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The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back
By Jeff Mcmillan, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art – all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.” That’s the opening salvo of Qommittee, a group of drag performers banding together to protect and promote their art form, as it announced its formation ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Malcolm Gladwell takes fresh look at societal trends in ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Coming this fall: “The Tipping Point,” the sequel. Little, Brown and Co. announced Wednesday that Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1. The book arrives nearly a quarter-century after Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,” his million-selling debut. Little, Brown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire destroys part of Legoland theme park in western Denmark, melting replicas of famed buildings
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit has destroyed part of Miniland, a section of the Legoland theme park in western Denmark with replicas of famous buildings made of Lego bricks, the park said Wednesday. Video surveillance showed that the fire started in one of the electric ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clarification: OpenAI-News Corp story
By The Associated Press on May 29th, 2024
In a story published May 23, 2024, The Associated Press reported that OpenAI will have access to both fresh and archived material from News Corp.’s major news publications as part of a content-sharing deal. The story should have made clear that News Corp.’s publications include The Daily Telegraph in Australia, but not the one in ... Read More »
1 responseHarvey Weinstein to appear before judge in same courthouse where Trump is on trial
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Harvey Weinstein is expected to appear before a judge Wednesday afternoon in the same New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial. Weinstein is awaiting a retrial on rape charges after his 2020 conviction was tossed out. Wednesday’s court hearing will address various legal issues related to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back
By Jeff Mcmillan, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art – all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.” That’s the opening salvo of Qommittee, a group of drag performers banding together to protect and promote their art form, as it announced its formation ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rapper Sean Kingston agrees to return to Florida, where he and mother are charged with $1M in fraud
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – Rapper and singer Sean Kingston on Tuesday waived his right to fight extradition in a California court and agreed to be turned over to authorities in Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars worth of fraud. Kingston, 34, did not make a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ is headed to an Australia museum
By The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The sole physical copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is headed to Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art. Only a handful of ears have listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s seventh studio album to date. But next month, lucky MONA visitors may be able to hear part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation legislator makes history at Queen’s Park with speech in Oji-Cree
By Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press on May 28th, 2024
TORONTO – A First Nation legislator addressed Queen’s Park in his own language Tuesday, marking the first time a language other than English and French has been allowed by officials in Ontario’s legislative chamber. In the process, New Democrat Sol Mamakwa, who spoke for 10 minutes in Anishininiimowin, or Oji-Cree, in the Ontario legislature, secured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94
By By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at the UCLA Medical Center, according to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jessica Stone, who knits Broadway and circus in thrilling ‘Water for Elephants,’ enjoys a Tony nod
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – You don’t initially see a full elephant at the Broadway musical “Water for Elephants.” It’s more like a tease. First come a pair of enormous ears. Then a trunk. And then the legs. The execution is by director Jessica Stone, who wanted to make it extra special for the audience when ... Read More »
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