ACM Awards Ratings Hit All-Time Low
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of County Music honors drew a record-low audience, joining other awards shows also finding dwindling viewer interest.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of County Music honors drew a record-low audience, joining other awards shows also finding dwindling viewer interest.
April 19 (UPI) — HBO Max released a teaser for “That Damn Michael Che” on Monday. Che will host the sketch comedy series, premiering May 6.
Godzilla vs. Kong is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $7.7 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid mounting anger over allegations of bullying, Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin broke his silence Saturday, saying he is “profoundly sorry” and will step back from his theater work.
Hundreds of anti-police and Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets in Washington, DC, on Friday night. Protests are expected to continue daily as the trial for Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd comes to a close
April 16 (UPI) — British actress Helen McCrory, has died of cancer at the age of 52, her husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced on social media Friday.
MILAN (AP) — The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder.
Patrick Pizella and Alfredo Ortiz write in The Hill about the promise for workers’ rights of implied by the decision by Amazon workers in Alabama not to join the Retail Workers and Department Store Union, despite the clear wishes of progressives:
Former Bachelor star Colton Underwood has come out as gay. The 29-year-old television personality and former football player went public about his sexuality during Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning America.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city’s entertainment industry.
NEW YORK (AP) — How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.
NEW YORK (AP) — DMX, the raspy-voiced hip-hop artist who produced the songs “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here)” and who rapped with a trademark delivery that was often paired with growls, barks and “What!” as an ad-lib, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 50.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Supporters and family of the rapper DMX chanted his name and offered up prayers Monday outside the New York hospital where he remained on life support.
iHeartRadio announced in a press release Tuesday that Clinton, the daughter of president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, will launch the In Fact with Chelsea Clinton podcast April 13.
The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of color, for the first time, swept the individual film awards.
“Godzilla vs. Kong” scored easily the best opening of the pandemic with an estimated $48.5 million since opening Wednesday, even as it was simultaneously streaming at home.
VATICAN CITY — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions.
(UPI) — Actor Armie Hammer has announced he will not return to the Broadway play The Minutes when it reopens in March 2022.
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital.
NEW YORK — Paul Simon is the latest icon to sell his rich catalog of songs.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality television show appeared in court for the first time Tuesday after being arrested on federal fraud charges alleging they cheated hundreds of people nationwide over a 10-year period in a telemarketing scheme.
NEW YORK (AP) — An Emmy-winning production designer who was known to be a hoarder has been found dead under a pile of garbage in her New York City home.
March 31 (UPI) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers exceeded his authority by extending a mask mandate without the approval of the Republican-controlled state Legislature.
On the heels of the World Health Organization releasing the findings of its COVID-19-origins investigation, the United States, the European Union and 13 other countries called on the U.N. health body to conduct a second probe while criticizing China’s lack of cooperation.
NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.”
HONG KONG — The Oscars will not be shown in Hong Kong for the first time in more than half a century, its local broadcaster confirmed Monday, as doubts remained over whether Hollywood’s top awards will air in mainland China.
The U.S. Army plans to allow the wearing of ponytails by female soldiers, regardless of uniform, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston announced.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges.
BARCELONA, Spain — If one overlooked the white face masks dotting the tightly packed crowd of music lovers, it was almost like pre-pandemic times in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi concert hall Saturday night.
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