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Timothy West, acclaimed British actor and lover of UK’s waterways, dies aged 90
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British actor Timothy West, who played the classic titular Shakespeare roles of Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth and who in recent years along with his wife, Prunella Scales, enchanted millions of people with their boating exploits on Britain’s waterways, has died, He was 90. In a statement Wednesday, his children said that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daniele Rustioni to become Metropolitan Opera’s principal guest conductor
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rustioni agreed to a three-year term, the company announced Wednesday. He is to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daniel Rustioni to become Metropolitan Opera’s principal guest conductor
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Daniele Rustioni will become just the third principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in its nearly century-and-a-half history, leading at least two productions each season starting in 2025-26 as a No. 2 to music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rustioni agreed to a three-year term, the company announced Wednesday. He is to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missouri prosecutor says he won’t charge Nelly after an August drug arrest
By Jim Salter, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges following his arrest this summer at a St. Louis-area casino, a prosecutor said. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said in a statement Tuesday. Nelly, 49, whose birth name is Cornell ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On the eve of Oscars honor, James Bond producers reflect on legacy and future of 007
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cuddy” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career. He said as much accepting the prize, a non-competitive honorary Oscar, at the Academy Awards in 1982. Roger Moore presented it to him that night while his family in the audience ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timothy West, acclaimed British star of stage and screen, dies aged 90
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British actor Timothy West, who played wartime leader Winston Churchill on three occasions and the classic titular Shakespeare roles of Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, has died, He was 90. In a statement, his children said that West died “peacefully” in his sleep “with his friends and family at the end.” “After ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng has an official song released in 4 languages
By The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal – released in four languages for her global fans. The upbeat 50-second song “Moodeng Moodeng,” available in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese versions, features simple lyrics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Niigaan Sinclair, Jordan Abel among winners of Governor General’s Literary Awards
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told “Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre” was a “regional book.” The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe columnist and editor recalls being told to expect scant attention outside major urban centres, so he wasn’t surprised to see “like 80 per cent” of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39
By The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in capital Seoul. He was 39. Officials at Seoul’s Seongdong district police station didn’t immediately comment Wednesday on the cause of death. South Korea’s Yonhap ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
By Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news was met with bewilderment and worry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island
By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific, the Kon-Tiki Museum said Wednesday. In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from ... Read More »
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