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Françoise Hardy, French singing legend and pop icon, dies at 80
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on June 12th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon since the 1960s, has died. She was 80. Her son, musician Thomas Dutronc, announced her death on social media, sharing a poignant photo of himself as a child with his mother. Hardy, who had been battling lymphatic cancer since 2004, faced her illness ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Art Basel opens, buyers confront a ‘cooling’ but still very active market
By James Brooks, The Associated Press on June 12th, 2024
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) – Multi-million-dollar works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama and Alberto Giacometti went on the market this week as fair Art Basel opened in Switzerland. Thousands flooded the exhibition center for VIP previews before doors open to public on Thursday. Arriving guests strolled through a large plaza filled with stems of wheat resembling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bestselling author V.E. Schwab agrees to 2-book, 7-figure deal. Her next novel comes out in 2025
By The Associated Press on June 12th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Bestselling author V.E. Schwab has a 7-figure book deal. Tor Books, a Macmillan imprint, announced Wednesday that it has agreed to terms on a two-book, $2 million contract with the science fiction/fantasy novelist. The first book, “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil,” is scheduled for June 2025. Schwab’s novel will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95
By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press on June 12th, 2024
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died. He was 95. Maki, who taught architecture and urban design at Harvard, died June 6, his office, Maki & Associates, said Wednesday. Japanese media reports attributed the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annoyed by the spectacle, Deadmau5 marks 25 years and a Hall of Fame induction
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2024
TORONTO – Deadmau5 is unhappy. At the very least, Canadian music producer Joel Zimmerman is extremely agitated. Without his infamous mouse head to hide behind, his displeasure is obvious as he saunters into the green room at Canadian Music Week. Two things are on the agenda for the next hour – photos and an interview ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Historic Mexico City castle is depicted flying the Targaryen flag, and officials aren’t amused
By The Associated Press on June 12th, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s historic Chapultepec Castle has been depicted flying the black Targaryen flag, and officials in Mexico aren’t amused. The plot of the “House of the Dragon,” a “Game of Thrones” prequel, apparently involves countries taking sides in a civil war for control of the fictitious Iron Throne. The producers of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celine Dion says she took near-fatal doses of Valium for illness: ‘It could kill me’
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on June 11th, 2024
Celine Dion says she’s been battling her rare illness for 17 years and, at one point, was taking nearly lethal doses of Valium to deal with the terrifying symptoms. The Canadian superstar opened up about her life-altering neurological disorder during her emotional sit-down interview with NBC’s Hoda Kotb on Tuesday night, saying she should have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Apollo Theater celebrates 90th anniversary at star-studded spring benefit with Usher, Babyface
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on June 11th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The Apollo Theater, a bastion of Black music and culture and one of New York City’s most storied venues, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. On Tuesday, the historic theater held its annual spring benefit – its largest annual fundraising effort, this year raising $3 million – with a star-studded event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A portrait of King Charles III was defaced in the latest act of activist vandalism
By The Associated Press on June 11th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners use vandalism to publicize their causes. A group called Animal Rising shared a video of campaigners pasting a picture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paramount Global owner calls off merger talks with Skydance Media
By The Associated Press on June 11th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, said Tuesday that it has ended talks on a possible merger of Paramount with movie production company Skydance Media. The potential deal had drawn attention for weeks amid concerns about Paramount’s future given its heavy debt load ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American investor Martin Shkreli accused of copying and sharing one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on June 11th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – American investor Martin Shkreli is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly retaining and sharing recordings from a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album that he was forced to sell following his 2017 conviction on securities fraud charges. The lawsuit was brought Monday by a cryptocurrency collective, PleasrDAO, which purchased the only known copy ... Read More »
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