Sports, Entertainment & Culture — August 27, 2026

NFL ends the Pro Bowl after 75 years. The league will still name 88 all-stars through voting and honor them at a February celebration in Los Angeles, but no game will be played.

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Tim Curry dies at 80. The character actor who defined Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and played Pennywise in 'It' died 14 years after a paralyzing stroke.

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Yayoi Kusama dies at 97. The Japanese artist behind polka-dot pumpkins and Infinity Mirror rooms — one of the world's most popular artists — leaves a seven-decade body of work drawn from her hallucinations.

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Buss family fight over Lakers escalates. Jeanie Buss petitioned Los Angeles Superior Court to block her siblings' vote to sell the family's remaining Lakers shares, challenging the vote's legality.

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