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Q&A: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau discuss their Boston heist comedy ‘The Instigators’
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play complete strangers thrown into their first heist in the new action comedy ” The Instigators.” The robbery of a corrupt politician goes very wrong, and their characters are left on the run in Boston (with Damon’s character’s therapist, played by Hong Chau, in tow). The film is written by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst has book out this fall on Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of Israel
By The Associated Press on August 6th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The chief foreign correspondent for Fox News, Trey Yingst, will have a book out this fall timed to the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. “Black Saturday” will be published Oct. 1 by Fox News Books, a HarperCollins imprint. According to the publisher, Yingst will offer “a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I had nothing to do with it’ says man charged with sending son to kill rapper PnB Rock
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) – A man charged with murder vehemently denied in court testimony that he sent his 17-year-old son into a Los Angeles restaurant in 2022 to rob and kill hip-hop star PnB Rock. “I understand you’re trying to put together your story,” Freddie Trone told a prosecutor during cross-examination in a Compton, California, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘David Makes Man’ actor Akili McDowell is charged with murder in man’s shooting in Houston
By The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Actor Akili McDowell, who starred in the television series “David Makes Man” and had roles in “Billions” and “The Astronaut Wives Club,” has been charged with fatally shooting a man in the parking lot of a Houston apartment complex, authorities said. McDowell, 21, was charged last week with murder in the July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands storm fences at free weekend Billy Talent concert in Port Colborne, Ont.
By The Canadian Press on August 5th, 2024
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. – Niagara Regional Police say several thousand people pushed through the fences at a free Billy Talent concert in Port Colborne, Ont., on Saturday. Municipal officials say the venue at H. H. Knoll Park had reached capacity just before 9:30 p.m., at which point police decided to close the surrounding fences. Police ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police release images of suspects and car in killing of actor Johnny Wactor in Los Angeles
By The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Police have released images of three suspects and the getaway car used in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor in downtown Los Angeles when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car. The two images were released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged with sending son to kill rapper PnB Rock testifies, says ‘I had nothing to do with it’
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) – Called to testify at his trial, a man vehemently denied Monday that he sent his 17-year-old son into a South Los Angeles restaurant to rob and kill hip-hop star PnB Rock. “I understand you’re trying to put together your story,” Freddie Trone told a prosecutor during cross-examination in a Compton courtroom. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involved
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
Bloomberg News apologized Monday for prematurely publishing a story last week that revealed a prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia and said it had disciplined the employees involved. The story moved nearly four hours before an embargo on the exchange was lifted by the White House. John Micklethwait, Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief, said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One thing that hasn’t changed in Hollywood: Male characters still more than double female ones
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – In recent years the movie industry has gone through the streaming revolution, the pandemic, labor strikes and “Barbenheimer.” But after countless upheavals in Hollywood, you’re still more than twice as likely to see male speaking characters in theatrical releases than you are female ones. Just 32% of speaking characters in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Did a father tell his teenage son to kill rapper PnB Rock? Jurors to hear closing arguments at trial
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) – The two sides at the murder trial in the killing of Philadelphia hip-hop star PnB Rock agree that a 17-year-old boy walked into Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant in South Los Angeles, shot the rapper twice in the back and once in the chest. Both agree that the boy’s father, Freddie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands brave the heat for 70th anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival
By The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England. The festival, which ends Sunday, is also one of the biggest multi-day jazz festivals in the world. It has brought legions ... Read More »
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