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Trump’s visa policies have foreign musicians on edge. How will they affect Coachella and touring?

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Last month, Alvin Gibbs, bassist of the British punk band U.K. Subs, said he was turned away at the border before his Los Angeles show. He wrote on Facebook that when the band got to LAX, they were “detained in a cold holding pen, along with a group of Colombian, Chinese, and Mexican detainees. My … Read more

Fernanda Torres is making the Oscar run of her life. For Brazilians, she’s already won something larger

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Speaking to The Times in 2019, Brazilian acting legend Fernanda Montenegro described receiving an Academy Award nomination 20 years earlier for her role in Walter Salles’ “Central Station” — and her extensive campaigning for it — as “a trip to Jupiter.” Montenegro’s stateside recognition was unprecedented: the first time a Brazilian actor competed at the … Read more