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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday with a Saturday night concert in London featuring British singers such as Sting, Tom Jones and Jamie Cullum.
Kylie Minogue, Shaggy and Craig David also performed during the “Queen's Birthday Party” at Royal Albert Hall.
Elizabeth — the world's longest-reigning living monarch — attended the show with other members of the royal family. Flanked by Prince Charles and Prince William — first and second in line for the throne — she waved to the crowd as she took her seat. The audience sang happy birthday when the queen went on stage toward the end of the program.
Prince Harry, with fiancee Meghan Markle as his concert date, led the tributes to his grandmother.
The queen celebrates two birthdays every year: Her actual birthday on April 21 and her “official birthday” in the summer. That usually falls on the second Saturday in June, when she joins the Trooping the Color military parade in central London.
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LOS ANGELES — Kerry Washington hopes that when people look back on “Scandal,” they remember the show as courageous and bold.
The woman who made the character Olivia Pope a household name spoke about the ABC series' impact as it aired its final episode after seven seasons on Thursday.
While most fans were watching on TV, a few lucky ones were able to watch Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young and other cast members do a live reading of the show at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The special event was a benefit for The Actors Fund charity.
LOS ANGELES — Shaquille O'Neal called himself “The Big Baryshnikov” and “The Big Socrates” in his days in the NBA. Now he can add “The Big Shakespeare.”The basketball Hall-of-Famer, TNT TV analyst, commercial pitchman and onetime rapper is putting poetry on his lengthy resume as part of a new public television series.He brings his best bard to a dramatic reading of a poem in his episode of the 12-part “Poetry in America,” then discusses it with Elisa New, a Harvard English professor who hosts the show.“Poetry in America,” distributed by American Public Television, is airing at various times on public TV stations.
