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All things entertaining in Westchester, Rockland and the Hudson Valley

K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Celtic Woman at Bethel Woods, Empire City Casino

The Dave Matthews Band's Bama Green Project aims

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Hudson Valley music fans are going to have plenty of opportunities to rock out this summer, with two major concert series that recently kicked off.

Some of the biggest acts in rock and country music will be stopping by the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts this season (200 Hurd Rd., Bethel; 866-781-2922; www.bethelwoodscenter.org). The first act to play the venue’s concert series is the Irish...

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Jimmy Fallon, Steven Tyler earn Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week

Jimmy Fallon, Steven Tyler and Russell Crowe share

It was a busy week for celebrities with Hudson Valley connections, and some took a break from their hectic schedules to post their thoughts, photos and videos on Twitter.

Because the following embedded tweets, links, photos and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, click here.

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Father's Day: Bill Clinton, Diddy celebrating with their famous offspring

Writer/director Angelina Jolie and her father, actor Jon

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Dads throughout the U.S. will be celebrated on Father’s Day Sunday, including quite a few famous fathers who hail from the Hudson Valley. Check out these five celebrity fathers and their equally famous offspring:

Bill and Chelsea Clinton: Bill and wife Hillary are Chappaqua residents and daughter Chelsea, an NBC News special correspondent, married in Rhinebeck in 2010. Clinton was recently...

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'Hell's Kitchen' contestants appearing in Hartsdale today

Amanda Giblin of Pine Bush, Orange County, has

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Eliminated by fiery chef Gordon Ramsay on this season of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," Dan Ryan of Hartsdale and Amanda Giblin of Pine Bush will meet in Ryan's hometown today, along with two other former contestants and under far less stressful conditions.

Hey NY/NJ fans. Come meet ME @jessicahk11 @danhk11 @barrethk11 today @6:30 @chefcentral in Hartsdale! twitter.com/AmandaGHK11/st… —...

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'Star Trek' sequel bumps up release date to May 16

Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star in Paramount

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"Star Trek Into Darkness" fanatics won't have to wait quite as long as they'd thought to see the J.J. Abrams-directed movie, whose wide release date of May 16 is now a day earlier than previously announced.

IMAX screenings will also be bumped up a day, with screenings starting as early as May 15. Those showings will include about a half-hour of footage filmed with high-res IMAX cameras.

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Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon earn Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week

Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and Jordan Peele share

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It's a particularly visual edition of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, which, as usual, focuses on the best of Twitter from celebrities with connections to the Hudson Valley.

Because the following embedded tweets, links, pictures and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week,...

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Yonkers Film Festival debuting in October

A stock photo of a 16 mm movie

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Yonkers has been the setting for quite a few high-profile film and television shoots in recent months, featuring movie stars such as Will Smith and Katie Holmes. So it’s only fitting that the city host the inaugural Yonkers Film Festival (dubbed YoFi Fest) this year, with the event taking place Oct. 11-13.

“We are thrilled to host our first, of hopefully many, film festivals here in Yonkers,”...

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Uniqlo opens Friday at Westchester's Ridge Hill shopping center

Japanese clothier Uniqlo will open a new location

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Uniqlo, a Japanese clothing chain known for stocking quality staples at reasonable prices is opening a new location at Westchester’s Ridge Hill shopping complex on Friday.

Featuring brightly colored skinny jeans and leggings, cashmere crewneck sweaters and patterned broadcloth shirts, the chain, which features women’s, men’s and children’s clothing and accessories, is expanding to New York...

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Katie Holmes, Spike Lee movie 'Mania Days' filming in Yonkers

Actress Katie Holmes attends the quot;Mission: Impossible -

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“Mania Days,” a drama starring Katie Holmes and being produced by Spike Lee, is filming at Alder Manor in Yonkers. According to the Mayor’s Office of Film and Photography, the movie began shooting at the historic estate Monday and is scheduled to wrap up April 26.

According to Indiewire, “Mania Days” stars Holmes as a manic-depressive poet who falls for a manic-depressive rapper, played by...

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Ben Stiller, Mike Myers featured on tonight's 'Inside Comedy'

Mike Myers, a former Pound Ridge resident, is

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Mike Myers and Ben Stiller get candid about their careers with host David Steinberg on tonight's episode of Showtime's "Inside Comedy."

Myers, a former Pound Ridge resident, chats about the personal experiences that led to his "Austin Powers" trilogy, while Stiller, who owns a home in Chappaqua, looks back on the "Blue Steel" pose and other circumstances that...

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