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‘Just tell Avril I’m not mad,’ says topless Junos protester after being charged
By Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
EDMONTON – A woman facing a criminal charge after a topless protest at the Juno Awards said she isn’t upset about Avril Lavigne swearing at her and demanding she get off stage. Casey Hatherly, who goes by the name Ever, hopped on the Junos stage on Monday night while the Canadian pop-punk star was introducing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury for men accused in XXXTentacion killing moving slowly
By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
The jury in the trial of three men accused of murdering rising rap start XXXTentacion during a 2018 robbery finished a sixth day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict, asking the judge questions that indicate they are methodically going through the evidence. The seven women and five men asked Circuit Judge Michael Usan a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!James Gunn to direct ‘Superman: Legacy,’ aiming for 2025
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
James Gunn is directing a Superman film. “Superman: Legacy,” which Gunn also wrote, is also set for a July 11, 2025, he and his co-chair and fellow CEO of DC Studios Peter Safran announced Wednesday. The film, Gunn said, deals with the superhero’s journey to make sense of both his aristocratic Kryptonian heritage and his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘What You Won’t Do for Love’ singer Bobby Caldwell dies
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) – Bobby Caldwell, a singer of R&B, soul, adult contemporary and American standard music who had a major hit in 1978 with “What You Won’t Do For Love,” has died. Caldwell’s wife Mary Caldwell told The Associated Press that he died in her arms at their home in Great Meadows, New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman makes court appearance on mischief charge after topless protest at Juno Awards
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
EDMONTON – A woman facing a criminal charge after a topless protest at the Junos says the stunt has created international buzz for climate change and the awards show. Casey Hatherly, who is 37, appeared this morning in Edmonton court on a charge of mischief. She told reporters outside court that she has protested topless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal-born Adrien Morot on winning an Oscar with ‘The Whale’ star Brendan Fraser
By Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
LOS ANGELES – The Montreal-born makeup artist on “The Whale,” Adrien Morot, says his first Oscar wouldn’t mean as much if his friend Brendan Fraser didn’t come away with some hardware of his own. “If I would have won and Brendan didn’t, in some ways, I would have felt like I failed the movie,” Morot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workers dismantle Florida ride where teen fell to death
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot (122 meter) amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor. A gigantic crane hovered Wednesday beside the towering ride in Orlando’s International Drive tourism district where 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell in March 2022. A ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Navalny ‘terribly glad’ documentary about him won an Oscar
By Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he was “terribly glad” that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature. In a series of tweets that appeared on his account on Wednesday, the politician congratulated director Daniel Roher and others involved in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italian novelist: Leonardo’s da Vinci’s mother was a slave
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
MILAN (AP) – An Italian scholar and novelist has provided fresh fodder for an old debate over the identity of Leonardo da Vinci’s mother, proffering a recently unearthed document as evidence that she arrived on the Italian peninsula as a slave from the Caucasus region of Central Asia. Carlo Vecce, an Italian literature professor at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rap artist Hurricane Chris acquitted in man’s death
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2023
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – A Louisiana jury has acquitted rapper Hurricane Chris, known for the hit “A Bay Bay,” in the 2020 death of a man shot several times at a gas station in Shreveport. The panel late Tuesday found the 34-year-old artist, whose real name is Christopher Dooley, not guilty of second-degree murder in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Folk Festival revival is music to the ears of B.C.’s dedicated fans
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The long-running Vancouver Folk Festival is back for another year, less than two months after funding issues threatened to permanently cancel the event. A statement on the festival’s website says it will be held July 14 to 16 at its usual location in Vancouver’s Jericho Beach Park. Last year’s scaled back festival will ... Read More »
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