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Matthew Perry’s death is being investigated over ketamine level found in actor’s blood, reports say
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – An investigation has been opened into the death of Matthew Perry and how the “Friends” actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death. Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday that the police department was assisting the Drug Enforcement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oscar-winning composer of ‘Finding Neverland’ music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. dies at age 71
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the musical score of “Finding Neverland,” died on Tuesday. He was 71. Kaczmarek’s death was announced by Poland’s Music Foundation which had been informed of his passing by the composer’s wife. Kaczmarek had suffered from MSA, a rare degenerative neurological ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attorneys stop representing a Utah mom and children’s grief author accused of killing her husband
By Mead Gruver, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
A team of attorneys has withdrawn from representing a Utah mother accused of killing her husband with fentanyl then publishing a children’s book about loss and grief. Why Kouri Richins’ private attorneys withdrew from the case was unclear; they cited only an “irreconcilable and nonwaivable situation” in a court filing asking to leave. Utah district ... Read More »
1 responseFred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died. He was 89. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film ” ... Read More »
1 responseWhat to stream this week: ‘Dune 2’ adds spice, J.Lo heads to space, Lenny Kravitz rocks
By The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
“Dune: Part 2,” Jennifer Lopez in the sci-fi action pic “Atlas” and a “South Park” episode skewering weight loss drugs are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: A spectacular documentary ... Read More »
1 responseGraceland is not for sale, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough says in lawsuit
By Adrian Sainz, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is fighting plans to publicly auction his Graceland estate in Memphis after a company tried to sell the property based on claims that a loan using the king of rock ‘n’ roll’s former home as collateral was not repaid. A public auction for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick deWitt among three authors shortlisted for Leacock Medal for Humour
By The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2024
TORONTO – Internationally bestselling author Patrick deWitt is among the three finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $25,000 award goes to the best Canadian book of literary humour published in the previous year. DeWitt made the short list for “The Librarianist,” which tells the life story of a retired librarian who ... Read More »
1 responseElvis Presley’s granddaughter fights company’s attempt to sell Graceland estate
By Adrian Sainz, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is fighting plans to publicly auction his Graceland estate in Memphis after a company tried to sell the property based on claims that a loan using the king of rock ‘n’ roll’s former home as collateral was not repaid. A public auction for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!London judge rejects Prince Harry’s bid to add allegations against Rupert Murdoch in tabloid lawsuit
By Brian Melley, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry can’t expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid publisher to include allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering, a London judge ruled Tuesday. The decision by Judge Timothy Fancourt’s in the High Court was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump campaign calls ‘The Apprentice’ ‘blatantly false,’ director offers to screen it for him
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on May 21st, 2024
CANNES, France (AP) – Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump. Following its premiere Monday in Cannes, Steven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Billy-Ray Belcourt on using short fiction to show a range of Indigenous experiences
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2024
Billy-Ray Belcourt has populated his first short story collection with a pantheon of Cree characters, each presenting a different possibility for modern Indigenous life. The cast of “Coexistence” started with just one couple. Belcourt wanted to write a story about queer, Indigenous partners who stay together, in which nothing traumatic happens. “I didn’t see that ... Read More »
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