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Actor Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend drops assault and defamation lawsuit against once-rising star
By Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jonathan Majors ‘ ex-girlfriend has dropped her assault and defamation lawsuit against the once-rising Hollywood star after reaching a settlement. Lawyers for Majors and Grace Jabbari agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a joint filing in Manhattan federal court Thursday. Jabbari’s lawyer said Friday that the suit was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Queen Camilla will skip Royal Variety Performance as she recovers from chest infection
By The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Queen Camilla will miss her third public engagement in two weeks as she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Camilla, 77, was set to attend the annual Royal Variety performance with her husband, King Charles III, but her doctors suggested she not overstretch herself. “Following a recent chest infection, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How a slapstick movie idea about beavers went from the bar to one of 2024’s biggest indie hits
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The microbudget movie “Hundreds of Beavers” has turned into lo-fi legend. Mike Cheslik’s film, made for just $150,000 and self-distributed in theaters, has managed to gnaw its way into a movie culture largely dominated by big-budget sequels. “Hundreds of Beavers” is a wordless black-and-white bonanza of slapstick antics about a stranded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DirecTV calls off acquisition of rival Dish, possibly ending a yearslong pursuit
By Michelle Chapman, The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
DirecTV is calling off its planned acquisition of rival Dish after the offer was rejected by bond holders at that company. The deal was reliant on Dish bond holders agreeing to trade in the debt they held for debt in the new company, a swap that would have cost them about $1.6 billion, collectively. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas TV movies are in their Taylor Swift era, with two Swift-inspired films airing this year
By Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
Two new Christmas TV movies have a Taylor Swift connection that her fans would have no problem decoding. “Christmas in the Spotlight” debuts Saturday on Lifetime. It stars Jessica Lord as the world’s biggest pop star and Laith Wallschleger as a pro football player, who meet and fall in love – not unlike Swift and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What do hundreds of beavers have to do with the future of movies?
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Hard as it may be to believe, changing the future of cinema was not on Mike Cheslik’s mind when he was making “Hundreds of Beavers.” Cheslik was in the Northwoods of Wisconsin with a crew of four, sometimes six, standing in snow and making his friend, Ryland Tews, fall down funny. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawsuit against UK security agency by survivors of Ariana Grande concert bombing is rejected
By The Associated Press on November 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – A legal claim by more than 300 survivors of a bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency was rejected Friday by a special tribunal. Judges on the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal said the claimants waited too long to bring their case, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nova Scotia’s main party leaders spar in final televised debate of election campaign
By Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2024
HALIFAX – Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston asked Nova Scotians on Thursday to be patient, saying his government’s plan for health care, housing, and affordability is working – and that he needs a second term in office to see his vision through. But during the final televised leaders debate of the election campaign, Houston’s opponents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ resurrects a once-forgotten anti-apartheid photographer
By Jake Coyle, The Associated Press on November 21st, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – When the photographer Ernest Cole died in 1990 at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer at a Manhattan hospital, his death was little noted. Cole, one of the most important chroniclers of apartheid-era South Africa, was by then mostly forgotten and penniless. Banned by his native country after the publication ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. Liberals say if elected next week they would move fast to cut taxes, build homes
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2024
HALIFAX – If Nova Scotia’s Liberal Party is elected to govern on Tuesday, leader Zach Churchill says that within the first 100 days he would call for a meeting of the Atlantic premiers to discuss replacing the federal carbon tax. Speaking at a news conference Thursday at Liberal campaign headquarters in Halifax, Churchill said he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on November 21st, 2024
“Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn’t stopped people from trying to make “Glicked” – or even “Babyratu” – happen. The counterprogramming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin ... Read More »
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