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Carlson, Hannity among potential witnesses at Fox News trial
By David Bauder And Randall Chase, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Bret Baier are among the stars who both Fox News and the voting machine company suing it for defamation have signaled could testify if the case heads to trial next month. They are among the names submitted this week as potential witnesses by Fox and Dominion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court backs victim’s family in Adnan Syed’s ‘Serial’ case
By Brian Witte And Lea Skene, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody. In a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Bachelor’ creator Mike Fleiss exits reality TV franchise
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mike Fleiss, the creator of “The Bachelor,” has exited the reality TV franchise more than two decades after the iconic dating show launched. His departure was confirmed Tuesday, a day after “The Bachelor” aired its season 27 finale. “I want to thank WBTV and ABC for 21 extraordinary years,” Fleiss said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar
By Trisha Thomas, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Visitors flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence on Tuesday, following an uproar over a Florida school’s decision to force the resignation of the principal over complaints about a lesson featuring the Renaissance masterpiece. Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed the art world, fetched 780,000 euros ($845,000) at auction in Paris Tuesday. The 17th century oil painting – which experts call “exceptional” and was long considered a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot Docs film festival to spotlight Inuit rights, Lac Mégantic, Canucks riot
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023
TORONTO – This year’s Hot Docs festival will open with a portrait of Inuit activist Aaju Peter and include Oscar-nominated director Philippe Falardeau’s four-part look at one of Canada’s worst rail disasters. The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has revealed a slate of 214 films from 72 countries, and will kick off with “Twice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HBO’s ‘Succession’ sets viewer mark for fourth-season start
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – HBO’s “Succession” opened its fourth and final season with a record first-night audience of 2.3 million viewers, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday. That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls. It beat the 1.7 million who watched last season’s finale the first night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comic Relief launches metaverse fundraiser to fight poverty
By Glenn Gamboa, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
Can playing more Roblox make your kids more philanthropic? That’s what the nonprofit Comic Relief US hopes, announcing Tuesday its new Kids Relief initiative to encourage giving and community building with a new virtual world on the social gaming platform. The “Kids Relief Presents: Solarpunk Simulator” experience on Roblox will also serve as a fundraiser ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Queen and Adam Lambert eager for their post-pandemic tour
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Queen and Adam Lambert are hitting the road this fall for a North American expansion of their Rhapsody Tour, with a freshly minted knight onstage and plenty of post-pandemic energy. The band boasts about a new production with a some new songs added to the setlist and a few surprises that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poet Sara Daniele Rivera wins First Book Award
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – A Cuban-Peruvian poet from New Mexico has won the Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award. Sara Daniele Rivera will receive $5,000, a six-week residency at an artist community in the Umbria region of Italy and a book deal with Graywolf Press, which next year will publish her debut collection “The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize
By The Associated Press on March 28th, 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award. The three “all made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners on ... Read More »
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