R. Kelly pleads not guilty, denied bail on U.S. charges of sex crimes
- R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a raft of federal charges accusing him of running a scheme to force women and girls to provide sex for himself and others, and a judge ordered that he remain in jail without bail.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:25:20 -0400
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HBO, 'Game of Thrones' lead nominations for TV's Emmy awards
- HBO and its medieval fantasy blockbuster "Game of Thrones" led nominations, as expected, on Tuesday for the Emmy Awards, but the list of contenders for the highest honors in television was dominated by newcomers, many of them women.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:24:25 -0400
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HBO sets Emmy nominations record, tops Netflix
- AT&T Inc's premium cable network HBO scored a record 137 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, topping streaming service Netflix Inc in what has become an annual battle for bragging rights in the contest for television's biggest awards.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:22:40 -0400
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Rapper Meek Mill seeks new trial to end decade-long probation
- Lawyers for Meek Mill on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania appeals court to overturn a 2008 drugs and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity advocate for U.S. criminal justice reform.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:06:31 -0400
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South African musician Johnny Clegg dead at 66
- South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, died on Tuesday aged 66, his agent said.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:27:41 -0400
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Disney goes high-tech to draw fans to a new 'Lion King'
- Walt Disney Co has taken a high-tech route to remake animated classic "The Lion King" with the look of a nature documentary, an update it hopes will lure audiences to a new version of a film considered a masterpiece the first time.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 05:41:05 -0400
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Netflix deletes suicide scene from popular youth show, '13 Reasons Why'
- Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene depicting a youth suicide from its popular young adult drama "13 Reasons Why", following advice from medical experts, the company said on its Twitter account early on Tuesday.
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:45:06 -0400
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Troubled Woodstock 50 festival bids for 'great American comeback'
- The organizers of the troubled Woodstock 50 festival are making a last ditch attempt to save the event next month, pledging jobs and donations to community projects in a bid to win support from residents in a small town in upstate New York.
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:33:28 -0400
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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' crushes 'crawl,' 'stuber'
- LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Sony's "Spider-Man: Far From Home" claimed victory again during its second weekend in theaters, dominating over new releases, Paramount's gator thriller "Crawl" and Disney's R-rated comedy "Stuber."
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 01:56:48 -0400
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Singer R. Kelly charged in sex scheme of kidnapping and payoffs
- Singer R. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was indicted in federal courts in New York and Chicago on Friday with transporting women and girls across state lines for sex, forcibly keeping them under his control and buying their silence.
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:12:34 -0400
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In 'Harry Met Sally' tribute, New York deli invites contestants to 'have what she's having'
- In the 1989 movie "When Harry Met Sally," actor Meg Ryan's loud rendition of a woman faking an orgasm while seated at a New York deli stands as one of the most memorable moments in film history.
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:05:22 -0400
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New 'Lion King' movie lands with a critical whimper
- The much-anticipated new version of animated movie classic "The Lion King" landed with a whimper rather than a roar on Thursday with critics hailing it as visually impressive but tame in terms of character and storytelling.
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:01:53 -0400
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Ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein gets approval for new lawyers in rape case
- Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein got approval from a New York judge to hire a new legal team two months before his scheduled rape trial.
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 11:19:01 -0400
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Firefighters tackle blaze at Warner Bros UK studio
- Firefighters were tackling a blaze on Thursday at Warner Bros studios north of London, where the Harry Potter films were shot
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:44:11 -0400
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Taylor Swift shakes off Kardashian clan as highest-paid celebrity
- Singer Taylor Swift was named the world's highest-paid entertainer on Wednesday but was closely followed by two members of the wider Kardashian clan - reality star turned cosmetics queen Kylie Jenner and rapper Kanye West.
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:16:33 -0400
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Ticket resellers settle New York charges over inflated concert ticket prices
- Two companies in the ticket resale industry agreed to pay $1.55 million to settle a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing them of tricking tens of thousands of people into buying tickets for concerts, shows and other live events that they never owned.
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:07:52 -0400
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Spanish court rules Julio Iglesias is father of 43-year old man
- A Spanish court ruled on Wednesday that singer Julio Iglesias is the father of a 43-year old man, resolving a paternity dispute that had lasted three decades after the veteran star refused to take a DNA test.
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:12:32 -0400
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Rip Torn, Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, known as a trouble-maker, dies at 88
- Emmy winner Rip Torn, whose tempestuous nature made him a compelling character actor on the screen and stage but sometimes caused him trouble on the set and in private life, died on Tuesday at the age of 88, media reports said.
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:42:43 -0400
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