Entertainment Stories from April 23, 2026 (Change date)
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An Instagram DM changed everything for Rachel Reid, Jacob Tierney and ‘Heated Rivalry’Apr 23, 2026 3:13 pm - Since the first episode of “Heated Rivalry” dropped last November, Jacob Tierney’s adaptation of Rachel Reid’s “Game Changer” series featuring star-crossed hockey greats has become a phenomenon that boosted the sport’s popularity and made Reid a leader of the thriving genre of sports romance fiction.
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Elgin’s Bethlehem Lutheran next stop on Great Elgin Pipe Organ TourApr 23, 2026 1:16 pm - The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour continues Sunday, April 26, at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, featuring their 1940 M.P. Moller pipe organ that was restored in 1982.
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Moving but sometimes cloying, Tourette’s tale ‘I Swear’ soars on superb actingApr 23, 2026 12:15 pm - Perhaps the saddest thing about “I Swear,” the moving if also occasionally cloying film about Tourette’s activist John Davidson, is that a movie aimed at forging understanding ended up unwittingly causing division and horror — at a ceremony where it was being celebrated.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81Apr 23, 2026 11:07 am - Michael Tilson Thomas, a leading American conductor for a half-century who headed orchestras in Buffalo, Miami, London and San Francisco while also composing, died Wednesday. He was 81.
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Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giantApr 23, 2026 9:46 am - An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line.
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Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny top Spotify’s first all-time most-streamed artists listApr 23, 2026 8:15 am - It’s her, hi! Taylor Swift has topped Spotify’s list of the most streamed artists of all time, published Thursday morning.
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A pop star’s costume crisis turns existential in ‘Mother Mary’Apr 23, 2026 5:15 am - A pop star’s need for a new dress sets in motion David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama that grows more operatic with every stitch.
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The King of Pop is resurrected, sans complications, in ‘Michael’Apr 23, 2026 5:00 am - “Michael” slides a sequined glove over the pop star’s tarnished legacy, shrouding Michael Jackson’s complications with a conventional biopic that, if you cover your ears, sounds great.
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