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Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for the third straight time
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards:Ariana DeBose will make it three in a row as MC of theater’s most watched event, which this year moves uptown to Lincoln Center. The Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee, who hosted both the 2023 and 2022 ceremonies, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Vienna, two portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
VIENNA (AP) – Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-painted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument to Soviet soldiers in Vienna. The portraits were completed Wednesday on the wall behind the monument, which was already painted in Ukraine’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Settlement reached in lawsuit between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ allies
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a state court fight over how Walt Disney World is developed in the future following the takeover of the theme park resort’s government by the Florida governor. In a meeting, the members of the board of the Central ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on the joys of foul language and friendship
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked Little Letters” but their preferred means of communication is WhatsApp. With their husbands, they have a group chat with an unprintable name, inspired by the some of the foul language of their film. What do ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Sutherland writes of a long life in film in his upcoming memoir, “Made Up, But Still True”
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out in November reflecting on his life of nearly 90 years and his 60-year career as one of Hollywood’s top actors in films like “M.A.S.H.,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and ” The Hunger Games ” saga. Crown announced Wednesday that Sutherland’s “Made Up, But Still True” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comedian Mae Martin hopes CBC documentary dispels ‘hysteria’ over gender fluidity
By Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
Non-binary Toronto comedian and actor Mae Martin says their new documentary about gender fluidity feels especially relevant as transgender rights “are really under attack” in Canada and the United States. Martin hosts “Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary,” airing Thursday as part of CBC’s “The Nature of Things” series, and says the doc will provide a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The British royal family learns that if you don’t fill an information vacuum, someone else will
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A media frenzy was born on Feb. 27, when the hashtag #WhereIsKate exploded online with speculation about the whereabouts of Britain’s Princess of Wales. It opened a rabbit hole of amateur detective work, memes, bizarre theories and jokes – mixed with genuine concern about Kate’s health – into which thousands of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book of kids’ drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela
By Mauricio Savarese And Diarlei Rodrigues, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2024
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives. The book, titled “I Was Supposed to be at School,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The British Museum is suing a former curator it says stole 1,800 items and tried to sell them
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – The British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. The museum is suing Peter Higgs, who was fired in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items were discovered to be missing. Lawyers for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC has cut ties with former RNC head Ronna McDaniel after employee objections, some on the air
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC News cut ties Tuesday with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that came following a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators. In announcing the decision in a memo, NBC Universal News Group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBC says it will cut ties with former RNC head Ronna McDaniel after days of employee objections
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on March 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC News will cut ties with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel, hired last week as an on-air political contributor, following a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators, according to a memo from the top official of the network’s news division. The communication to network staff Tuesday ... Read More »
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