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Rapper Kid Cudi to testify at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial Thursday
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after one of the music mogul’s ex-aides finishes telling the jury about the threatening world he recalls encountering when he worked for Combs. Cudi’s turn on the witness stand will come immediately after George Kaplan, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case, allowing him to start world tour
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The decision by a London judge to grant bail will allow Brown to launch a world tour next month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kim Kardashian dons a graduation cap and marches closer to becoming a lawyer
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Kim Kardashian is a step closer to following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a lawyer. She has completed a legal apprenticeship and is now eligible to take the California bar exam, her representative confirmed Wednesday. The entrepreneur and reality TV star posted an Instagram Story from a small private ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-assistant tells of cleaning up booze, drugs and baby oil after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex marathons
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ one-time personal assistant testified Wednesday that he was in charge of cleaning up hotel rooms after the hip-hop mogul’s sex marathons — tossing out empty alcohol bottles, baby oil and drugs, tidying pillows and making it look as if nothing had happened. An implied part of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fictional fiction: A newspaper’s summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional. The content distributor King Features says it has fired a writer who used artificial intelligence to produce a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn’t exist. The list ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Member of Irish rap trio Kneecap charged with a terror offense in the UK
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — British police on Wednesday charged a member of Irish hip-hop group Kneecap with a terrorism offense for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert. The Metropolitan Police force said Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, was charged under the Terrorism Act with displaying a flag in support a proscribed organization. The alleged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TVA Group cuts 30 jobs in TV division as CEO lobs blame at rivals, regulators
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — TVA Group says it is cutting about 30 jobs as a slew of pressures from competitors and a lack of federal government and regulator support challenge the business. The Quebecor Media subsidiary says the cuts mainly hit its television division, which saw two overhauls in recent years that halved the company’s workforce. TVA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rapper Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, in Georgia
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in Georgia on Tuesday. Wave, whose real name is Rodarius Green, voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on warrants stemming from an April 21 police call ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!George Wendt a ‘humble, quiet guy’ whose post-‘Cheers’ days brought him to Canada
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
TORONTO — George Wendt endeared himself to TV audiences as the beer-loving Norm Peterson on the 1980s sitcom “Cheers,” but in real life, it was his “humble, quiet guy” persona that seemed to connect with locals on his visits to Canada. After his celebrated run on the TV smash, the late Chicago-born actor racked up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK court frees singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The decision by a London judge to grant bail will allow Brown to launch a world tour next month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Springsteen doubles down on political criticism with a digital EP that includes anti-Trump comments
By Canadian Press on May 21st, 2025
There’s no retreat or surrender from Bruce Springsteen — or from President Donald Trump, for that matter. The rock star released a digital EP on Wednesday with four songs recorded live in Manchester, England last week, along with two of his addresses to the audience that attacked Trump’s “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.” The Boss ... Read More »
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