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72nd Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film
Elton John touches down in Cannes for sparkling ‘Rocketman’ premiere
CANNES, France — Sporting a sequined “EJ” rocket on his lapel, Elton John beamed his way down the Cannes red carpet on Thursday to see the premiere of his own biopic — “Rocketman”.The movie, starring Taron Egerton, tracks the singer’s first steps in the music business, from his tentative tryouts on the piano as a child to his explosion onto the US scene and its party world.Although not competing for awards, it was still one of the most anticipated screenings of the film festival on the French Riviera. Actresses including Julianne Moore and Priyanka Chopra lined up on the Croisette’s famous steps to see the movie, an all-singing, all-dancing depiction of John’s most famous hits.Accompanied by his husband David Furnish, John posed for photographers alongside the cast in...
May 17, 2019

Elton John touches down in Cannes for sparkling ‘Rocketman’ premiere

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are seen with their baby son, who was born on Monday morning, during a photo-call in St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, Britain, in this May 8, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
‘She’s never had a diva fit, never’: Meghan’s close friends speak out
LOS ANGELES — Two friends of Prince Harry’s wife Meghan are speaking out to defend her against a wave of negative publicity in the British press and on social media platforms.Her longtime friend and makeup artist, Daniel Martin, broke into tears as he spoke about the Duchess of Sussex, as the former American actress is now officially known.“I know she doesn’t deserve all of this negative press,” Martin said in an interview for CBS television in the United States, according to an advance excerpt. The interview will be broadcast on Friday.Less than a year after she married Prince Harry in May 2018, Meghan has been dubbed “Duchess Difficult” by some British newspapers. Others have published a stream of unsourced reports claiming there is a rift between Meghan and some senior...
May 16, 2019

‘She’s never had a diva fit, never’: Meghan’s close friends speak out

King Albert II of Belgium, right, and Belgian artist Delphine Boel, who is seeking court recognition of the king as her father, are seen in this file combo picture. — Courtesy photo
Take or pay: Belgian ex-king faces paternity fines
BRUSSELS — A Belgian court has ordered the country’s former king to pay 5,000 euros ($5,600) a day until he takes a DNA paternity test to resolve a long-running case brought by a woman who says she is his daughter.A judicial source said the 84-year-old King Albert II must pay the sum to Belgian artist Delphine Boel, 50, for every day he now fails to heed a court order made last year to provide a sample. Albert, who abdicated six years ago in favor of his son Philippe, is challenging the ruling that he submit to testing.The retired monarch has been fighting Boel’s claim for over a decade. Court-ordered DNA tests have already proved that she is not the offspring of her legal father, Jacques Boel, scion of one of Belgium’s richest industrial dynasties.Her identity became a topic of...
May 16, 2019

Take or pay: Belgian ex-king faces paternity fines

Film producer Harvey Weinstein departs from a court hearing in New York, New York, in this April 26, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Harvey Weinstein’s former film studio plans to liquidate in bankruptcy
LOS ANGELES — The film studio once run by Harvey Weinstein said it plans to liquidate in bankruptcy, as it tries to resolve civil lawsuits against former directors and officers arising from sexual misconduct claims against the onetime Hollywood mogul.Lawyers for Weinstein Co. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to convert the studio’s bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 liquidation from the Chapter 11 case filed in March 2018, according to papers filed on Tuesday night.Several rounds of mediation over the last 10 months have failed to resolve liability claims arising from Weinstein’s alleged misconduct, the lawyers said.A hearing on the conversion request is scheduled for June 4.Weinstein, 67, fell from grace after more than 70 women, mostly young actresses and others in the movie business,...
May 16, 2019

Harvey Weinstein’s former film studio plans to liquidate in bankruptcy

Britain’s Prince Harry speaks to the media after Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a baby boy, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire county, Britain, in this May 6, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Prince Harry wins damages over aerial pictures of his private home
LONDON — Prince Harry, Britain’s Duke of Sussex, has accepted substantial damages and an apology from a news agency which took photographs of his home from the air, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.Harry’s lawyer said Splash News and Picture Agency had chartered a helicopter in January to take photos and film the private home of Harry and his wife Meghan, a former American actress, in Oxfordshire, central England.The couple had chosen the property because of its high levels of privacy and were forced to move out after the pictures were taken, his lawyer said.“The syndication and publication of the photographs very seriously undermined the safety and security of the Duke and the home to the extent that they are no longer able to live at the property,” the lawyer said in a court...
May 16, 2019

Prince Harry wins damages over aerial pictures of his private home

Cast member Selena Gomez poses for a photocall for the film
Singer Selena Gomez laments dangers of social media
CANNES, France — US pop singer and actress Selena Gomez has taken aim at social media platforms and their detrimental effect on young people, saying they could be dangerous and contribute to a world of disinformation and bullying."Social media has really been terrible for my generation," Gomez, 26, told a news conference at Cannes on Wednesday, where the actress is promoting zombie movie "The Dead Don't Die" alongside actors Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton.Asked about looming threats she and other cast members saw to the planet, Gomez added:"I understand that it's amazing to use your platform, but it does scare me when you see how exposed these young girls and young boys are, and they are not really aware of the news or anything going on. ... I think...
May 15, 2019

Singer Selena Gomez laments dangers of social media

Actor Keanu Reeves gestures after putting his handprints in cement, in the forecourt of TCL Chinese theater in Los Angeles. — Reuters
Keanu Reeves sinks hands, feet at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre
Los Angeles — Actor Keanu Reeves signed his name and sunk his hands and feet in fresh cement Tuesday in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood.More than 30 years have passed since the star of "The Matrix," "Speed" and "Point Break" tried his luck by taking his car from Toronto to Hollywood to become an actor."I love movies, gosh, I love movies. I love watching them, and I love making them," Reeves said Friday during the premiere for "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.""I started acting when I was 15 years old, in Toronto, Canada. And I traveled in my first car when I was 20 years old across the country, to Los Angeles, California... to Hollywood, with a dream, that dream."Born in Lebanon's capital Beirut in 1964 but...
May 15, 2019

Keanu Reeves sinks hands, feet at Hollywood's Chinese Theatre

Stan Lee (left) with Keya Morgan
Stan Lee's ex-manager charged with elder abuse against comic book co-creator
LOS ANGELES — The former manager of Stan Lee has been charged with elder abuse against the late comic book legend, a Los Angeles court official said on Monday.Keya Morgan was charged on Friday with five counts of elder abuse, including false imprisonment, fraud and forgery stemming from an incident last summer when Lee was 95 years old, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court public information office told Los Angeles City News Service.The spokeswoman added that a warrant for Morgan's arrest had been issued.Morgan, a New York-based memorabilia collector who became involved with Lee in 2017, was served with a restraining order last year after Lee's family accused him of elder abuse.The Los Angeles District Attorney's office on Monday said it was unable to provide any...
May 14, 2019

Stan Lee's ex-manager charged with elder abuse against comic book co-creator

Actor Felicity Huffman leaves the federal courthouse after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday. — Reuters
Tearful Felicity Huffman admits role in US college admissions scandal
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Actress Felicity Huffman tearfully pleaded guilty on Monday to paying to rig a college entrance exam for her daughter, part of a wide-ranging scandal in which wealthy parents used fraud to secure their children spots at prominent US universities.The onetime star of the television series “Desperate Housewives” pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a conspiracy charge related to her payment of $15,000 to have someone secretly correct her daughter’s answers on the SAT exam.Huffman is among 50 people accused of taking part in a scheme that involved cheating or bribery. Wealthy parents paid a total of $25 million to bribe coaches to help their children gain spots at universities like Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California (USC).William...
May 13, 2019

Tearful Felicity Huffman admits role in US college admissions scandal

Doris Day
Hollywood star Doris Day, singer of 'Que Sera, Sera,' dead at 97
Los Angeles — Actress Doris Day, who became one of the greatest box-office attractions of her time as the cheery, freckle-faced personification of wholesomeness, died on Monday at the age of 97, her foundation said on Monday.Day, who co-starred with 1950s and '60s superstars such as Rock Hudson and Cary Grant, died at her Carmel, California home after a bout with pneumonia, the Doris Day Animal Foundation said on its website.Her shiny girl-next-door image was built on a series of innocent romantic comedies, including "Pillow Talk," for which Day received an Oscar nomination, "That Touch of Mink" and "The Thrill of It All."Day also had hit records, most notably "Que Sera, Sera" from the movie "The Man Who Knew Too Much." It became her...
May 13, 2019

Hollywood star Doris Day, singer of 'Que Sera, Sera,' dead at 97

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