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Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025

Journalists with The Associated Press have captured some of 2025's most uplifting stories amid global challenges

The Independent UK

Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood

Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech.

The Conversation

There’s Music in the Kitchen, No 42

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: Musical choices from The Sound Kitchen team! Just click on the “Play” button above and enjoy.

Radio France Internationale

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‘What I really love is cheesy disco’: Rob Newman’s honest playlist

The comic struggles to listen to the punk bands of his youth, while his son sings along to the Blue Nile. But which Smiths song caused his girlfriend to dump him?

The Guardian - UK

The sun will come out tomorrow: remembering the life and music of Charles Strouse

The Broadway community is today mourning the passing of Charles Strouse at the age of 96, the legendary composer behind hits like Bye Bye Birdie (1960), Applause (1970) and Annie (1976).

The Conversation

Twiggy review – Sadie Frost’s breezy telling of sunny fashion star’s landmark career

Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back again

The Guardian - UK

A youth theater production rises from the ashes of the Los Angeles fires

A children's theater group in Pacific Palisades lost its beloved playhouse to the Los Angeles fires

The Independent UK

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Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain

Movies like Wicked draw on classic works no longer under copyright protection.

Reason

Christmas is all around! The great festive film guide 2024

Here are all the best movies to watch this season – from classics It’s a Wonderful Life and Love Actually to Kerry Washington’s rousing war drama The Six Triple Eight and even Godzilla x Kong. Merry flicksmas …

The Guardian - UK

Burt Bacharach's Papers Donated To Library Of Congress

Renowned composer Burt Bacharach's extensive music collection donated to Library of Congress by widow, Jane Bacharach, for preservation and research purposes.

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Elton John and Bernie Taupin to Receive Gershwin Prize

Elton John and Bernie Taupin will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress for their iconic contributions to music.

WEKU

Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin win the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

One of the most prestigious awards in American music, the Gershwin Prize recognizes musicians with a lifetime of contributions to popular songs. This year's winners are Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Chicago Sun-Times

As ‘The Exorcist’ turns 50, some things to look for in the classic that elevated horror

The movie is returning to theaters and there’s a new 4K Ultra HD package you can possess — unless it possesses you first.

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From Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga: Tony Bennett’s greatest duets

The legendary singer’s death leaves behind a career filled with captivating duets alongside contemporaries and younger stars

Evening Standard

OPINION - Crazy for You, Cherrelle Skeete and A Strange Loop: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

A love letter to old school American showbiz - we review Crazy for You, which is now on at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. This feet-tapping musical features the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, and it’s directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

Bangkok Post

Glimmer of hope for foot soldiers

There was encouraging news for Bangkok's pedestrians last week when the city governor announced that during the coming year there would be a major upgrade of pavements in the Big Mango. It was promised that some pavements might even become "walkable". Well, best of luck with that.

WEKU

Louis Armstrong's dazzling archive has a new home — his

Across the street from the jazz icon's home in Queens, a site of pilgrimage for fans from around the world, sits the new Louis Armstrong Center, which brings his 60,000-item archive back to the block.

Evening Standard

Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre review – a joyous love letter to old school American showbiz

The show has a delirious weightlessness: for 150 minutes, you’re lifted out of care, and logic

The Guardian - UK

Ginger Rogers’ 20 best performances – ranked!

With the BFI celebrating the Oscar-winning actor and dancer, and ahead of the re-release of Top Hat in cinemas, we rate Rogers’ greatest films from Hollywood’s golden age

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Was the White Stripes’ Meg White a great, or awful, drummer? Online controversy begs question: What year is this?

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