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Lawyer says Iran rapper famous for songs after 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini sentenced to death
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press on April 25th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced to death, his lawyer and rights activists said Thursday. Confusion still surrounds the death sentence issued against 33-year-old metal shop worker Toomaj Salehi, as even Iran’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pop musician Shawn Hook thought he may never sing again after tonsil cancer diagnosis
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
TORONTO – Shawn Hook is plotting his return to pop music after a tonsil cancer diagnosis threatened to silence his singing career. The 39-year-old performer says his life was put on hold in January 2023 when he learned a lump on his neck was cancerous. Hook underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation last year, which he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Rolling Stones set to play New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024, opening Thursday
By Chevel Johnson Rodrigue, The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It looks like the third time is the charm as the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival prepares, again, for The Rolling Stones to perform. The festival, which spans two weekends, is set to open Thursday with dozens of acts playing daily on 14 stages spread throughout the historic Fair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declines to dismiss lawsuits filed against rapper Travis Scott over deadly Astroworld concert
By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. State District Judge Kristen Hawkins issued a one-page order denying Scott’s request that he and his touring and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cristian Măcelaru to become music director of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2025-26
By The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
CINCINNATI (AP) – Cristian Măcelaru was hired Wednesday as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra starting in the 2025-26 season. The 44-year-old will be music director designate in the 2024-25 season and then will have a four-year term. Măcelaru will succeed Louis Langrée, who leaves at the end of this season after serving as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy bans loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in a dispute over an ancient statue
By The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago. The dispute began in March 2022 when an Italian court ruled that the Minneapolis museum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With lawsuits in rearview mirror, Disney World government gets back to being boring
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – For the first time in more than a year, the monthly board meeting of Walt Disney World’s governing district on Wednesday was back to being what many municipal government forums often are – boring. There were no rants against Disney by the board’s chairman nor demands by local opponents for board ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Italy bans loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art because of long-running dispute over ancient statue
By The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italy’s Culture Ministry banned art loans to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a long-running dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been looted from Italy almost a half-century ago. The legal dispute began in March 2022, when an Italian court ruled that the museum, known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
By The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
VIENNA (AP) – A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros ($32 million). The Austrian modernist artist started work on the “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” in 1917, the year before he died, and it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
At 78, John Lithgow’s acting career is not slowing down. He appeared in the best picture nominee “Killers of the Flower Moon” and starred with Jeff Bridges in the FX series “The Old Man.” Recently, the two-time Academy Award nominee and multiple Emmy, Tony and Golden Globes-winning actor played the new kid in school. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on April 24th, 2024
” Barbenheimer “ is a hard act to follow. But as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by the strikes, it’s worth remembering the classic William Goldman quote about what works: “Nobody knows anything.” Four decades later, that still may be true. Yet one thing Hollywood ... Read More »
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