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King’s coronation part of long evolution for Queen Camilla
By Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – When Camilla, Britain’s queen consort, is crowned alongside her husband next week, the moment will mark the culmination of a remarkable – and painstakingly slow – transformation over five decades of a figure once reviled as the other woman and considered a huge liability to the British monarchy. With the coronation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79
By Dan Sewell, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2023
CINCINNATI (AP) – Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dolly Parton to rock out at Academy of Country Music Awards
By Kristin M. Hall, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – Country superstar and newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly Parton will give fans a glimpse of her upcoming rock album during the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards. Parton, who was voted into the Hall of Fame last year, will close out the awards show with her performance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Refurbished Chopin museum reopens in Warsaw with new items
By The Associated Press on April 27th, 2023
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A museum to Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin reopens in Warsaw this week after months of renovations to improve presentation of the exhibits. The museum, which houses Chopin’s last piano, a Pleyel, and manuscripts of his music, will also display new items including letters he wrote to his companion, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tucker Carlson emerges on Twitter, doesn’t mention Fox News
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Tucker Carlson emerged Wednesday, two days after Fox News fired him, with a two-minute, campaign-style monologue that didn’t address why he suddenly became unemployed. He posted a two-minute video on Twitter shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern, the time his Fox show used to begin, that talked about a lack of honest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Danny Masterson lawyer challenges new details in rape story
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – An attorney for Danny Masterson challenged his former longtime girlfriend during cross-examination Wednesday on why her trial testimony alleging the actor raped her in 2001 included several new details that were missing from the accounts she gave authorities at the beginning of the investigation. “Is your testimony today that you can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tucker Carlson emerges on Twitter with political monologue
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Tucker Carlson emerged Wednesday, two days after Fox News fired him, with a two-minute, campaign-style monologue that didn’t address why he suddenly became unemployed. He posted a two-minute video on Twitter shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern, the time his Fox show used to begin, that talked about a lack of honest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Excitement builds for Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ at CinemaCon
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one: New footage from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” “I know of no more dramatic tale, with higher stakes, twists and turns, paradoxes,” Nolan told a room full of theater owners Wednesday in Las Vegas. “In learning about that story, I wanted to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rapper MoneySign Suede dies in California prison stabbing
By The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
SOLEDAD, Calif. (AP) – Rapper MoneySign Suede has died after he was stabbed in a shower at a California prison, authorities and his attorney said. Jaime Brugada Valdez, 22, of Huntington Park, was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fugees rapper Pras found guilty of political conspiracy
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies spanning two presidencies was convicted Wednesday after a trial that included testimony ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel was accused of funneling money from a now-fugitive Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fugees rapper Pras found guilty in political conspiracy
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies spanning two presidencies was convicted Wednesday after a trial that included testimony ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel was accused of funneling money from a now-fugitive Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 ... Read More »
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