March 19th, 2024

Entertainment News

4 things to know from Elon Musk’s interview with Don Lemon

By David Hamilton, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly after the ... Read More »

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Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are officially divorced

By The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official Tuesday, six months after the 30-year-old pop star file a petition to divorce the 28-year-old real estate broker. The two separated more than a year ago, according to ... Read More »

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Spotify paid $9 billion in royalties in 2023. Here’s what fueled the growth

By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Spotify paid out $9 billion in streaming royalties last year, the streaming giant said Tuesday in its latest “Loud and Clear” report. Spotify’s fourth annual report, which originally launched in 2021 following criticism over its lack of transparency, noted record accomplishments, including the highest annual payment from any retailer to the ... Read More »

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London home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his ‘exquisite clutter’

By Brian Melley, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

LONDON (AP) – Freddie Mercury ‘s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for the first time in nearly half a century – minus his “exquisite clutter.” Garden Lodge, as the neo-Georgian brick home in the posh Kensington neighborhood is known, is for sale by Knight Frank ... Read More »

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Movie armorer challenges conviction in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

By The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A movie set armorer is challenging her conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” court records released Monday show. Defense attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a request for a new trial ... Read More »

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Singer R. Kelly seeks appeals court relief from 30-year prison term

By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – R. Kelly’s lawyer told an appeals court Monday that all kinds of legitimate organizations – even college fraternities – could be deemed racketeering organizations under a law used to convict the R&B superstar at his Brooklyn trial of sexually abusing young fans, including children, for decades. Attorney Jennifer Bonjean, seeking to ... Read More »

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Ryan Gosling’s stellar ‘I’m Just Ken’ Oscars performance inspires huge jump in streams

By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Can you feel the Kenergy? Ryan Gosling’s Oscars performance of the “Barbie” power ballad “I’m Just Ken” stole the show earlier this month. The popularity of his star-studded, Slash-soloing, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”-channeling set is still being felt. Luminate, the industry data and analytics company, found that on-demand U.S. audio and video ... Read More »

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30 years after firing, a soprano returns to the Met Opera for a recital

By The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – Soprano Kathleen Battle is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for a recital three decades after the company fired her and publicly accused her of “unprofessional actions.” The 75-year-old is scheduled to perform on May 12 in only her second appearance there since the 1994 firing. Battle will be accompanied by harpist ... Read More »

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James Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith join the Country Music Hall of Fame

By Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – James Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith on Monday became the newest members to join the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association announced the 2024 inductees in Nashville, Tennessee, with Burton, a guitarist who was Elvis Presley’s band leader, entering in the recording/touring musician category. Meanwhile, Keith, who ... Read More »

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Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer

By Wayne Parry, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City’s identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea. But there is a little too much ... Read More »

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