Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
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Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo R&B star with hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,”…

Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78
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Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Pee-wee Herman’s perky, bouffant-wigged neighbor, Miss Yvonne, in the 1980s children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and the sweet, timorous mother of one of the main characters in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” died on Friday in Los Angeles….

David Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83
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David Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Edward Byrd, who captured the swirl and energy of the 1960s and early ’70s by conjuring pinwheels of color with indelible posters for concerts by Jimi Hendrix, the Who and the Rolling Stones as well as for hit stage musicals like “Follies”…

Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85
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Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines His first movie with Mr. Allen was the comedy “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), written by Mr. Allen but directed by Herbert Ross. Mr. Roberts played a businessman who had had “the foresight to buy Polaroid at 8 1/2” but is too busy…

‘Bill & Ted’ stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to reunite on Broadway
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‘Bill & Ted’ stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to reunite on Broadway

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Party on, dudes! “Bill & Ted” stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are reuniting on Broadway. The iconic duo will star in the new stage production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” marking their first project together since 2020’s “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” Reeves, 59, has signed on…

Canada’s National Arts Centre sparks outrage with black-only events
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Canada’s National Arts Centre sparks outrage with black-only events

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A taxpayer-funded Canadian theater organization has sparked outrage after announcing an event that will only allow “Black-identifying audiences” to attend. The National Arts Centre in Ottawa is putting on a “Black Out” night at its Babs Asper Theatre on Feb. 17 — the middle of Black History Month — for the…