YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) – Comedian Dave Chappelle stood on the front lawn of a newly restored 19th-century schoolhouse Thursday, joining neighbors and local officials as a small-town radio station secured its future in the community he calls home.
LONDON (AP) – The late Queen Elizabeth II believed the monarch had to be seen to be believed. And she made sure that was true even when Britain’s famously changeable weather intervened, pioneering the use of a clear plastic raincoat so that a stodgy black umbrella didn’t obscure her from public view.
NEW YORK (AP) – Matt Damon, Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney will help close out the “Saturday Night Live” season, along with a double dose of Olivia Rodrigo. Rodrigo will do double duty as host and musical guest on May 2, marking her hosting debut and third time as musical guest, ahead of her new album, “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.”
NEW YORK (AP) – Federal appeals court judges questioned during oral arguments Thursday whether a roughly four-year prison term given to Sean “Diddy” Combs for the hip-hop mogul ‘s conviction on prostitution-related charges was too harsh.
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi took a short – and happy – break on Friday as she hosted legendary British rock band Deep Purple in Tokyo as a longtime admirer.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A woman who admitted to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced Wednesday. Jasveen Sangha will be the third defendant sentenced of the five people who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 2023 overdose of the 54-year-old actor.
NEW YORK (AP) – A very grown-up Malcolm turns to the camera at the beginning of the new “Malcolm in the Middle” revival and, weirdly, has nothing to complain about. “Yeah, I look different, but, hey, everything about me is different. I’m happy. I’m successful,” he says. “My life is fantastic now. You want to know how I did it? All I had to do is stay completely away from my family.”
Activist investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is offering to purchase Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny’s music label, Universal Music Group, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $64 billion. The proposed deal would involve Universal Music merging with Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, an acquisition company approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2023.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Once upon a time there were three little girls who starred as private detectives answering to a never-seen boss in a show that turned into a pop culture phenomenon called “Charlie’s Angels.” Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd reunited to mark the show’s 50th anniversary at PaleyFest LA on Monday night. T
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