CINCINNATI (AP) — University of Cincinnati trustees have revoked Bill Cosby’s honorary degree. The trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved revoking Cosby’s 2001 honorary doctor of humane letters […]
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CELEB: Actor Tom Sizemore sued over claim he groped child actor
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who told police Tom Sizemore groped her at a photo shoot when she was 11 is suing the actor. […]
MUSIC: Cannes announces changes to boost female representation
CANNES, France (AP) — On the eve of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the festival’s director held an unscheduled press conference Monday to address the many issues […]
FILM: Italian director Ermanno Olmi, ’78 Palme d’Or winner, dies
ROME (AP) — Ermanno Olmi, an Italian cinematic giant who won the top award at the Cannes Film Festival for his depiction of 19th- century Italian farm […]
CELEB: Caitlyn Jenner to deliver diversity lecture
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Channel 4 says that Caitlyn Jenner will deliver its annual diversity lecture at the House of Commons. The 68-year-old reality television star, author […]
MUSIC: West’s wild words stir again, Kanye calls slavery a ‘choice’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before the last one had a chance to simmer down, Kanye West caused another stir, calling American slavery a “choice” in an interview […]
MUSIC: New song by Chris Cornell on collection of Cash’s writings
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s inevitable that a new recording by Chris Cornell would take on an added poignancy following his suicide last year. Yet there’s an […]
CELEB: ‘Empire’ actor acquitted of Chicago domestic violence charge
CHICAGO (AP) — An actor on the television show “Empire” has been acquitted of domestic battery in Chicago. Morocco Omari took the stand during a two-day trial […]
UPDATE: Bill Cosby convicted of drugging and molesting a woman
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the […]
MUSIC: ‘Oh! Susanna’ songwriter’s statue removed amid criticism
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 118-year-old statue of the “Oh! Susanna” songwriter was removed from a Pittsburgh park Thursday after criticism that the work is demeaning because it […]