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Green Day will headline United Nations’ backed global climate concert in San Francisco
By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Green Day will headline a United Nations Human Rights-backed global climate concert on Tuesday at the famed Fillmore in San Francisco. The intimate event, which is co-hosted by the Recording Academy, aims to bring attention to the inequalities exasperated by climate change. Ultra Q, an alternative rock band fronted by Green ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Owning Wrexham is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Club owes its celebrity owners more than $11M
By Steve Douglas, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
Owning a soccer club is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Wrexham, the Welsh team bought by Reynolds and fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElhenney in 2021, released its accounts for the latest financial year on Thursday and reported that the amount owed to celebrities has risen to nearly 9 million pounds ($11.4 million). That was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Makers of ‘Food, Inc’ sequel, launch impact campaign around pressing issues
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
The Oscar -nominated documentary ” Food, Inc “ helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind the things we eat. But in the 16 years since it came out, new problems have arisen and old problems got worse, magnified in part by shortages during the pandemic. They’re given a spotlight in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spouses McGregor, Winstead on their ‘incredible connection’ in ‘Gentleman in Moscow’
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
When Ewan McGregor first met Mary Elizabeth Winstead on the set of the FX series “Fargo” in 2016, he couldn’t deny the chemistry that crackled between them. “We didn’t know each other but there was an incredible connection in our work instinct. We just knew how to play these scenes almost without rehearsing,” the actor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The British Museum names Nicholas Cullinan its new director as it tries to get over a rocky patch
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection. Previous director Hartwig Fischer resigned in August after the museum disclosed that more than 1,800 items ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michelle Yeoh to join business and political leaders at Global Citizen NOW summit to fight poverty
By Glenn Gamboa, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday. The Global Citizen NOW summit will seek support for workable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No joke: UK comedian told to remove hot dog from subway poster over junk food ban
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – On the London Underground, hot dogs are no joking matter. Comedian Ed Gamble has been ordered to change a subway station poster campaign for his new standup show because the image of a hot dog violated the transit network’s ban on junk food advertising. The poster for the show, “Hot Diggity Dog,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The White House expects about 40,000 participants at its ‘egg-ucation’-themed annual Easter egg roll
By Darlene Superville, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024
Some 40,000 people are expected to participate in Monday’s “EGG-ucation”-themed White House Easter Egg Roll, about 10,000 more people than last year. A teacher for more than 30 years, Jill Biden is transforming an annual tradition first held in 1878 into an “EGG-ucational” experience. Various stations on the South Lawn and Ellipse will help children ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs sold around Florence focusing on David’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No police charges for Taylor Swift’s dad over paparazzi incident in Sydney
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) – Taylor Swift’s father will not be charged over a paparazzi photographer’s claim that Scott Swift assaulted him on the Sydney waterfront hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended last month. Photographer Ben McDonald had alleged that one of Swift’s security guards forced an umbrella into his face and camera and that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banksy tree mural that sprouted in London is fenced off after apparent vandalism
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – It was nice while it lasted. An environmentally themed mural by elusive street artist Banksy that appeared last week on a London street has been encased in plastic and surrounded by fencing after an apparent act of vandalism. The work is on a four-story wall near a public housing project. Beside a ... Read More »
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