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Kris Jenner testifies she had no ill feeling for Blac Chyna

Kris Jenner testified that she was happy when she heard her son Rob Kardashian was engaged to his new girlfriend Blac Chyna despite stories of violence and volatility virtually her

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In this courtroom artist sketch, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory W. Alarcon sits in court in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. A jury has been seated in the trial that pits model and former reality television star Blac Chyna against the Kardashian family, who she alleges destroyed her TV career. (Bill Robles via AP)

Video shows Mike Tyson punching airline passenger

Authorities are investigating later former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching an aggressive passenger on lath a plane at San Francisco International Drome

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Kurt Vile turns out 'fried or sizzled out' rock tunes

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FILE - Kurt Vile performs during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas on March 17, 2018. Vile's ninth album,

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This image released by Starz shows Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell in a scene from "Gaslit," premiering April 24. (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Starz via AP)

Amber Heard'southward lawyers interrogate Johnny Depp at libel trial

Attorneys for actor Amber Heard accept sought to undermine Johnny Depp's libel lawsuit confronting her

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Actor Johnny Depp listens as he testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, April 21, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP)

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Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club

Viola Davis' latest honor is non for her acting, but for her writing

April 21

FILE - Viola Davis arrives at the premiere of "The First Lady" in Los Angeles on April 14, 2022. The Oscar winner's upcoming memoir,

CNN'southward streaming service shutting down a calendar month after launch

CNN is shutting downwardly its CNN+ streaming service less than a calendar month after its launch

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This image shows the logo for the new CNN streaming service CNN+ which debuted on March 29. CNN's brand-new streaming service is shutting down only a month after launch. In a Thursday memo, incoming CNN chief executive Chris Licht said the service would shut down at the end of April. (CNN+ via AP)

JD Vance paid $70K by colleges he bashes as Senate candidate

Before Republican JD Vance began targeting universities as the enemy of the conservative motility, the Donald Trump-endorsed U.Southward. Senate candidate in Ohio leveraged a network of higher education institutions beyond the country to promote his volume

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FILE - J.D. Vance, a Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, speaks to reporters following a debate with other Republicans at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, March 28, 2022. Former President Donald Trump is endorsing "Hillbilly Elegy

Disney self-regime in peril after Florida House vote

The Florida Business firm of Representatives has given final passage to a neb to dissolve a private government that Walt Disney World has been allowed to operate on its properties for more five decades

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FILE - The newly painted Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World is seen with the the crest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the theme park Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The idea was presented to Florida lawmakers 55 years ago: Let Disney form its own government and in exchange it would create a futuristic city of tomorrow. That city never materialized, but Walt Disney World became an economic juggernaut, and its government retained unprecedented powers. Five decades later, Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking lawmakers to end Disney's government in a move that throws a wrench into decades of symbiotic relations between the company and state government.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Robert Morse, two-fourth dimension Tony-winning actor, dies at 90

Actor Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award equally a hilariously advised corporate climber in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and a second one a generation later as the brilliant, troubled Truman Capote in "Tru," has died

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FILE - Robert Morse appears at the live read and series finale of "Mad Men" held in Los Angeles on May 17, 2015. Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in

Florida lawmakers vote to strip Disney's cocky-government, handing GOP Gov. DeSantis win in feud with amusement giant

Florida lawmakers vote to strip Disney's self-government, handing GOP Gov. DeSantis win in feud with entertainment giant

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Nicolas Cage poses for a portrait to promote "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" in New York on April 9, 2022. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Dumpster observe leads to rediscovery of artist Francis Hines

Artist Francis Hines gained some notoriety in 1980 past using textile to wrap the arch in New York City'due south Washington Square in an intricate crisscross pattern

April 21

Paintings by Francis Hines sit wrapped in plastic in a barn Sept. 27, 2017, in Watertown, Conn. After fading into obscurity, Hines, who died in 2016, is again gaining attention after hundreds of his paintings were rescued by a car mechanic from a dumpster in Connecticut. An exhibit of that art will open May 5, 2022, at the Hollis Taggart galley in Southport, which is known for showing the works of lost or forgotten artists. (Jared Whipple via AP)

U.s. artist Leigh recasts colonial imagery at Venice Biennale

American sculptor Simone Leigh is the outset Blackness woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale contemporary art fair

April 21

American sculptor Simone Leigh smiles during the unveiling of the United States' pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The first Black woman to headline the U.S. Pavilion, Leigh has posted the monumental 24-foot sculpture called "Satellite" outside the neo-Palladian brick structure, which is hidden beneath a thatched raffia roof and wooden columns. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

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Oar-some sale: Historic college sports prize upwardly for bid

The 170-year-old prize awarded in the starting time U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going upwardly for auction next month

April 21

The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

Queen Elizabeth Ii is marking her 96th birthday privately, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state

April 21

In this photo released by Royal Windsor Horse Show on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 and taken in March 2022, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photo with her Fell ponies Bybeck Nightingale, right, and Bybeck Katie on the grounds of Windsor Castle in Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II is marking her 96th birthday privately on Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refuge from the affairs of state. (henrydallalphotography.com/Royal Windsor Horse Show via AP)

Sportscaster Kenny Albert will have memoir published in 2023

Sportscaster Kenny Albert will cover a lot of territory in a memoir scheduled for side by side yr

Apr 21

NeNe Leakes sues maxim racism accustomed on 'Existent Housewives'

Former star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" NeNe Leakes has sued the companies behind the show, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environs

April 21

FILE - NeNe Leakes arrives at the NBCUniversal Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Former star of

'Fancy Like' feels like a No. 1 draft pick to singer Hayes

Like most whatever boy growing up in Mobile, Walker Hayes' early on goal in his sporting career was obvious

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Walker Hayes performs "AA" at the CMT Music Awards on Monday, April 11, 2022, at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

A gun, a telephone cord spur heated talk at Kardashian trial

Old reality boob tube star Blac Chyna testified that she was joking when she put a phone cord around the neck of her then-fiance Rob Kardashian, and later grabbed his unloaded gun

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FILE - Television personalities Kris Jenner, from left, Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment 2015 Upfront at The Javits Center on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in New York. On Monday, April 18, 2022, Kris and Kylie Jenner, along with Kim and Khloe Kardashian, sat in the front row of a Los Angeles courtroom as prospective jurors aired their feelings about the famous family and the four women, all defendants in a lawsuit brought by Rob Kardashian's former fiancée Blac Chyna. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Flim-flam Sports makes Easter Sunday a NASCAR ratings success

Clay will be back on NASCAR'due south schedule next twelvemonth and likely on Easter Sunday once more if Fox Sports has its way

April twenty

Driver Kyle Busch (18) races with Chase Briscoe (14) and Joey Logano (22) during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Pam Grier covers 'everything' in a new podcast of her career

With over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, Pam Grier is fix to wait back at her life and career in a new podcast debuting this fall

April 20

FILE -Actress Pam Grier is interviewed by The Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2017 in Washington. Grier is still going strong in an almost 50 year movie and television career. With over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, Pam Grier is ready to look back at her life and career in a new podcast debuting this fall. Turner Classic Movies said Wednesday, April 20, 2022 that Grier will be the spotlight of the next season of

Rapper Pooh Shiesty gets 5 years, 3 months for gun accuse

Rapper Pooh Shiesty has been sentenced to 5 years and three months in federal prison house for a gun accuse in Florida

April 20

Florida Senate passes pecker to end Disney cocky-government

The Florida Senate has passed a neb to repeal a law assuasive Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its backdrop in the state

April 20

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a joint session of a legislative session, Jan. 11, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Gov. DeSantis on Tuesday, April 19, asked the Legislature to repeal a law allowing Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its properties in the state, the latest salvo in a feud between the Republican and the media giant. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Johnny Depp testifies he was demeaned, berated by ex-wife

Depp has returned to the represent testimony in his libel lawsuit against Heard.

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Actor Johnny Depp testifies during a hearing at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday April 19, 2022. Depp sued his ex-wife Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP)

New Mexico fines 'Rust' for willful gun safety failures

New Mexico workplace rubber regulators say they have issued the maximum possible fine against a motion picture production visitor for firearms safety failures on the ready where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October

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Rio's Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to political party

Starting Wednesday night, Rio de Janeiro samba schools' elaborate floats and feather-festooned dancers will parade between packed bleachers

April 20

Carnival King Momo, Wilson Dias da Costa Neto, holds up the key of the city during the ceremony marking the official start of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Review: Broadbent, Mirren charm in art heist movie 'The Knuckles'

A real-life art heist at U.k.'southward National Gallery in 1961 is the ground for "The Duke,'' the terminal feature past manager Roger Michell, who died concluding year

April 20

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Jim Broadbent, left, and Helen Mirren in a scene from "The Duke." (Nick Wall/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Review: Mothers, daughters and magic in 'Petite Maman'

In Céline Sciamma'southward "Petite Maman," Joséphine Sanz plays an 8-yr-former named Nelly, who has only lost her grandmother and whose mother, Marion, has abruptly decided to get out her with her father for a flake in the backwash

April 20

This image released by Neon shows Joséphine Sanz and Gabrielle Sanz in a scene from "Petit Maman." (Neon via AP)

Fred Hampton babyhood abode gets historical landmark status

The suburban Chicago home where slain Blackness Panther Party leader Fred Hampton grew up has been designated a historical landmark by the hamlet of Maywood

April 20

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 1969, photo, Fred Hampton, center, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party, speaks outside a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Chicago while Dr. Benjamin Spock, background, listens. The Illinois childhood home of Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical landmark. (AP Photo/ESK, File)

Prince Harry talks about fatherhood, the queen and Diana

Prince Harry is opening up about his recent surprise visit with Queen Elizabeth Two, saying he and his wife, Meghan, had tea with the monarch and shared laughs

Apr twenty

FILE - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan speak during the Global Citizen festival, on Sept. 25, 2021 in New York. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have visited Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on their first joint visit to the U.K. since they gave up formal royal roles and moved to the U.S. more than two years ago. The couple's office says they visited the 95-year-old queen, Harry's grandmother, Thursday, April 14, 2022 on their way to the Netherlands to attend the Invictus Games (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Rapper A$AP Rocky arrested at LA airport in 2021 shooting

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been taken into custody at Los Angeles International Aerodrome in connexion with a shooting in Hollywood last year

April 20

FILE - A$AP Rocky attends the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons on Feb. 9, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. A$AP Rocky was taken into custody Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year, authorities said. The performer, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was detained on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Wednesday.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

How Molly Shannon achieved 'superstar' status

Molly Shannon has had iconic roles on "Saturday Night Alive" and been in countless movies, yet she'south yet nonplussed that a footling girl from Cleveland made information technology in Hollywood

April 20

FILE - Molly Shannon appears at the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on March 13, 2022. Shannon's memoir "Hello Molly!" released April 12. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Mega dance visitor bred culture of sex, silence, dancers say

One of the world's leading dance competition companies sells the dream of Hollywood fame to hundreds of thousands of ambitious young dancers hoping to launch careers on goggle box, in movies and on stage

April 20

A Viking ballsy to conquer them all in 'The Northman'

Alexander Skarsgård has been dreaming almost Vikings for as long every bit he tin remember

April 20

This image released by Focus Features shows Alexander Skarsgård in a scene from "The Northman." (Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features via AP)

Safety failures in accidental movie-ready shooting by Alec Baldwin prompt maximum fine by state workplace regulators

Safety failures in adventitious pic-ready shooting by Alec Baldwin prompt maximum fine past state workplace regulators

April 20

Ukrainian artist makes cultural stand at Venice Biennale

Artist Pavlo Makov'due south role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an deed of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv take grown more intense in recent days

April 20

A view of an installation at a square titled "to Ukraine" at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Trump gets a bold Shakespearean twist in new play 'The 47th'

A play that offers an audaciously Shakespearean take on recent and future U.S. politics is running at London's Old Vic theater

Apr 20

Bertie Carvel plays Donald Trump in The 47th, at The Old Vic theater, in London on April 6, 2022. Mike Bartlett's play

Review: 'The Northman' an ambitious, but lean revenge tale

There is great method only non enough madness in "The Northman," Robert Eggers' third and easily most aggressive moving-picture show, a large-screen version of the Viking tale that inspired Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

April twenty

This image released by Focus Features shows Alexander Skarsgård in a scene from "The Northman." (Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features via AP)

'Invisible Child' wins $l,000 Gotham Volume Prize

Andrea Elliott's "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Promise in an American Urban center," an in-depth portrait of New York and the struggles and achievements of a Black girl from Brooklyn, has won the Gotham Book Prize for outstanding works about the city

April 20

Michelle Yeoh shows Asian immigrant women are 'Everything'

At 59, Michelle Yeoh commands the lead of the genre-twisting "Everything Everywhere All At Once" by playing someone oft invisible — the Asian immigrant wife and mother trying to exist everything for everyone

April 20

FILE - Michelle Yeoh appears at the premiere of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," in West London on Aug 26, 2021. Yeoh stars in the genre-twisting

Alexander Wang returns to runway after sexual assault claims

Afterwards taking a break amid sexual assault allegations, fashion designer Alexander Wang'south improvement to the track was greeted with admiration during his highly anticipated prove in Los Angeles

April 20

A model is framed in the East Gate at Old Chinatown Plaza as she walks the runway at fashion designer Alexander Wang's "Fortune City" runway show and party celebrating Asian-American culture, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Ukrainian opera vocalist in Nippon prays for peace in melody

When Oksana Stepanyuk, an honor-winning soprano with the Nippon Opera Foundation, performs "Melody," equanimous past Myroslav Skoryk, a Ukrainian, her voice turns into a wail of mourning

April 20

Oksana Stepanyuk, a Ukrainian soprano opera singer living in a Tokyo suburb, sings during a charity concert in Kokubunji, west of Tokyo, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Stepanyuk, who has been singing in Japan for two decades, is dedicating her latest series of concerts to peace. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Lawyer: Kardashians conspired to cease Blac Chyna reality show

An attorney for onetime reality Idiot box star Blac Chyna told a jury that the Kardashian family worked together to smear her reputation and ruin her television receiver career

April nineteen

FILE - Television personalities Kris Jenner, from left, Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment 2015 Upfront at The Javits Center on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in New York. On Monday, April 18, 2022, Kris and Kylie Jenner, along with Kim and Khloe Kardashian, sat in the front row of a Los Angeles courtroom as prospective jurors aired their feelings about the famous family and the four women, all defendants in a lawsuit brought by Rob Kardashian's former fiancée Blac Chyna. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Hollywood missing the drama in climate change, grouping says

Hollywood's response to climate change has included donations, protests and other forms of activism

April 19

In this undated photo provided by Good Energy, the online resource
This image provided by The Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Nadine Sierra during rehearsal for a new Metropolitan Opera production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" set in the American Rust Belt. (Zenith Richards/Metropolitan Opera via AP)

Killer of LA philanthropist gets 190-year prison term

A parolee who murdered 81-year-old philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, has been sentenced to 190 years in a California prison

April 19

FILE - Jacqueline Avant, left, and Clarence Avant appear at the 11th Annual AAFCA Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 22, 2020. A parolee who used an assault rifle to murder the 81-year-old philanthropist wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Photo by Mark Von Holden Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Ezra Miller attends the 15th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Nov. 5, 2018, in New York. The actor known for playing "The Flash" in "Justice League" films was arrested at a Hawaii karaoke bar and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, April19, 2022, on charges of disorderly conduct, harassment and obstructing a highway. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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