July 30th, 2025

Entertainment News

German court acquits satirist over social media post following Trump assassination attempt

By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Wednesday acquitted a satirist who was charged with having approved of an assassination attempt against Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign in a social media post and disturbed the public peace. In a quickly deleted post under his alias “El Hotzo” on X in July last ... Read More »

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Doctor who supplied Matthew Perry ketamine and called him a ‘moron’ is set to enter guilty plea

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death is expected to plead guilty Wednesday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia would be the fourth of five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. Plasencia was to have gone on trial ... Read More »

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Appeals court won’t reinstate AP access to presidential events

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal by The Associated Press for a hearing on its efforts to restore full access to cover presidential events, not ending its case but allowing the White House to continue its control over access to President Donald Trump. The news outlet wanted the court to overturn ... Read More »

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‘The Osbournes’ changed Ozzy’s image from grisly to cuddly, and changed reality TV

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There was Ozzy before “The Osbournes” and Ozzy after “The Osbournes.” For much of his life, the Black Sabbath founder and legendary heavy metal frontman who died at 76 on Tuesday was known to much of the public as a dark purveyor of deeds ranging from decadent to downright Satanic. Wild ... Read More »

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Man charged in the killings of an ‘American Idol’ exec and her husband called 911 afterward, DA says

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man accused of killing an “American Idol” executive and her husband used the couple’s gun to kill them and later called the police, authorities allege. Los Angeles police previously said they responded to a 911 call about a burglary that afternoon, July 10, but left after finding “no signs of ... Read More »

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10 songs to memorialize Ozzy Osbourne, the great Black Sabbath frontman

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — There are pioneering music figures, and then there is Ozzy Osbourne, the larger-than-life frontman of Black Sabbath, whose personal mythology is eclipsed only by the strength and immortality of his songs. A godfather and force of heavy metal, Osbourne died Tuesday at 76, just months after his last performance. The English ... Read More »

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FKA Twigs agrees to settle lawsuit alleging abuse from Shia LaBeouf

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — FKA Twigs and Shia LaBeouf have agreed to settle her lawsuit alleging LaBeouf was physically and emotionally abusive to her during their relationship. An attorney for the 37-year-old English singer and actor FKA Twigs, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, filed a request in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to ... Read More »

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Book Review: ‘The Sleep Room’ is the harrowing story of psychiatric care in the 1960s

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

In the 1960s, a hospital in London held a ward full of women who suffered from a range of mental disorders. The women in this “sleep room” were subjected to various medical procedures, including electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, and, at times, a lobotomy, without their consent. In “The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the ... Read More »

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Elton John, Questlove, Rod Stewart mourn death of Ozzy Osbourne

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

Luminaries of the music world mourned the death of Ozzy Osbourne at age 76, expressing affection and admiration for the heavy metal icon. Elton John called the Black Sabbath frontman “a dear friend and a huge trailblazer” and “one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” Nirvana said Black Sabbath was “the template for heavy ... Read More »

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Ozzy Osbourne, godfather of heavy metal who led Black Sabbath, dies at 76

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents’ groups for ... Read More »

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Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76

By Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that ... Read More »

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