Entertainment Stories from April 7, 2026 (Change date)
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End of an era: Van Oyen signs off with final performance at North Central CollegeApr 07, 2026 5:14 pm - Lawrence Van Oyen will retire after 33 years as director of bands and saxophone instructor at North Central College, with his final concert scheduled for April 11 at Wentz Concert Hall. Among his many accomplishments, he founded Chords for Kids, a sensory-friendly concert series for children with special needs.
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Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson saysApr 07, 2026 2:04 pm - The rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and is in stable condition, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
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Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ spinoff ‘The Testaments’ is about girlhood in GileadApr 07, 2026 12:28 pm - Throughout “The Handmaid's Tale,” dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. In “The Testaments,” debuting Wednesday on Hulu, Gilead is still Gilead — but there are glimmers of hope as a through-line.
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Creative collaboration: How Geneva retirement residents transformed poetry into musicApr 07, 2026 11:59 am - Lynda Cox and Bruce Petsche, residents of the GreenFields of Geneva life-care retirement community, have turned their friendship late in life into a musical collaboration.
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Colin Kaepernick to publish memoir ‘The Perilous Fight’ in SeptemberApr 07, 2026 9:08 am - A decade after he first took a knee during the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick will be publishing his life story.
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Taylor Frankie Paul faces protective order hearing in Utah after ‘Bachelorette’ cancellationApr 07, 2026 8:30 am - A Utah judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday on a protective order sought by a former partner against Taylor Frankie Paul, the star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and a recently filmed season of “The Bachelorette” that was canceled over abuse allegations in the relationship.
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