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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. leaves New York Criminal Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Wednesday. — Reuters
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. calls for groping case to be dismissed
NEW YORK — Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr., who is accused of groping a woman in a Manhattan bar, on Wednesday called for the case to be thrown out of a New York court.Gooding's lawyer told a judge that footage from the bar's security cameras clearly showed his client is innocent, and said a trial could jeopardize Gooding's future Hollywood projects."Mr. Gooding's life is put on hold. It's on a pause button," said attorney Mark Heller, quoted by CBS News. "It's urgent that this matter be dismissed as quickly as possible."But New York State criminal court judge Keshia Espinal said she needed more time to make a decision on the request, and told the prosecution to respond in writing by July 17.Gooding could face up to a year in prison if...
June 27, 2019

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. calls for groping case to be dismissed

Singer Madonna speaks to guests after receiving the Advocate for Change award during the 30th annual GLAAD awards ceremony in New York City in this May 4, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Madonna issues 'wake-up' call on gun violence in graphic music video
LOS ANGELES, California — Madonna stepped into the gun violence debate on Wednesday with a music video containing graphic dramatizations of a mass shooting.Called "God Control," the disco beat song and video depicts a gunman opening fire in a crowded nightclub or bar and images of actors playing dancers who fall to the ground, bleeding, or try to flee.A message before the video reads, "The story you’re about to see is very disturbing. It shows graphic scenes of gun violence. But it’s happening everyday. And it has to stop.""We need to wake up," Madonna sings. The video also uses TV footage of demonstrators calling for stricter gun control, including the 2018 "March For Our Lives," in Washington and other US cities.While the music video does not...
June 27, 2019

Madonna issues 'wake-up' call on gun violence in graphic music video

A giant inflatable Spider-Man is displayed on the red carpet for the “Spider-Man: Far From Home” World premiere at the TCL Chinese theater in Hollywood on Wednesday. — AFP
After 'Endgame': Can Spider-Man untangle Marvel's future?
LOS ANGELES, California — Spider-Man has barely finished saving the world with the Avengers, but he's swinging back into cinemas for a new solo outing at a key moment for Marvel's record-smashing superhero movies.While Earth is now safe from master villain Thanos's evil clutches, an epic story-line spanning all 22 previous Marvel films of the most lucrative franchise in film history ended with April's monster hit "Avengers: Endgame."Several key characters have died, including Robert Downey Jr.'s wildly popular Tony Stark, who kicked off the whole juggernaut of interconnected Marvel movies in 2008's "Iron Man."And plans for the next set of superhero films featuring Thor, Hulk and the remaining gang are tightly under wraps, leaving fans in a...
June 27, 2019

After 'Endgame': Can Spider-Man untangle Marvel's future?

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BTS fans get chance to manage their idols in new game
Seoul — A million fans of K-pop boy band BTS have signed up to have the singers at their fingertips when a mobile game about them is released this week, according to reports."BTS World" -- set to be released in 176 countries in 14 languages on Wednesday -- is a role-playing game where the user is the band manager, recruiting and training the musicians and guiding the group in their quest for stardom.Managers and agents are the driving force behind the K-pop industry, exerting extensive control over their stables of stars, rather than musicians forming bands themselves and working to get spotted.BTS have developed a global following in recent years, becoming the first K-pop group to top charts in the US and Britain with a string of sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Chicago and...
June 25, 2019

BTS fans get chance to manage their idols in new game

Madonna poses in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. — AFP file photo
Madonna edges out Springsteen to top US charts
New York — Charting like it's 1985? Legends Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are taking fans on a trip down memory lane, respectively nabbing numbers one and two of the US top album tally.Madonna's "Madame X" struck gold on the Billboard 200 chart, landing the icon her ninth number one album atop the list, which the industry tracker will publish in full on Tuesday.Springsteen's "Western Stars" raced in at second -- marking the first time since 1985 that the Queen of Pop and The Boss are reigning over the album chart together.For two weeks in January and February of that year, Springsteen's "Born in the USA" held the top spot as Madonna's "Like a Virgin" came in second, before the seminal albums traded places in the two weeks that...
June 25, 2019

Madonna edges out Springsteen to top US charts

The statue of actress Marilyn Monroe is missing from atop the 'Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo' on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. — AFP
Trump 'Hollywood star' vandal charged with Marilyn statue theft
Los Angeles — A man who vandalized President Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star last summer was charged Monday with the theft of a nearby statue of Marilyn Monroe.Austin Clay, 25, faces up to three years in jail if found guilty of property theft and vandalism, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.He was arrested Friday at his home in Glendale in the LA suburbs after police identified him from video surveillance footage.Having discovered that he was on parole after a conviction for damaging Trump's star on the Walk of Fame, investigators searched his home and found evidence linking him to the statue theft, local media reported.The statue itself -- showing Monroe in her famous flying skirt pose from "The Seven Year Itch" (1955)...
June 25, 2019

Trump 'Hollywood star' vandal charged with Marilyn statue theft

Bill Murray
Bill Murray to get Lifetime Achievement award at Rome fest
Rome — A-list star Bill Murray is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival while director Ron Howard will unveil a documentary about Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, organizers said Monday.Murray, 68, who starred in films including Ghostbusters (1984), Groundhog Day (1993) and Lost in Translation (2003), will also host a public talk at the festival, which runs from October 17 to 27 in the Italian capital.The award will be presented by American Wes Anderson, who directed the actor in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Life Aquatic".The festival, now in its 14th year, will also feature a talk with director and producer Ron Howard, the man behind "Apollo 13" (1995) and "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), who will present his...
June 25, 2019

Bill Murray to get Lifetime Achievement award at Rome fest

Lucrecia Martel
Argentine filmmaker Martel to chair Venice film fest
Rome — Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel will chair the jury of the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival, organizers of the world's oldest movie gala said Monday."It is an honor, a responsibility and a pleasure to participate in this celebration of cinema, of humanity's immense desire to understand itself," Martel said in a statement.The 52-year-old has directed four critically acclaimed feature films: 2001 drama "The Swamp", psychological thriller "The Headless Woman" (2008) and period drama "Zama" (2017)."Four feature films and a handful of short films, in just under 20 years, have made Lucrecia Martel the most important Latin American director and one of the greatest in the world," said the festival's director Alberto...
June 25, 2019

Argentine filmmaker Martel to chair Venice film fest

In this file photo taken on June 27, 2009 Michael Jackson memorabilia is on display for sale at Times Square in New York City.  — AFP
Michael Jackson fans defiant as abuse claims loom over anniversary
Los Angeles — Defiant fans are preparing to mark 10 years since Michael Jackson's death as fascination with the King of Pop remains undimmed despite lurid claims of child sex abuse.On Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the singer's star continues to draw a constant scrum of selfie-snapping tourists, while nearby souvenir shops, street performers and even tattoo parlors report a brisk trade in all things Jackson.Across the street at Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum, a statue of the singer is strategically perched above the box office to entice tourists. Staff at Madame Tussauds say Jackson's waxwork remains a top draw.Yet according to the groundbreaking HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland," released earlier this year, it was just a few hours' drive from the heart...
June 24, 2019

Michael Jackson fans defiant as abuse claims loom over anniversary

In this file photo taken on February 3, 2008 musician Tom Petty performs during halftime at Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. — AFP
Tupac, Tom Petty estates among group suing Universal over fire
Los Angeles — Estates of rapper Tupac Shakur and rocker Tom Petty are among a group seeking at least $100 million in damages from Universal Music Group after revelations that a 2008 fire allegedly torched precious master recordings.The class action lawsuit filed just before the weekend is the first legal action lobbed at UMG since The New York Times published a bombshell investigation saying that a trove of some 500,000 recordings including masters were destroyed in the June 1, 2008 blaze.Three law firms filed the suit in US Central District Court in Los Angeles on behalf of artists including Tupac and Petty's estates along with members of the band Soundgarden, alt rock group Hole and folk-rocker Steve Earle."UMG stored the Master Recordings embodying Plaintiffs' musical...
June 24, 2019

Tupac, Tom Petty estates among group suing Universal over fire

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