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Renee Black, right, ASAP Rocky's mother, arrives at the district court to follow her son's trial in Stockholm on Thursday. — AFP
US rapper A$AP Rocky testifies in Sweden assault trial
STOCKHOLM — US rapper A$AP Rocky Thursday told a Stockholm court he felt "scared" and had tried to "walk away" before a street brawl, in an assault case that has stirred diplomatic tensions and outraged fans.The artist faces up to two years in prison over the incident, which saw him and his crew get involved in a physical fight with a 19-year-old plaintiff in Stockholm on June 30.The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, appeared calm as he recounted how he and his entourage had repeatedly told the plaintiff to leave them alone."We pleaded, and we begged him," said Mayers who is on trial along with three other people.He said the plaintiff's behavior seemed "fearless" and beyond his bodyguard's control. "That's what scared us...
August 01, 2019

US rapper A$AP Rocky testifies in Sweden assault trial

R. Kelly
R. Kelly lawyer calls alleged victims 'disgruntled groupies'
NEW YORK — A lawyer for singer R. Kelly, who is accused of running a years-long scheme sexually preying on women and girls, said on Wednesday that the charges against the R&B artist stemmed from disgruntled groupies.Lawyer Douglas Anton made the claim in a filing in Brooklyn federal court, ahead of Kelly's scheduled on Friday court appearance. Kelly has pleaded not guilty.New York prosecutors have charged Kelly with running a criminal racketeering enterprise in which he sexually trafficked and exploited minors. An indictment against Kelly refers to five alleged victims of the scheme, who are not named.Anton said in Wednesday's filing that the charge was "an absurdity," and that the women with whom Kelly had sex were "dying to be with him.""If this was the...
August 01, 2019

R. Kelly lawyer calls alleged victims 'disgruntled groupies'

Singer John Fogerty speaks during the announcement event for the lineup for the Woodstock 50th Anniversary concert in New York in this file picture. — Courtesy photo
Troubled Woodstock 50 celebration officially canceled
NEW YORK — A festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock with a star-studded blow-out has officially been canceled, organizers said on Wednesday, nailing shut the coffin on an event long plagued by permit and financial woes.After it could not secure a site in upstate New York, where the original Woodstock took place, organizers had vowed the show would go on at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland northeast of the US capitol.But that move saw artists including Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus, along with veterans of the 1969 festival like Santana, begin backing out of the Aug.16-18 weekend."We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put on the Festival we imagined with the great line-up we had booked and the social engagement we...
August 01, 2019

Troubled Woodstock 50 celebration officially canceled

Director Harold Prince, left, applauds during the curtain call of 'The Phantom of the Opera' in New York City in this Jan. 9, 2006 file photo. — Reuters
Broadway icon Harold Prince dead at 91
NEW YORK — Broadway director and producer Harold Prince — who brought some of the most successful musicals ever to the stage including "The Phantom of the Opera" and won a record 21 Tony awards — died on Wednesday after a short illness. He was 91.Tributes poured in for Prince, whose glittering career lasted more than 60 years and featured several hit collaborations with fellow musical theater royalty Stephen Sondheim ("Company" and "Sweeney Todd") and Andrew Lloyd Webber ("Phantom" and "Evita").Lloyd Webber described him as "the prince of musicals.""This wonderful man taught me so much and his mastery of musical theater was without equal," the British composer wrote on Twitter.Prince — called "Hal" by...
August 01, 2019

Broadway icon Harold Prince dead at 91

In this file photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013, Rapper Jay-Z poses in the press room at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Rap mogul Jay-Z has pulled out of an August bash commemorating Woodstock's 50th anniversary, a source said Friday, the latest blow to hit organizers after months of setbacks. — AFP
Jay-Z, John Fogerty drop out of embattled Woodstock 50 fest
LOS ANGELES — Rap superstar Jay-Z has pulled out of the troubled Woodstock 50 music festival that is supposed to take place next month, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.Jay-Z had been scheduled to perform as the closing act of the three-day event meant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famed 1969 "peace and music" festival.The person requested anonymity and did not say why Jay-Z had canceled his involvement. But organizers have had difficulties securing a venue for the Aug. 16 to 18 festival and lost a financial backer, raising doubts about whether it will happen. Tickets have not yet gone on sale.Singer John Fogerty, who performed at the original Woodstock as the frontman of Creedence Clearwater Revival, also has withdrawn from the lineup, according...
July 27, 2019

Jay-Z, John Fogerty drop out of embattled Woodstock 50 fest

In this file photo taken on Sept. 22, 2011, Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in Washington, DC.  When Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light. — AFP
Neil Armstrong's death and a $6m secret
WASHINGTON — When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light.The New York Times said recently it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a dispute between the family of the most famous astronaut in history and the small Ohio hospital where he was treated and operated on.The Cincinnati Enquirer also received the documents, which were sent anonymously. According to the newspapers, the family had threatened to publicly accuse the hospital of medical malpractice.They ultimately reached a secret settlement that avoided a scandal, with the hospital paying $6 million, of which $5 million went to Armstrong's two sons, Rick and Mark, in exchange for their...
July 27, 2019

Neil Armstrong's death and a $6m secret

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is often protrayed by state media as a champion equestrian, ace rally driver and keen cyclist. — AFP
Turkmen leader quells death rumors with return to TV screens
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan's all-powerful leader returned to state television on recently, dispelling an online rumor that he had died.Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, 62, was shown on television instructing the mayor of the country's capital Ashgabat on forthcoming municipal projects in his usual domineering style, indicating drawings of bus shelters with a pointer.Berdymukhamedov is a mainstay of state television in a gas-rich Central Asian state which has no free media and few sources of information that are not controlled by the government that he dominates.This was his first appearance on TV since July 15 when he had been shown writing a book, playing with cats and reviewing footage of himself and his grandson performing a song together.Prior to that, his most recent...
July 27, 2019

Turkmen leader quells death rumors with return to TV screens

A snake burst onto the chamber floor of a Ondo State Assembly building in southwest Nigeria, sending lawmakers scampering and forcing an indefinite recess, officials said.
Snake chases lawmakers from Nigerian state parliament
LAGOS — A snake burst onto the chamber floor of a state parliament building in southwest Nigeria, sending lawmakers scampering and forcing an indefinite recess, officials said Friday."When we were about to enter into plenary, a big snake just ran out of the chamber which disrupted our sitting and we had to hurriedly leave the chamber," said Olugbenga Omole, a spokesman for lawmakers from Ondo State.The snake appears to have fallen from the roof into the plenary chamber. It did not bite anyone before it was caught and killed by parliament staff, said Omole.He blamed the incident on the dilapidated state of the assembly due to a lack of funds and overdue maintenance."That chamber is no longer safe for legislative business and because of that, we decided to adjourn...
July 27, 2019

Snake chases lawmakers from Nigerian state parliament

Johnny Clegg
S. Africa bids farewell to 'White Zulu' Johnny Clegg
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans bade an emotional farewell on Friday to singer Johnny Clegg, who defied apartheid with his unique fusion of African and Western culture and sounds.Ten days after Clegg succumbed to a long battle with cancer, hundreds of fans gathered at a memorial service in Johannesburg where fellow musicians paid homage to the "White Zulu" by performing some of his best-loved tunes.Actor John Kani delivered a moving eulogy for Clegg, whose music blended Zulu rhythms with Western styles and who defied the apartheid regime's laws of racial segregation."It was very easy for Johnny to make a choice and just enjoy white privilege and be a rock star, but he had a heart that told him: 'You have to see the plight of other people as well'," Kani...
July 26, 2019

S. Africa bids farewell to 'White Zulu' Johnny Clegg

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Recording artist ASAP Rocky, left, Swedish Prime minister Stefan Lofven, center, and US President Donald Trump, right. — AFP
Swedish politicians slam Trump for A$AP Rocky 'interference'
STOCKHOLM — Swedish politicians on Friday fired back at US President Donald Trump, after he rowed with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven over Sweden's move to press assault charges against American rapper A$AP Rocky.Several Swedish politicians protested Trump's remarks, after the president took to Twitter on Thursday to express his frustration."Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Lofven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States," Trump tweeted, adding: "Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM."He also tweeted "We do so much for Sweden but it doesn't seem to work the other way around."But Swedish politicians were quick to offer rebuttals, with some highlighting that the charges against the rapper,...
July 26, 2019

Swedish politicians slam Trump for A$AP Rocky 'interference'

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