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Gwyneth Paltrow’s experts to testify in Utah ski crash case
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to call a series of experts and read depositions from her two teenage children on Tuesday in the first full day of the movie star ‘s trial that they have to call witnesses to make their case. Due to the trial’s judge-imposed eight-day clock, Paltrow’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fleming stars as `Nixon in China’ arrives at Paris Opera
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – After spending decades portraying generals’ wives, a countess and a courtesan, Renée Fleming walked gingerly onto the stage of the Bastille Opera in a blond wig, red coat and black gloves to depict Pat Nixon, former first lady of the United States. John Adams’ “Nixon in China,” a 1987 work among the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York to pay $5.5M to man exonerated in Sebold rape case
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday. The settlement comes after Anthony Broadwater’s conviction for raping Sebold in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge: District attorney can’t be co-counsel in Baldwin case
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A New Mexico judge said Santa Fe’s district attorney shouldn’t serve as co-counsel in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 movie rehearsal. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Monday said the district attorney should either lead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NY to pay $5.5M to man exonerated in Alice Sebold rape case
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – A man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said Monday. The settlement comes after Anthony Broadwater’s conviction for raping Sebold in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash ‘serious smack’
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 skiing collision at one of the most upscale resorts in North America took the stand Monday, saying he was rammed into from behind and sent “absolutely flying.” The trial in Utah hinges on who crashed into who: Paltrow testified days earlier that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark
By Matt O'brien, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators – some household names, others little-known journalists – could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform. They could get the marks back by paying up to $11 a month. But some longtime users, including 92-year-old Star ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wisconsin school bans Miley, Dolly duet from class concert
By Harm Venhuizen, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song “could be perceived as controversial.” Students at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha had prepared a rendition of “Rainbowland” for their spring concert, but school officials struck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brunson, Shannon, de Armas will host ‘Saturday Night Live’
By The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Two first-time hosts – Quinta Brunson and Ana de Armas – will make their “Saturday Night Live” debuts in April. Brunson, creator and star of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” comedy, will be host of this Saturday’s show, NBC announced on Monday. Lil Yachty, whose latest disc debuted at the top of Billboard’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multidisciplinary artists from Vancouver, Toronto to vie for $50k photography award
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
TORONTO – Multidisciplinary artists from Vancouver and Toronto are in the running for the $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award. Prize organizers have announced a short list including Ken Lum of Vancouver and Sandra Brewster and Chris Curreri, both of Toronto. The three finalists each get a $10,000 cash prize. The winner will be announced May 4. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taron Egerton slots Tetris story into place in new biopic
By Sian Watson, The Associated Press on March 27th, 2023
The origin story of the iconic computer game “Tetris” is more thrilling than you may think. It involves border crossing, authority dodging, underhand deals, putting your house on the line and – finally – trying to secure the rights for the game from behind the Iron Curtain. And now it’s a film, releasing March 31, ... Read More »
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