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Jonathan Majors arrested on assault charge in New York
By The Associated Press on March 25th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, authorities said. New York City police said that Majors, star of the recently released “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. Police responded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protests erupt in NYC – not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’
By Bobby Caina Calvan, The Associated Press on March 25th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Throngs of protesters gathered at the courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their embattled hero. Police kept watch as passions flared and voices roared. Squad cars and television trucks encircled the commotion. It’s a scene New York City authorities have been bracing for as prosecutors consider an indictment against former President ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43
By The Associated Press on March 25th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia. He was 43. “His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft,” the 75-year-old Webber said in a statement emailed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88
By The Associated Press on March 25th, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote Saturday. López’s best-known work, the Sunday variety show “En Familia con Chabelo”, ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. The Mexican president wrote in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Q-and-A: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on democracy and disinformation
By Christian Collington, The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2023
TORONTO – Maria Ressa’s coverage of how online disinformation campaigns helped support an authoritarian regime in the Philippines led to her winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, but she says more work needs to be done to hold social media companies accountable for a gradual decline of democracy around the world. Ressa, who was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal artist won’t change puppet that community groups say looks like blackface
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on March 25th, 2023
MONTREAL – A theatre performance for children featuring a puppet that has been described as racist is continuing in the Montreal area. Several Black community organizations have criticized the puppet as being reminiscent of blackface minstrel shows – racist performances during which white people portrayed exaggerated stereotypes of Black people for laughs. But the show’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renamed Horseshoe to host Poker World Series on Vegas Strip
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press on March 24th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A name paired with poker and Las Vegas lore now has a place on the neon-lit Strip following the rebranding of an iconic hotel with a memorable history at a crossroads shared with some of the most recognizable casinos in the world. The Horseshoe Las Vegas Hotel & Casino and its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow insisted Utah ski collision wasn’t her fault
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 24th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow insisted Friday on the witness stand that a ski collision at an upscale Utah ski resort in 2016 wasn’t her fault, claiming the man suing her had smashed into her from behind. Paltrow testified that the crash shocked her – and at first, she worried that she was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie filming outside Trump grand jury court buildings
By The Associated Press on March 24th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – If the drama happening inside the court buildings in lower Manhattan where a grand jury is pondering possible charges against former President Donald Trump isn’t enough, there’s going to be some outside as well this weekend – the filming of some movie scenes. Notices went up around the buildings on Centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book thief in plot that duped famous authors avoids prison
By Mallika Sen, The Associated Press on March 24th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating editors and agents to pull off hundreds of literary heists. But the manuscripts obtained from high-profile authors were never resold or leaked, rendering the thefts all the more perplexing. The Thursday sentencing of Filippo Bernardini ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gwyneth Paltrow insists Utah ski collision wasn’t her fault
By Sam Metz, The Associated Press on March 24th, 2023
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on Friday to testify in a trial over a 2016 ski crash at a Utah ski resort, where a man claims that the movie star’s recklessness on the slope caused broken ribs, brain damage and lasting physical injuries. Paltrow testified that the crash shocked her ... Read More »
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