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Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother stole more than $1 million through fraud, authorities say
By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother committed more than a million dollars in fraud in recent months, stealing money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade and furniture, documents released Friday allege. Kingston, 34, and his 61-year-old mother, Janice Turner, have been charged with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Essence Festival adds Usher to 2024 talent headliners
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – R&B superstar Usher will join the night concert lineup for this summer’s 30th anniversary of the Essence Festival of Culture. Organizers announced late Thursday that Usher, who is no stranger to the event, will perform during the festival, which this year runs July 4-7 at various venues in New Orleans. As ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caleb Carr, military historian and author of best-selling novel “The Alienist,” dies at 68
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68. Carr died of cancer Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NewsNation completes transition to cable news outlet next week
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – By filling out its weekend schedule next week, NewsNation will compete a transition to an all-news cable and satellite network that it began in 2020. The network announced this week that on June 1, a three-hour newscast anchored by Adrienne Bankert will begin at 4 p.m. Eastern on Saturdays and Sundays, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: RM of BTS has a new solo album, ‘Right Place, Wrong Person,’ an elastic experiment
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
All seven members of BTS are currently serving South Korea’s compulsory enlistment for men of a certain age – and in what should feel like an absence, the K-pop boy band is keeping their fans occupied with a steady release schedule of eclectic solo material. Next up is rapper RM’s second solo full-length album, “Right ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Beach Boys, going into the sunset, look back on years of harmony and heartache in documentary
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
Both the Beach Boys and “The Beach Boys” – the new documentary dropping Friday on Disney+ – are all about blending a range of voices. The three Wilson brothers – Brian, Carl and Dennis – along with cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, brought a harmonic revolution to group vocals with their Southern California ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New lawsuit accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexually abusing college student in the 1990s
By Karen Matthews, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A woman who says Sean “Diddy” Combs subjected her to violence and abuse over several years in the 1990s has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing the rapper of sexual assault, battery and gender-motivated violence. April Lampros, who met Combs in 1994 when she was a college student, described several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Palm Dog: Kodi, star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ is the top dog of Cannes
By Louise Dixon, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
CANNES, France (AP) – The verdict is in: The titular “Dog on Trial” was declared this year’s Palm Dog winner in Cannes on Friday. Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize for the Chinese drama “Black Dog.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks amid election campaign
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks – and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the royal family were canceling most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Demi Moore, Cher and more stars raise money for AIDS research at amfAR gala near Cannes
By Louise Dixon, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
ANTIBES, France (AP) – Some of the biggest stars in the French Rivera for the Cannes Film Festival made appearances at the 30th annual amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research. Demi Moore, whose film “The Substance” caused a stir at Cannes, hosted this year’s gala, a role launched by Elizabeth Taylor in 1993. ... Read More »
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