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Anna Sorokin eliminated from ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in first round of cuts
By The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Anna Sorokin, the convicted con artist who swindled banks, hotels and friends under the guise of being a “heiress” named Anna Delvey, has reached the end of her run on “Dancing With the Stars.” As a controversial casting choice on the competition reality series, Sorokin had to don an ankle monitor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kim Porter’s children say she didn’t write bestselling memoir about Diddy
By Kaitlyn Huamani, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Although it’s a bestseller on Amazon, the late Kim Porter did not write a tell-all memoir detailing an abusive relationship with her longtime partner Sean “Diddy” Combs, her children said in a statement Tuesday. “Kim’s Lost Words: A journey for justice, from the other side”¦” was independently published on Amazon in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alex Wolff channelled his love of Leonard Cohen’s work into ‘So Long, Marianne’ role
By Alex Goudge, The Canadian Press on September 25th, 2024
For Alex Wolff, portraying legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen required a deep dive into the poet’s early works and learning new guitar skills. The 26-year-old U.S. actor and musician stars as Cohen in “So Long, Marianne,” an eight-part Crave series premiering on Friday. Set primarily in 1960s Greece, the show chronicles Cohen’s relationship with Marianne ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter
By Peter Prengaman And Brittany Peterson, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Dressed in a sequin-laced, sleeveless top and puffy pink skirt, drag queen Pattie Gonia strides around the stage in white high-heeled boots that come up to the knees, telling the crowd that nature must be a woman. “She is trying to kill us in the most passive-aggressive way possible,” joked Gonia, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
By Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket, they played “Celebration.” That was the same ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!C’mon get happy, Joker is back (this time with Lady Gaga)
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
VENICE, Italy (AP) – ” Joker “ is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips’ dark, Scorsese-inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box office, won Joaquin Phoenix his first Oscar, dominated the cultural discourse for months and created a new movie landmark. It wasn’t for everyone, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rapper Fatman Scoop died of heart disease, medical examiner says
By The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) – Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop, who collapsed onstage while performing in Connecticut last month, died of heart disease, the state medical examiner’s office has determined. The official cause of death for the performer, born Isaac Freeman III, was hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a spokesperson for the Connecticut medical examiner’s office said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reality TV star Julie Chrisley to be re-sentenced in bank fraud and tax evasion case
By Kate Brumback, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – A federal judge was set to re-sentence reality TV star Julie Chrisley on Wednesday after an appeals court ordered a new sentence for her conviction on bank fraud and tax evasion charges. Chrisley and her husband, Todd Chrisley, gained fame on their show “Chrisley Knows Best,” which followed their tight-knit family and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interaction
By Sarah Parvini, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game studios are experimenting with generative AI to help build environments, assist game writers in crafting NPC dialogue and lend video games the improvisational spontaneity ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gap between richest and the rest creates a land of disappointed citizens: economist
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on September 25th, 2024
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia economist Lars Osberg’s latest book on the widening gap between the very richest and the rest argues the trend is creating disappointed Canadians prone to distrusting one another and their governments. In 1981, when Osberg published an earlier book – “Economic Inequality in Canada” – he noted the country was coming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Melania Trump is telling her own story – and again breaking norms for American first ladies
By Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press on September 24th, 2024
Melania Trump is the first lady who has seldom been there. The wife of Republican presidential candidate and former chief executive Donald Trump walked directly into the fire of public scrutiny early, when her debut speech to the 2016 Republican National Convention drew immediate charges of plagiarism. Since then, it has been clear that she ... Read More »
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