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Model Naomi Campbell gets her own exhibition at London’s V&A museum
Naomi Campbell brings her stylish looks and runway walk to London’s V&A this week in a new exhibition that the museum says is the first of its kind dedicated to a model. “Naomi: In Fashion” looks at the career of one of fashion’s most recognisable faces through key looks she has modelled as well as her influence and activism.
TV series ‘My Lady Jane’ retells the Nine-Day Queen’s story with a twist
Lady Jane Grey’s life story gets rewritten in the new comedy-fantasy series “My Lady Jane”, which sees the English noblewoman fight back against 16th century gender norms – and her fate. The eight-episode show, which premiered in London on Wednesday, is based on the best-selling 2016 novel of the same name by authors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows.
Justin Timberlake arrested for drunken driving in the Hamptons
Pop singer Justin Timberlake was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after failing to obey a stop sign and twice veering from his lane in the upscale Hamptons seaside area of New York, authorities said on Tuesday. Timberlake was arrested on Long Island in the town of Sag Harbor on Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the local district attorney’s office.
Madonna fans end lawsuit over late concerts; singer’s lawyers threaten sanctions
Two Madonna fans ended their lawsuit in New York accusing the pop superstar of starting concerts two hours late, prompting her legal team to threaten the plaintiffs’ lawyers with sanctions. Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez did not say in a Brooklyn federal court filing on Wednesday why they voluntarily dismissed their proposed class action against Madonna and tour promoter Live Nation with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again.
Rapper Travis Scott arrested for disorderly intoxication
Grammy-nominated hip hop star Travis Scott was arrested on disorderly intoxication and trespassing charges on Thursday after a disturbance on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida, local police said. Police officers took Scott, 33, into custody at about 1:44 a.m., according to a police affidavit.
New evidence Baldwin was reckless with gun before ‘Rust’ shooting, prosecutors say
New evidence shows that Alec Baldwin was reckless with a revolver before the weapon fired a live round that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecutors alleged ahead of the actor’s July manslaughter trial. The evidence, which includes images and video from crew and a set photographer, shows Baldwin pointed his gun at a crew member and fired a blank round, held his finger on the trigger when not supposed to and engaged in horseplay with the weapon, special state prosecutors said in a Monday filing.
Donald Sutherland, star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘The Hunger Games’, dead at 88
Donald Sutherland, one of Canada’s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and “The Hunger Games,” has died at the age of 88. The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday, his son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media.
‘Bikeriders’ maneuvers through 60’s Chicago motorcycle gang life
For Austin Butler, getting into his role as the stoic bike rider named Benny in the Focus Features film “The Bikeriders” meant learning everything he could about riding a motorcycle. “Just riding for so many hours that it feels like second nature and then by the time I’m there I’m not having to think about the motorcycle or anything,” the “Elvis” actor said.
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