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Trump announced three familiar names as “special ambassadors” to Hollywood this week. “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California. They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost…

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With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration less than a week away, his transition team is releasing a glimpse of what Americans can expect for the celebration. One impressive name that will be making an appearance at the inauguration is country star Carrie Underwood, who is scheduled to perform “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s swearing in ceremony.…

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January 9 was a solemn day for former president Jimmy Carter’s Washington National Cathedral funeral service. Yet for some, the moment was marked with controversy over one of the songs played to honor the former president. Garth Brooks and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, friends of Carter, performed their own rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” during…

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As the investigation into the murder of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, with the arrest of 26-year-old suspect Luigi Mangione just breaking earlier this week, the rhetoric over the murder continues to be charged. “Saturday Night Live” decided to jump into the fray when the murder was discussed on the show’s “Weekend Update” segment,…

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