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38 women accuse James Toback of sexual misconduct in lawsuit
By The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – More than three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in New York against writer and director James Toback, accusing him of sexual abuse. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, comes after New York state last month instituted a one-year window for people to file lawsuits over ... Read More »
1 responseCosby, NBC, studio face new sex abuse lawsuit from 5 in NY
By Maryclaire Dale, The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Five women who have long accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them early in their careers have filed the latest lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian – and this one calls NBCUniversal, a studio and a production company complicit in the abuse. The lawsuit comes more than a year after Cosby left prison ... Read More »
1 responseGreece seeks ‘win-win’ deal on Parthenon Sculptures in UK
By The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Cabinet ministers from Greece and the U.K. discussed Greece’s bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures returned from London but gave no sign the world’s thorniest cultural heritage issue was any closer to resolution Tuesday. Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said he told U.K. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe ... Read More »
1 responseSpain’s former king wins latest stage in harassment lawsuit
By The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, on Tuesday won the latest stage of a London court battle with an ex-lover who accused him of harassment after they split up. Danish socialite and businessperson Corinna Larsen, 57, was the unofficial partner of Juan Carlos for years. She sued the former monarch, alleging he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Tennant says series on Litvinenko poisoning is timely
By Hilary Fox, The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – David Tennant remembers seeing in the news the image of Alexander Litvinenko lying in a hospital bed. It’s a photograph the actor has re-created – with support from makeup artists, prosthetic professionals and the art department – for his title role in “Litvinenko.” The four-episode miniseries written by George Kay follows the ... Read More »
1 responseJim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies
By Adrian Sainz, The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful “Memphis sound,” has died at age 92. Stewart died peacefully and surrounded by his family on Monday, the Stax Museum of ... Read More »
1 responseMan arrested after egg allegedly thrown at King Charles III
By The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault after an egg was allegedly hurled towards King Charles III during a visit to a town center, police said. Bedfordshire Police said a man in his 20s was being questioned over an alleged common assault. Charles was meeting members of the public outside ... Read More »
1 responseWill Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ role taught him lesson post-slap
By Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – While filming “Emancipation,” Will Smith routinely drew inspiration from the words “sacred motivation” that were written on the front page of a script. But the Oscar winner heavily leaned on the phrase even more in recent months, as he tried to overcome the backlash to his Oscars slap and banishment from ... Read More »
1 responseFrench Nobel Laureate says men must change attitudes now
By The Associated Press on December 6th, 2022
STOCKHOLM (AP) – French author Annie Ernaux who won this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, said Tuesday that men need to change their attitudes now, before women attain full equality with them. “Because if men do not become aware of their body, their way of life, their way of behaving and what motivates them, no ... Read More »
1 responseKirstie Alley, Emmy-winning ‘Cheers’ star, dies at 71
By The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her role on “Cheers” and starred in films including “Look Who’s Talking,” died Monday. Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. Alley’s manager Donovan Daughtry confirmed the death in an ... Read More »
1 responseJudd family files notice to dismiss suit over death records
By Travis Loller, The Associated Press on December 5th, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The family of country singer Naomi Judd on Monday filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit that sought to block journalists from accessing the police investigation records surrounding her death. Judd died on April 30 at her home in Tennessee at the age of 76. Her daughter Ashley has previously ... Read More »
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