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Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s longtime artistic director to step down in 2025
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
WINNIPEG – The longtime artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says he will step down from the role in 2025, ending a 50-year career with Canada’s oldest ballet company. André Lewis became the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s artistic director in 1996, and in 2018 he was also appointed chief executive officer of the company. The ... Read More »
1 responseAlicia Allain Schneider, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star wife, dead
By The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
HOLDEN, La. (AP) – Alicia Allain Schneider, filmmaker and wife of “˜Dukes of Hazzard’ star John Schneider, has died at the couple’s home in south Louisiana. Schneider died Tuesday, news outlets reported. She was 53. A cause of death was not provided. John Schneider announced his wife’s death in a Facebook post Wednesday. “My beautiful ... Read More »
1 responseOzy Media founder Carlos Watson denies federal fraud charges
By Bobby Caina Calvan, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges accusing him of scheming to prop up his financially struggling company, which hemorrhaged millions of dollars before it shut down amid revelations of possibly deceptive business practices. Federal agents arrested Carlos Watson at a ... Read More »
1 responseHarvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 more years in prison after a jury convicted him of the rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model, furthering the fall of the onetime movie magnate who became a #MeToo magnet. The prison term, along with the ... Read More »
1 responsePrada, Max Mara promote modesty and utility on Milan runways
By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
MILAN (AP) – Milan designers took a more modest turn on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly womenswear looks for next fall and winter. If the first day of shows bared skin, the second day offered options that allow women to dial up or dial down how much they reveal. Some highlights ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty in shooting, can still work
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie and waived his first formal court appearance, in court documents filed Thursday. Baldwin and a weapons supervisor were charged last month with felony involuntary manslaughter in the shooting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sondheim covers on Instagram, TikTok paved Eleri Ward’s path
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – It was 2019 and aspiring Broadway actor Eleri Ward had Stephen Sondheim’s “Every Day a Little Death” stuck in her head. “I would see friends at auditions and whatnot, and having been awake since like 4 or 5 a.m., they’d ask me how I’m doing,” she said. “And I responded with, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Museum for Human Rights marks Ukraine invasion with film about artists during wartime
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
WINNIPEG – A film sharing the stories of Ukrainian artists surviving the ongoing Russian invasion will be on display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to markthe one-year anniversary of the start of the war. Billed as an intimate look at artists connecting, resisting and healing through the power of music, “Ukrainian Artists United” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model. The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal authorities arrest Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson
By The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – The founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media was arrested Thursday on fraud charges as part of a scheme to prop up the financially struggling company, which hemorrhaged millions of dollars before it shut down amid revelations of possibly deceptive business practices. The arrest of Carlos Watson at a Manhattan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence
By Michael Tarm And Claire Savage, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) – R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with a 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking convictions. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison ... Read More »
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