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March 27, 2020
Actor Mark Blum dies at 69 of coronavirus complications
NEW YORK — Mark Blum, an actor who appeared in Netflix's You and HBO's Succession, has died at the age of 69 due to complications from COVID-19.The Screen Actors Guild confirmed Blum's death in a statement to CNN.Blum was also known for starring in “Desperately Seeking Susan”, “Crocodile Dundee” and in Amazon's “Mozart in the Jungle”.Blum was a stage performer, appearing in the Broadway revival of “Twelve Angry Men. He ...
March 27, 2020
Bob Dylan releases first new song in 8 years
NEW YORK — Bob Dylan is back with new a song. The 78-year-old singer-songwriter released "Murder Most Foul," his first new original song in nearly eight years, on Thursday. The song is a 17-minute rumination on the 1960s and the assassination of former US President John. F. Kennedy. "They blew out the brains of the king / Thousands were watching at home and saw the whole thing," he sings in ...
March 11, 2020
Rapist Weinstein jailed for 23 years
NEW YORK — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison by a New York judge Wednesday for rape and sexual assault in a landmark case for the #MeToo movement.Justice James Burke ignored the pleas of Weinstein's defense team to give their client the minimum of five years behind bars, issuing a heavy sentence close to the maximum 29 years allowed.Earlier Weinstein told the court he ...
March 11, 2020
Europe's top series festival called off over coronavirus
LILLE, France — A leading European festival, Series Mania, offering the cream of upcoming streaming and television series, was cancelled Wednesday because of the coronavirus epidemic.The gathering, which draws more than 80,000 people to the northern French city of Lille was to have begun on March 20.Festival president Rodolphe Belmer said the "difficult decision" had to be made after the Paris government banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people amid ...
March 11, 2020
Barking mad: UK PM's fiancee rubbishes pet dog story
LONDON — British leader Boris Johnson's fiancee on Wednesday branded reports the couple was set to rehome their pet dog "total crap", as they prepared for the birth of their first child together.Carrie Symonds, who in February announced their engagement and that they were expecting a baby, wrote on Twitter that those behind the shaggy dog story "should be ashamed of themselves"."What a load of total crap!" she wrote after ...
March 11, 2020
Convicted rapist Weinstein to learn prison term
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein faces up to 29 years in prison when he is sentenced by a New York judge on Wednesday, two weeks after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.The ex-Hollywood titan will be taken from the notorious Rikers Island jail to the Manhattan criminal court to learn his fate at a hearing starting at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT).Weinstein was found guilty of a criminal sexual ...
March 11, 2020
LA Opera deems Domingo misconduct accusations credible
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Opera said on Tuesday its investigation into star Placido Domingo had found accusations of "inappropriate conduct" against its former director to be credible.The Spanish icon, who won worldwide acclaim in the 1990s as one of the Three Tenors alongside Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, is accused of forcibly kissing, grabbing and fondling women over a period of more than 30 years.An independent law firm ...
March 11, 2020
Eilish's 'Bad Guy' named top global song of 2019
LONDON — US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish racked up another record on Tuesday after her hit "Bad Guy" was named the best-selling global single of 2019.The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said the teenager's track notched up the equivalent of 19.5 million sales from permanent downloads and video and audio streaming.It also topped the charts in 15 countries, the London-based organization added."Bad Guy" was the fifth single released from her ...
March 10, 2020
Crisis-hit Paris Opera cancels shows over virus
PARIS — Crisis-hit Paris Opera has been forced to cancel a ballet, opera and a concert because of the coronavirus outbreak.The institution has been hemorrhaging money after being hit by a month-and-a-half-long strike over pension reforms that saw the curtain come down on 85 performances.Its management pulled George Balanchine's "Ballet" on Monday night after the French government banned public gatherings of more than 1,000 people to slow the spread of ...
March 10, 2020
Prince Andrew shuts door on cooperation in Epstein case
NEW YORK — Britain's Prince Andrew has "completely shut the door" on cooperating with the FBI in its investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a US prosecutor said on Monday.Despite publicly offering his assistance, "Prince Andrew has now completely shut the door on voluntary cooperation," said New York attorney Geoffrey Berman, who had already accused the prince in late January of failing to cooperate.Berman added that his office, which ...
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