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Diddy sex trafficking trial set to start with jury selection
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, will be brought to a New York courthouse Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women. Jury selection is scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Met Gala: Fashion’s biggest night of the year is here. Here’s how to watch and follow along
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell Williams has high hopes for the Met Gala, the first to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. “I want it to feel like the most epic night of power, a reflection of Black resiliency in a world that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S. In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has authorized the Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to slap a 100% tariff “on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Endless Cookie’ wins $50,000 audience award at Hot Docs Festival
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
An animated documentary about the relationship between an Indigenous and white pair of half-brothers has won the top prize at this year’s Hot Docs Festival. “Endless Cookie” took home the $50,000 audience award at a ceremony on Sunday. Festival organizers described the film, directed by brothers Seth and Peter Scriver based on their own lives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the 2025 Met Gala exhibit
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it. The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years. Now, one of the world’s top museums was asking for two of his designs to be shown in “Superfine: Tailoring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highlights from Met Gala exhibit: A look at Black style gives prominent voice to emerging designers
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it. The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years. Now, one of the world’s top museums was asking for two of his designs to be shown in “Superfine: Tailoring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Thunderbolts’ kicks off the summer movie season with $76 million at the box office
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut that fell shy of Marvel’s more spectacular launches. All eyes had been on whether “Thunderbolts” — a team-up of antihero rejects similar to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazilian police arrest 2 people over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio event on Saturday was the biggest show of the pop star’s career that attracted more than 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazilian police arrest 2 people over plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a bomb at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio event on Saturday was the biggest show of the pop star’s career that sent more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazilian police arrest two people over plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro. The event, on Saturday, was the biggest show of her career that drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro’s state police said ... Read More »
1 responseA timeline of the rise and fall of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
By Canadian Press on May 4th, 2025
For more than two decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of one of hip-hop’s most opportunistic entrepreneurs, spinning his hitmaking talents into a broad business empire that included a record label, a fashion brand, a TV network, deals with liquor companies and a key role in a reality TV show. But U.S. prosecutors say that ... Read More »
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