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For her latest project, singer, actress and activist Janelle Monáe is encouraging millennials to vote. She calls it a tribute to her grandmother, who didn’t always have that right growing up in the segregated South. Monáe is on a mission to make sure everyone with a voice has the ability …

NEW YORK — Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” ”Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.  Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian …

LOS ANGELES — “Respect” is more than just a soul track, and it’s more than just a scorching anthem. The hit was transformative.  Aretha Franklin spelled it out for everyone everywhere — a song that was for the times, but one that remained as timeless as ever. “Everybody wanted respect. Who …