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Amsterdam Anne Frank museum targeted with antisemitic text
By Molly Quell, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2023
Dutch police said Friday they are investigating a stunt that saw a text alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory projected onto the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, causing outrage across the country. The words “Ann (sic) Frank invented the ballpoint pen,” referring to a debunked claim that the Jewish teenager’s famed diary is a ... Read More »
1 responseSuper Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars
By Mae Anderson, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: they offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist, along with how major industries are faring. This year, crypto ads and automakers are advertising less since those industries are facing problems. Major food brands ... Read More »
1 responseDance like a Rockette: College students take unique class
By Mark Pratt, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2023
BOSTON (AP) – Rhapsody Stiggers has been dancing since she was 2, but the 20-year-old college junior has never taken a dance class quite as challenging as the one she’s in now. She is one of 38 students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee enrolled in the first for-credit college dance class taught by the ... Read More »
1 responseJoyous parades and parties kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The lead up to New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras season intensifies Friday with major nighttime parades down historic St. Charles Avenue and animal lovers gathering at a venerable French Quarter restaurant to pay tribute to four-legged faux royalty. Galatoire’s Restaurant, a fine dining fixture on Bourbon Street, will relax its jackets-required ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Celebs tout ice baths, but science on benefits is lukewarm
By Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
The coolest thing on social media these days may be celebrities and regular folks plunging into frigid water or taking ice baths. The touted benefits include improved mood, more energy, weight loss and reduced inflammation, but the science supporting some of those claims is lukewarm. Kim Kardashian posted her foray on Instagram. Harry Styles has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NY Fashion Week: Siriano channels Audrey Hepburn in a garden
By Leanne Italie, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Christian Siriano lined his New York Fashion Week runway Thursday with thousands of multicolored flowers and put wide-brimmed hats worthy of muse Audrey Hepburn on some of his models to top off a big week. First, there was the custom burgundy power suit he made Vice President Kamala Harris for Tuesday’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California movie producer gets 5 years in prostitution case
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – A California movie producer was sentenced in New York City to the maximum five years in prison Thursday after he admitted operating a high-end prostitution service for seven years, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties in the U.S. and abroad. Dillon Jordan, of Lake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slain cinematographer’s Ukrainian relatives sue Alec Baldwin
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The Ukraine-based relatives of a slain cinematographer are seeking damages in her death from actor Alec Baldwin in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie, under a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles. The new lawsuit against Baldwin was filed in Los Angeles County ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bacharach leaves behind lush trove of romantic songs
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – Music played softly, almost imperceptibly, in the background of a hotel lounge where Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello talked about their songwriting collaboration, “Painted From Memory.” Bacharach noticed, however, that it was the instrumental version of “The Look of Love,” his song popularized by Dusty Springfield. He mischievously asked, during their ... Read More »
1 responsePamela Anderson on revisiting her painful past: ‘I’m not looking for an apology’
By Cassandra Szkalrski, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2023
TORONTO – Pamela Anderson says she’s not looking for sympathy, nor for any apologies for the myriad career indignities she details in her recently released memoir and documentary. The B.C.-born beauty icon says she’s focused on pursuing a new stage in her life that includes a second season of her HGTV Canada renovation series and ... Read More »
1 responseAppeals court will hear dispute over control of van Gogh art
By Ed White, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2023
DETROIT (AP) – A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that was recently displayed for months at a Detroit museum. The court granted an injunction Monday and ordered the Detroit Institute of Arts to continue to hold onto the painting while the ... Read More »
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