March 28th, 2024

Entertainment News

A party like no other? Asia’s richest man celebrates son’s prenuptials with a star-studded bash

By Ashok Sharma, The Associated Press on March 2nd, 2024

NEW DELHI (AP) – What happens when the son of Asia’s richest man is about to get married? His father throws a three-day prenuptial bash four months before the actual ceremony. Tycoons from around the world, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on the small western Indian city of Jamnagar ... Read More »

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Film director who was shot by Alec Baldwin says it felt like being hit by a baseball bat

By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A movie director who was shot by Alec Baldwin during a movie rehearsal – and survived – testified Friday at trial that he was approaching the cinematographer when he heard a loud bang and felt the bullet’s impact. “It felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder,” ... Read More »

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Iris Apfel, fashion icon known for her eye-catching style, dies at 102

By Beth J. Harpaz, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric style, has died. She was 102. Her death was confirmed by her commercial agent, Lori Sale, who called Apfel “extraordinary.” No cause of death was given. It was also announced on her her verified Instagram page on ... Read More »

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Iranian singer who won Grammy for Mahsa Amini protest anthem is sentenced to prison in Iran

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran ... Read More »

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Prince Harry gets OK to use key evidence in phone hacking case against Daily Mail publisher

By Brian Melley, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids Friday when government ministers said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities. The Duke of Sussex, Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and ... Read More »

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Aaron Zigman’s ‘Émigré’ oratorio, about Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, has US premiere

By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Zigman goes back to the 1940s in composing “Émigré,” an oratorio portraying Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai. His 90-minute, two-act work, given its U.S. premiere by the New York Philharmonic on Thursday night, evokes a World War II-era sound reminiscent of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. While ... Read More »

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African American Film Critics group celebrates Black Hollywood and beyond while building its stature

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. No matter which renowned Black actor showed up – from Viola Davis to Forest Whitaker – the organization known as AAFCA still had a hard time ... Read More »

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New Jersey gambling regulator who advised nation on integrity and oversight retires

By Wayne Parry, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – David Rebuck, who oversaw New Jersey’s development of nation-leading internet gambling and sports betting industries and advised more than two dozen states on setting up and regulating their own gambling operations, retired Friday after 13 years as one of America’s most influential gambling regulators. Rebuck, 71, stepped down as director ... Read More »

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Grammy-winning Iranian singer, awarded over Mahsa Amini protest anthem, sentenced to prison

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran ... Read More »

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An Oscars comeback? How the film academy went global and found its footing again

By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on March 1st, 2024

For a few years, the Oscars looked to be hanging on by a thread. Viewership was plummeting. The pandemic didn’t help. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind Hollywood’s biggest night, kept finding itself on the wrong side of the conversation, whether it be #OscarsSoWhite, envelope-gate, the blip that was ... Read More »

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