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Richard Gere on draft dodgers, activism and why ‘Oh Canada’ was not shot in Canada
By Radheyan Simonpillai, The Canadian Press on May 18th, 2024
CANNES, FRANCE – Richard Gere says he contemplated coming to Canada to avoid being sent to the Vietnam War. The actor plays a draft dodger in Paul Schrader’s film “Oh Canada,” and like his character, was a conscientious objector as a young man, he tells a group of journalists at the Cannes Film Festival a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on May 18th, 2024
CANNES, France (AP) – Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.” “That’s me making this film,” Coppola says, speaking on a hotel terrace in Cannes the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events
By The Associated Press on May 18th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Newly released video appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The video was aired by CNN Friday six months after the R&B singer filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of similar cases and public allegations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal artists and venue owners support 24-hour party district — with reservations
By Max Moller, The Canadian Press on May 18th, 2024
MONTREAL – It’s 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal’s Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, “last call,” and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across the city every night, as bars and venues are prohibited ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. No other details were immediately available. “The great Dabney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Person charged in random assault on actor Steve Buscemi in New York
By The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A person wanted in connection with the random assault on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was taken into custody Friday, police said. The 66-year-old star of “Boardwalk Empire” and “Fargo” was walking in midtown Manhattan on May 8 when a stranger punched him in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board
By Kate Brumback, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating allegations of fraud and making recommendations to state lawmakers. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge pushes to next week her decision on Alec Baldwin’s indictment in fatal 2021 shooting
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico judge plans to rule next week on a grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” after hearing arguments Friday that the proceedings were unfair to the defendant. The indictment in January charged Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
CANNES, France (AP) – After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.” The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of American movies, from “Taxi Driver” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. The video aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing ‘Megalopolis’ and why he has no regrets
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
CANNES, France (AP) – Much attention has been paid to the $120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic “Megalopolis,” but the director himself isn’t much concerned. “I don’t care. I never cared,” Coppola said of money, speaking to reporters at the Cannes Film Festival on ... Read More »
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