ENTERTAINMENT

Artists want complete control over their public exhibitions. Governments say it’s not that simple

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PHOENIX – If things had gone as originally planned, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum would be launching its fall exhibition Friday. But officials postponed the show six weeks before the opening over concern that a painting by activist-artist Shepard Fairey could be seen as “disparaging toward some City of Mesa employees.” Now, the Phoenix suburb is … Read more

Hayao Miyazaki invites moviegoers to dream with him one last time

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TORONTO, ONT – The loudest applause on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival was for Totoro. When the Studio Ghibli logo of the magical creature from Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro” appeared on the screen Thursday night, it meant to the audience the premiere of Miyazaki’s latest and perhaps last film, “The Boy … Read more

‘I shouldn’t have did what I did’: Country music star Zach Bryan apologizes after his arrest in Oklahoma

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VINITA, Okla. – Country music star Zach Bryan — who just announced back-to-back shows in San Antonio next summer — was arrested and jailed briefly Thursday in northeastern Oklahoma, according to a post on his account on the social media site X, formerly Twitter. “I had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Emotions got … Read more