Brown Bag Concert Series continues with Rupert Wates
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Brown Bag Concert Series continues with Rupert Wates

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ROCK SPRINGS — Bring your lunch, a chair and sunscreen and enjoy the live music of Rupert Wates during the next Brown Concert Series performance from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the grassy area on the northeast side of the Sweetwater County Health and Human Services building at 333 Broad…

"Rebuilding Paradis" looks at emotional toll of deadly fire
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"Rebuilding Paradis" looks at emotional toll of deadly fire

  • By DAISY NGUYEN and AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Almost two years since a wildfire swept through his mountain town and virtually wiped it out, Steve "Woody" Culleton got to put the final touches on his new home.

In an upside-down summer, "Jaws," "E.T." are hits again
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In an upside-down summer, "Jaws," "E.T." are hits again

  • By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) — When historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they've slipped into a time warp, or maybe "Back to the Future."

Review: Beyoncé's "Black Is King" is supreme Black art
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Review: Beyoncé's "Black Is King" is supreme Black art

  • By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer
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King Beyoncé's new film takes you on a journey of Black art, music, history and fashion as the superstar transports you to Africa to tell the story of a young man in search of his crown, matched to epic songs she created while inspired by "The Lion King."

"Tenet" to open internationally first, in US a week later
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"Tenet" to open internationally first, in US a week later

  • By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest plan for Hollywood's hopeful return to moviegoing during the pandemic, Warner Bros. will release Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" in an unprecedented fashion, opening it internationally first on Aug. 26, with a U.S. release in select cities to follow over Labor Day weekend.

Everywhere and nowhere: The many layers of "cancel culture"
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Everywhere and nowhere: The many layers of "cancel culture"

  • By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) — So you've probably read a lot about "cancel culture." Or know about a new poll that shows a plurality of Americans disapproving of it. Or you may have heard about a letter in Harper's Magazine condemning censorship and intolerance.

Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73
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Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73

  • By ROBERT BARR and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press
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LONDON (AP) — Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73.

Sharing some songs
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Sharing some songs

  • Rock Springs Main Street/Urban Renewal Agency Photo/Trina Brittain
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Sharing some songs

Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters
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Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters

  • By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) — A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, "Jaws" set the blueprint. Concentrate marketing. Open wide. Pack them in.