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Projects examining Richmond’s history win $16M in funding
By Sarah Rankin, The Associated Press on December 20th, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The former Confederate capital has secured an $11 million donation to build an interpretive center that city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned memorial campus honoring the memory of enslaved people. Richmond’s grant is among more than $16 million in total funding The Mellon Foundation is providing ... Read More »
1 responseCaro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on December 20th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – The good news on Robert A. Caro’s long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words. The bad news is that he’s known them for years and remains far from concluding his Lyndon B. Johnson series. Caro, who also wrote “The Power Broker,” has published four volumes of “The Years ... Read More »
1 responseRobert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on December 20th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Robert A. Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, know each other so well. After a half-century together, the pair have lived in each other’s minds for so long that they can anticipate what the other will say. Their collaborations on such epics as “The Power Broker” and the yet unfinished “The ... Read More »
1 responseTerry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63
By Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on December 20th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – Musician Terry Hall, who helped create of the defining sounds of post-punk Britain as lead singer of The Specials, has died. He was 63. The band announced late Monday that Hall had died after a brief illness. It called him “our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley on making ‘Women Talking’ a cinematic epic
By Adina Bresge, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
TORONTO – The cinematic canon is replete with stories of great men doing important things, says Canadian director Sarah Polley – from the president faced with tough choices in a time of crisis, to the football team that takes to the field in spite of odds stacked against them. This grandiloquent style of moviemaking strikes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International African American Museum delays January opening
By The Associated Press on December 19th, 2022
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The International African American Museum won’t open in January as planned because of humidity and temperature issues with the building in Charleston, South Carolina, officials announced. Environmental fluctuations could damage artifacts planned to be on display, The Post and Courier reported, citing a statement from the museum. The museum confirmed the ... Read More »
1 responseHarvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on December 19th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement. After deliberating for nine days spanning more than two weeks, the jury of eight men and four women reached the verdict at ... Read More »
1 responseJudge allows Sandy Hook cases against Jones to proceed
By The Associated Press on December 19th, 2022
HOUSTON (AP) – Cases can move forward against Alex Jones regarding the nearly $1.5 billion he’s ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook victims over his conspiracy theories about the 2012 school massacre, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday, but the families can’t yet pursue collection efforts against the Infowars host. Judge Christopher Lopez approved ... Read More »
1 responseVerdict reached at Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd rape trial
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on December 19th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jurors reached a verdict Monday at the Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein and lawyers for both sides are headed to the courtroom, where the verdict will be read. Jurors got the case Dec. 2 and deliberated for nine days over a span of more than ... Read More »
1 responseHead of CTV News Michael Melling reassigned after Lisa LaFlamme fallout
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2022
CTV News head Michael Melling, who became embroiled in the fallout of the departure of top anchor Lisa LaFlamme, is now being replaced in his role. Several months after Melling took a leave of absence from the news division, a Bell Media statement confirms his job will be permanently filled by Richard Gray, who has ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Head of CTV News Michael Melling reassigned after Lisa LaFlamme fallout
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2022
CTV News head Michael Melling, who took leave from his job in August amid the fallout from the ousting of lead anchor Lisa LaFlamme, has been reassigned at Bell Media, a company statement says. More coming... Read More »
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