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Entertainment News Roundup: ‘Bridgerton’ spin-off goes back in time to show ‘Queen Charlotte’ origins; African artists show support for east Congo conflict at music festival and more

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 LaQuan Smith turns NY’s Rainbow Place into catwalk at Style 7 days 
 Designer LaQuan Smith took over just one of New York’s most famed destinations for his Manner Week exhibit on Monday, presenting his Fall 2023 assortment at the Rainbow Room. Smith turned the glamorous house on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza into a catwalk with a celebrity star-studded front row that included musician Lil Nas X. 
 African artists present support for east Congo conflict at songs festival 
 Artists from throughout Africa performed at the “Amani” festival in jap Democratic Republic to demonstrate assistance…
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Andy Warhol as a gay artist in conflict with his Catholic faith
(RNS) — Andy Warhol’s pop-art masterpieces — paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and Brillo boxes and saturated Marilyn Monroe screenprints — deftly thrash American consumerism and celebrity culture with a cynicism carefully disguised as tongue-in-cheek. He was careful to keep his distance as a witty, shameless auteur. The first-ever exhibition to focus on the legendary artist’s Catholic faith at the Brooklyn Museum, “Andy Warhol: Revelation,” sits in stark contrast, almost as if displaying an entirely different artist. Warhol is still plenty tongue-in-cheek: The exhibition opens with “Raphael Madonna — $6.99,” a floor-to-ceiling painting of Madonna and child overshadowed by a bright red price tag. Warhol, the former graphic artist, sketched…