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Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alec Baldwin’s case is on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Eagles singer Don Henley filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s hit “Hotel California” album. The civil complaint filed in Manhattan federal court comes after prosecutors in March abruptly dropped criminal charges midway through a trial against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics, notes
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Eagles singer Don Henley filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s hit “Hotel California” album. The civil complaint filed in Manhattan federal court comes after prosecutors in March abruptly dropped criminal charges midway through a trial against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Childish Gambino will perform at the BET Awards with Taraji P. Henson hosting. Here’s what to know
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching. Last year’s show celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends and new talent during a show packed with spectacular performances that consistently felt like a party. This year is stacking up to be just as exciting with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate – but not for real-time viewers
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – There were some exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made during the CNN debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Trouble was, none of them were available to the millions of people watching the two presidents in real time. That was the result of CNN’s decision ahead of Thursday’s debate that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Avril Lavigne in a reflective mood as she is named to Order of Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 28th, 2024
Avril Lavigne has been doing a lot of reflecting lately. The one-time pop-punk princess is on a Greatest Hits tour ““ and the Governor General just announced she would be invested as a member of the Order of Canada. She says it’s put her 22-year career into perspective. The Governor General lauded Lavigne as having ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre’s office silent on leader’s Pride plans, other party chiefs look to attend
By The Canadian Press on June 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre is the only federal leader whose staff would not answer questions about whether their chief intends to participate in Pride events this summer. Instead, his office is pointing to Melissa Lantsman, the party’s deputy leader, who attended a Pride flag-raising ceremony on Parliament Hill earlier this month. Poilievre has not publicly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP picks 2024’s best movies so far, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Thelma,’ ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ to ‘Challengers’
By Jake Coyle And Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
The movie year, jumbled a bit by 2023’s strikes, might feel like it’s only just getting going. The box office is, finally, booming thanks to “Inside Out 2.” But at the year’s midway point, a lot of terrific movies have already come out ““ more, maybe, than you might realize. Not even counting some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dionne Harmon is making major moves in Hollywood as a producer. Next up is Sunday’s BET Awards
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on June 28th, 2024
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) – If Dionne Harmon never found an old script on New Edition’s biopic, the R&B group’s story might still be sitting on a shelf instead of becoming a highly-rated miniseries for BET. Same can be said for other projects like “The Bobby Brown Story” and the Soul Train-inspired series “American Soul.” She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Norval Morrisseau’s family seeks to restore late artist’s legacy, worth after fraud
By Sheila Reid, The Canadian Press on June 28th, 2024
More than a year after police in Ontario unravelled a massive art fraud involving the works of Norval Morrisseau, the late Indigenous artist’s family and estate say they’re still paying the price for the decades-long scheme. In monetary terms, the fraud has greatly diminished the true value of Morrisseau’s real works, his estate says. But ... Read More »
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