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FILE - In this May 5, 2016 file picture the Elbe Philharmonic Hall is photographed in Hamburg, Germany. a Hmburg’s spectacular new Elbphilharmonie concert hall is to finally host its first concert on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017 night, several years behind schedule and far over the original budget. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the guests expected at the maiden concert, to be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester will present a mélange of compositions from the renaissance to the present. (Markus Scholz/dpa via AP,file)
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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2016 file photo visitors of the Plaza of the Elbphilharmonie explore the access to the observation platform in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg’s spectacular new Elbphilharmonie concert hall is to finally host its first concert on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017 night, several years behind schedule and far over the original budget. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the guests expected at the maiden concert, to be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester will present a mélange of compositions from the renaissance to the present. (Axel Heimken\dpe via AP, file)
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FILE - This Nov. 4, 2016 file picture shows a view into the great hall, photographed during a press tour through the The Elbe Philharmonic Hall (Elbphilharmonie) in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg’s spectacular new Elbphilharmonie concert hall is to finally host its first concert on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017 night, several years behind schedule and far over the original budget. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the guests expected at the maiden concert, to be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester will present a mélange of compositions from the renaissance to the present. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP,file)
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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2016 file picture the sunset reflecting in the windows of the new 'Elbphilharmonie' Philharmonic Building in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg’s spectacular new Elbphilharmonie concert hall is to finally host its first concert on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017 night, several years behind schedule and far over the original budget. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the guests expected at the maiden concert, to be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester will present a mélange of compositions from the renaissance to the present. (Axel Heimken/dpa via AP,file)
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FILE - This Feb. 2, 2016 file picture shows the glass-clad exterior of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg’s spectacular new Elbphilharmonie concert hall is to finally host its first concert on Wednesday Jan. 11, 2017 night, several years behind schedule and far over the original budget. Germany’s President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the guests expected at the maiden concert, to be conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester will present a mélange of compositions from the renaissance to the present. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP.file)
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CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME FROM KENDY TO KENDI - This cover image released by Nation Books shows, "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," winner of the National Book Award, by Ibram X. Kendi. (Nation Books via AP)
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In this Jan. 10, 2017 images a laserboard displays a countdown with the words '1 DAY'TO'GO' on the outside of the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany. The concert hall opens on Jan. 11, 2017. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, Drake accepts the award for favorite artist - rap/hip-hop at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Drake is saluting President Barack Obama with a bizarre image of the Canadian rapper’s face mixed with the president’s. He shared the picture on Instagram Jan. 10, 2017, following Obama's farewell speech.(Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
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In this Jan. 7, 2011, file photo, actor Ashton Kutcher, left, and actress Natalie Portman, from the film "No Strings Attached" pose for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. Portman tells Marie Claire magazine in an interview published Jan. 11, 2017, that Kutcher was paid three times as much as her for co-starring in the 2011 film. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016, file photo, Madonna attends the 11th annual Billboard Women in Music honors in New York. Madonna tells Harper's Bazaar in an interview published online Jan. 10, 2017, that President-elect Donald Trump winning the White House is “like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson, right, celebrates after hitting a 3-point shot as Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe stands in the background during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Actress and Kentucky fan Ashley Judd, center, cheers from behind the team bench during the second half of Kentucky's NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Kentucky won 87-81. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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President Obama wipes away tears as he gives his presidential farewell address Tuesday at McCormick Place in Chicago. (Associated Press)
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New Texas coach Tom Herman opens his first season in Austin as the Longhorns host Maryland. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This undated file concept design provided by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art shows a rendering of their proposed museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and his team announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, they have chosen Los Angeles over San Francisco as the home of the museum that will showcase his work. After what organizers called an extremely difficult decision, they announced Tuesday that the museum will be built in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where it will sit alongside many other more traditional museums. (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art via AP, File)
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This undated file concept design provided by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art shows a rendering of their proposed museum, just west and north of the Coliseum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and his team announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, they have chosen Los Angeles over San Francisco as the home of the museum that will showcase his work. After what organizers called an extremely difficult decision, they announced Tuesday that the museum will be built in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where it will sit alongside other more traditional museums. (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art via AP, File)
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Javier Munoz, left, who plays Alexander Hamilton in the enormously popular Broadway hip-hop musical "Hamilton," laughs with the show's set designer David Korins as they read a letter from Hamilton to an unnamed recipient, possibly Jeremiah Wadsworth, about the 1796 presidential election, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Sotheby's auction house in New York. This and a trove of artifacts related to Alexander Hamilton, including love letters to his wife, Eliza, will be offered up for auction at Sotheby's Jan. 18, part of "Americana week." Munoz says holding and reading Hamilton's private thoughts about everything from his love life to war in America will have a deep effect on his Broadway performance. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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CORRECTS NAME OF SON FROM PATRICK TO PHILIP- Javier Munoz, who plays Alexander Hamilton in the hit Broadway musical, tears up as he reads a letter from Hamilton's son Philip to his father that starts with the words "Dear Papa," Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in New York. The letter is among a trove of artifacts related to Alexander Hamilton, including love letters to his wife, Eliza, will be offered up for auction at Sotheby's Jan. 18. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
