowan, who accused Weinstein of raping her

Church Fires Drag Dressing Pastor Featured in HBO’s Drag Queen Series

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Craig Duke has been a Methodist minister for three decades, building a reputation as a staunch advocate of LGBTQ inclusion. His pastoral duties have now been terminated — the result of a bitter rift surfacing in his Indiana church after he sought to demonstrate solidarity by appearing in drag alongside prominent drag queens in the HBO reality series “We’re Here.”

This image released by HBO shows Eureka O'Hara, left, and Pastor Craig Duke, of Newbu

Jussie Smollett Under Oath: ‘There was No Hoax’

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett denied Monday that he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself in downtown Chicago, testifying at his trial that “there was no hoax.”

PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Actor Jussie Smollett attends the 48th NAACP Image Awards at P

Justin Bieber Ignores Human Rights Watch Calls to Boycott Saudi Arabia

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pop star Justin Bieber performed to a packed crowd in the Red Sea city of Jiddah in Saudi Arabia, singing some of his most popular hits. The Sunday night concert took place even as human rights campaigners and activists called on Bieber to cancel his performance to protest the kingdom’s arrests and crackdown of critics.

FILE - Justin Bieber performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 201