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Biden’s State of the Union draws audience of 27.3 million
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on television, the second smallest audience for the annual event in at least 30 years, the Nielsen company said on Wednesday. It was also down nearly 28% from the 38.2 million people who saw Biden’s address in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At Super Bowl, Sheryl Lee Ralph seeks to ‘Lift Every Voice’
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
PHOENIX (AP) – Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The “Abbott Elementary” star won her first Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame performer this weekend. With all her success, the veteran actor-singer only wishes her late parents were living to witness her recent accomplishments. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sheryl Lee Ralph wishes late parents could see her success
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
PHOENIX (AP) – Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The “Abbott Elementary” star won her first Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame performer this weekend. With all her success, the veteran actor-singer only wishes her late parents were living to witness her recent accomplishments. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disney to cut 7,000 jobs in Iger’s company ‘transformation’
By Alex Veiga, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Walt Disney Co. will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced Wednesday by CEO Bob Iger. The job cuts amount to about 3% of the entertainment giant’s global workforce and were unveiled after Disney reported quarterly results that topped Wall Street’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail set for ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor as police in Canada apply for more charges
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward. Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor: Chasing Horse ‘grooming’ girls to replace wives
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) – Nevada prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that a former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades should remain in custody because he was “grooming young children” to replace his older wives when he was arrested last week. The new details in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Netflix steps up its effort to get paid for account sharing
By Dee-ann Durbin, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
Netflix has a plan to deal with rampant account sharing: a program that lets subscribers pay extra to share their account with people outside their household. The streaming giant introduced paid sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain on Wednesday. It was previously rolled out in multiple markets in Latin America. While Netflix won’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ gets Texas portrait
By Acacia Coronado, The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan whose efforts helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., became on Wednesday only the second Black person whose portrait will hang in the senate chamber of the state Capitol. Lawmakers gave a lengthy standing ovation for Lee, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail set for ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor as Canadian police apply for more charges
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward. Information from North Las Vegas Court says that if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate change protesters fined over ‘Last Supper’ protest
By The Associated Press on February 8th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Five climate change protesters were fined Wednesday for gluing themselves to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in the Royal Academy of Arts. The five activists from the group Just Stop Oil glued their hands to the painting’s border and one sprayed graffiti on the wall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s new book ‘The Defector’ draws on pilot days
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
TORONTO – Canadian astronaut and author Chris Hadfield says he drew on his combat pilot experience for an upcoming Soviet-era novel. “The Defector” follows NASA flight controller and former U.S. test pilot Kaz Zameckis as he’s pulled into high-stakes espionage after witnessing a Soviet fighter jet disappear. It’s the next instalment in Hadfield’s “Apollo Murders” ... Read More »
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