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Judas Priest, Mellencamp leave memorable Rock Hall moments
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 16th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two weeks after the rousing entrance of Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Eminem and Lionel Richie and many others into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles will air on HBO at 8 p.m. on Saturday night, when it can also be seen ... Read More »
1 responseBennett, Nawaz replacing Judy Woodruff on PBS ‘NewsHour’
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on November 16th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – In what’s being portrayed as a generational change, PBS said Wednesday that Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz will replace Washington veteran Judy Woodruff as anchors of the weeknight “NewsHour” at the beginning of 2023. Woodruff, 75, is leaving the daily anchor job that she’s been doing since 2013 and embarking on ... Read More »
1 responseHappy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
By Leanne Italie, The Associated Press on November 16th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game’s official dictionary: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox and fauxhawk among them. Out this month, the add-ons in the seventh edition of “The Official Scrabble ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Actor Kevin Spacey to face 7 additional sex charges in UK
By The Associated Press on November 16th, 2022
LONDON (AP) – Actor Kevin Spacey will be charged with seven further sex offenses, all against one man, piling on the pressure for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Britain’s Crown Prosecution said Wednesday that charges against the former “House of Cards” star are three of indecent assault, three of sexual assault and one of causing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sheila Heti wins $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize for ‘Pure Colour’
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on November 16th, 2022
TORONTO – Acclaimed writer Sheila Heti has won this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. She picked up the $25,000 prize for her novel “Pure Colour,” a strange and meditative book about love and grief in a pre-apocalyptic time. The novel, which was published by Penguin Random House Canada, was also longlisted for this ... Read More »
1 responseMichelle Obama opens tour for new book, ‘The Light We Carry’
By Darlene Superville, The Associated Press on November 15th, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama says it helps to focus on what you can control when you feel out of control. Among the things she could control during the death and isolation of the pandemic, the racial unrest and threats to democracy were her spools of yarn and her knitting needles. She labels such thinking ... Read More »
1 responseDefense: Masterson rape case plagued by contradictions
By Brian Melley, The Associated Press on November 15th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rape allegations against actor Danny Masterson were so riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies that prosecutors in their case implicated the Church of Scientology to help patch holes in its case, a defense lawyer said Tuesday in closing arguments. “When there are contradictions and inconsistencies – blame it on others,” attorney Phillip ... Read More »
1 responseSwift, Lizzo, Miranda Lambert react to Grammy nominations
By Nardos Haile (), The Associated Press on November 15th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Beyoncé has been crowned the most Grammy-nominated person in history – tying her husband and rapper Jay-Z with 88 nominations apiece. Here are the reactions to the Tuesday’s Grammy nominations: NOMINEE REACTIONS “‘All Too Well 10’ is the song I’m the most proud of, out of anything I’ve written. The fact ... Read More »
3 responsesKevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ sets viewership milestones
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on November 15th, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) – Kevin Costner’s Paramount epic “Yellowstone” reached 12.1 million viewers for the opening night of its fifth season on Sunday, the most popular scripted series episode so far in the new television season, the Nielsen company said. That it was a cable network series – instead of a big broadcaster like CBS, ... Read More »
3 responsesWeinstein attorney cross-examines accuser Siebel-Newsom
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on November 15th, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, faced cross-examination from one of Harvey Weinstein ‘s attorneys Tuesday about why her description of a 2005 encounter during which she says the filmmaker raped her has expanded since she first spoke with prosecutors. The testimony came ... Read More »
2 responsesComposer Yannick Nézet-Séguin, producer Boi-1da among top Canadian Grammy nominees
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
TORONTO – Classical composer Yannick Nézet-Séguin is among the leading Canadian Grammy nominees this year with a strong showing coming from an array of other homegrown talents. The Montreal native picked up five nominations across four classical music categories, which put him neck-and-neck with Serban Ghenea, who is up for record of the year for ... Read More »
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