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Artist Mia Schon finishes a mural in one of the activity rooms of the Hole In the Wall Gang Camp, March 2, 2023, in Ashford, Conn. Two years after a fire devastated Paul Newman's camp for seriously ill children, the rebuilt camp center is opening. The new $4.5 million center has twice the space with more accessibility and new amenities such as a quiet sensory room, a dedicated room with a fireplace for parents and caregivers, and an emergency storm shelter and cistern, in case of another fire.(AP Photo/Pat Eaton Robb)

Paul Newman’s camp for sick kids rises from the ashes

Pat Eaton-robb, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:13 AM CDT

ASHFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amarey Brookshire was devastated when she heard about the fire at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children — her camp.

The February 2021 blaze destroyed much of the retreat in the woods of eastern Connecticut, which was founded by the late actor Paul Newman in 1988 to give children with devastating medical conditions a place to, as he said, “raise a little hell.”

The blaze burned the center of the camp, which had been made to look like an Old West town and housed the woodworking shop, the arts and crafts area, the camp store, and an educational kitchen. Fire investigators determined it was not arson but could not pinpoint a cause.

Amarey, now 13, said she was in the hospital when her mom told her the news.

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Fox, Dominion face off over airing of false election claims

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Fox, Dominion face off over airing of false election claims

Randall Chase And Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 5:18 PM CDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News and a voting machine company that claims the conservative network defamed it by amplifying baseless allegations of fraud following the 2020 presidential election faced off in a courtroom Tuesday during a key hearing over whether journalists have a responsibility to be cautious with explosive and implausible allegations.

Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems argued that Fox recklessly repeated false accusations from supporters of former President Donald Trump that its machines and the software used were responsible for Trump's 2020 election loss. Documents released during the lawsuit have shown that top Fox executives and personalities didn't believe the claims but aired them anyway.

“There was a deliberate decision by those responsible for the broadcasts … to let the story be out there,” Dominion attorney Rodney Smolla said, adding that Fox News was desperate to win back viewers infuriated that the network had correctly called Arizona, a key battleground state, on election night for Joe Biden. “What they did to get viewers back was start this new narrative that the election had been stolen and that Dominion was the thief.”

But Fox contended it was simply reporting on newsworthy allegations — a sitting president's claim that the election was being stolen from him.

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FILE - A headline about President Donald Trump is displayed outside Fox News studios in New York on Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Film on theft of Einstein's brain set for Hot Docs

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Film on theft of Einstein's brain set for Hot Docs

Noel Ransome, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:38 PM CDT

TORONTO - A documentary about the posthumous theft of Einstein's brain directed by award-winning journalist Michelle Shephard is among the films coming to Hot Docs.

The film festival announced part of its lineup Tuesday for the international festival that runs April 27 to May 7 in Toronto.

Among the world premieres is Shephard’s “The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain,” about a pathologist in 1955 who without permission removed the anatomy responsible for the celebrated genius' intellect in order to study it.

Other Canadian world premieres include "Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella,” by Montreal director Barry Avrich, about Canada’s first Jewish Supreme Court judge.

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TORONTO - A documentary about the posthumous theft of Einstein's brain directed by award-winning journalist Michelle Shephard is among the films coming to Hot Docs.

The film festival announced part of its lineup Tuesday for the international festival that runs April 27 to May 7 in Toronto.

Among the world premieres is Shephard’s “The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain,” about a pathologist in 1955 who without permission removed the anatomy responsible for the celebrated genius' intellect in order to study it.

Other Canadian world premieres include "Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella,” by Montreal director Barry Avrich, about Canada’s first Jewish Supreme Court judge.

Doctors expected to testify in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial

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Doctors expected to testify in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial

Sam Metz, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 6:44 AM CDT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — More witnesses are expected to testify on Wednesday in a trial about a 2016 ski crash between Gwyneth Paltrow and a retired Utah man suing her and claiming her recklessness left him with lasting injuries and brain damage.

On the opening day of the trial, Paltrow and retired optometrist Terry Sanderson appeared across the courtroom from each other, looking nonplussed to hear arguments that have become familiar over the past seven years of legal proceedings. Since Paltrow and Sanderson’s skis intertwined on what they expected to be an enjoyable day on the slopes with friends and family, the two have been tangled in a lengthy legal drama about what really happened on a beginner’s run that day at one of the most upscale ski destinations in the United States.

The mountain, Deer Valley Resort, has among the region’s most expensive lift tickets and is known for its après-ski champagne yurts and proximity to Park City — a posh resort town known for hosting the Sundance Film Festival.

Though the court is not publishing a witness list, attorneys said Wendell Gibby and Sam Goldstein — a radiologist and neuropsychologist — would likely be called to testify on Wednesday. Sanderson’s lawyers said they expected to call four witnesses total on Wednesday and left the possibility open that one could be Paltrow, depending on when others expected to testify arrive in Park City.

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Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on as she sits in the courtroom on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's trial over a 2016 ski collision began in the Utah ski resort town of Park City, where she is accused of crashing into a skier at Deer Valley Resort. The man suing accuses the actress of skiing out of control leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Sotheby’s hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible

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Sotheby’s hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible

Ilan Ben Zion, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 3:07 AM CDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million.

The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible, is set to go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York in May. Its anticipated sale speaks to the still bullish market for art, antiquities and ancient manuscripts even in a worldwide bear economy.

Sotheby’s is drumming up interest in hopes of enticing institutions and collectors to bite. It has put the price tag at an eye-watering $30 million to $50 million.

On Wednesday, Tel Aviv’s ANU Museum of the Jewish People opened a week-long exhibition of the manuscript, part of a whirlwind worldwide tour of the artifact in the United Kingdom, Israel and the United States before its expected sale, on Wednesday.

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A member of staff shows the Hebrew Bible

Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art in Detroit is settled

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Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art in Detroit is settled

Ed White, The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 11:39 AM CDT

DETROIT (AP) — A deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh, lawyers said, weeks after the custody fight created public buzz and much tension near the end of a rare U.S. exhibition in Detroit.

Brokerarte Capital Partners LLC, which claims to own “The Novel Reader,” told a federal appeals court that it reached a confidential settlement with the unnamed entity who loaned the painting to the Detroit Institute of Arts for an exhibition of Van Gogh's works that ended Jan. 22.

Because of the dispute, the museum has been under orders to hold the painting while the court determined who would next get the art.

Brokerarte Capital, an art brokerage, said it acquired the painting in 2017 for $3.7 million and gave temporary possession of it to a third party who absconded with it. The company filed a lawsuit on Jan. 10 seeking to seize the painting, and the museum subsequently posted a security guard next to it.

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FILE - Visitors file past the Van Gogh painting

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 2. Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club) by Ann Napolitano (Random House Publishing Group) 3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 5. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 6. Storm Watch by C. J. Box (Penguin Publishing Group) 7. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Random House Publishing Group) 8. Collateral Damage by J. A. Jance (Gallery Books) 9. Verity by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing) 10. Saved by Benjamin Hall (Harper)

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US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 2. Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club) by Ann Napolitano (Random House Publishing Group) 3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 5. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 6. Storm Watch by C. J. Box (Penguin Publishing Group) 7. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Random House Publishing Group) 8. Collateral Damage by J. A. Jance (Gallery Books) 9. Verity by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing) 10. Saved by Benjamin Hall (Harper)

‘Winnie the Pooh’ film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas

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‘Winnie the Pooh’ film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas

Kanis Leung, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:14 PM CDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city.

Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the release of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” on Thursday had been canceled with “great regret” in Hong Kong and neighboring Macao.

In an email reply to The Associated Press, the distributor said it was notified by cinemas that they could not show the film as scheduled, but it didn't know why. The cinema chains involved did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

For many residents, the Winnie the Pooh character is a playful taunt of China's President Xi Jinping and Chinese censors in the past had briefly banned social media searches for the bear in the country. In 2018, the film “Christopher Robin,” also featuring Winnie the Pooh, was reportedly denied a release in China.

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FILE - Protesters raise a Winnie the Pooh dressing as a Communist Party member to symbolise Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Hong Kong Sunday, March 18, 2018, during a protest on an amendment to China's constitution that will abolish term limits on the presidency and enable Xi to rule indefinitely. Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. For many residents, the Winnie the Pooh character is a playful taunt of China's President Xi Jinping, and Chinese censors in the past had briefly banned social media searches for the bear in the country. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Pitbull to kick off first day of Calgary Stampede

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Pitbull to kick off first day of Calgary Stampede

David Friend, The Canadian Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 4:58 PM CDT

TORONTO - Mr. Worldwide is coming to Calgary.

Organizers of the Calgary Stampede say they've booked rapper and pop performer Pitbull to perform at the first day of the annual rodeo and exhibition on July 7.

The Miami hitmaker is known for his country-fused dance-pop collaboration "Timber" with Kesha and various other radio favourites, including "Fireball" and "Give Me Everything," featuring Ne-Yo.

Tickets for Pitbull's concert go on sale Friday and include admission to the Stampede on the same day.

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Pitbull performs on the first night of the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher

Review: Depeche Mode face down the abyss in ‘Memento Mori’

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Review: Depeche Mode face down the abyss in ‘Memento Mori’

Cristina Jaleru (), The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 2:36 PM CDT

“Memento Mori" by Depeche Mode (Columbia Records) And then there were only two. Depeche Mode have always been a genre unto itself: a vibe, a sort of feedback loop that is timeless yet nostalgic, dark, edgy, a little too dark sometimes but always so cool. Their 15th studio album titled “Memento Mori” (Latin for "remember you will die") feels both like a tribute to founding member and keyboardist Andy Fletcher who died in May 2022 and left them a duo (Dave Gahan and Martin Gore) and a mission statement of their music.

The 12 tracks are fully Depeche, fully intoxicating in sound, artistically evocative and sometimes puzzling (like the compelling but strange “Caroline’s Monkey”). The music is staring lovingly into the abyss and asking it to love it back; death is always hovering on the periphery of the sound, a grunge, industrial, rainy sound also filled with a strange kindness.

“Soul with Me” is an incredible ballad where Gahan’s voice changes to an unrecognizable pitch, while “Before We Drown” is an electro sexy tune, while “My Cosmos Is Mine” has a dramatic tempo to it that works. “Ghost Again” hooks you with its deep fry bass and “People are Good” engages the aural with an unusual vibrato.

Depeche Mode might be facing their own mortality but their power as musicians stretches into infinity.

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Def Leppard drummer recovering from attack outside hotel

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Def Leppard drummer recovering from attack outside hotel

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:09 PM CDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he is recovering from an attack earlier this month outside a Florida hotel.

Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, was attacked while taking a smoke break outside the the Four Seasons hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man, but said they don't have a motive for the attack. They did not identify either the suspect, or Allen, in the police report.

But in a social media post, Allen, 59, said he's thankful for all the support he has received from this fans. He said he's also relieved that his wife, Lauren, wasn't with him when the incident occurred, and that they are now “working on recovering in a safe space.”

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FILE - Rick Allen, of Def Leppard, arrives at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Barclays Center on Friday, March 29, 2019, in New York. Allen says he recovering from an attack earlier this month, March 2023, outside a Florida hotel. Allen, who was in South Florida to perform a show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, was attacked while taking a smoke break outside the the Four Seasons hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Zoe Whittall on the appeal of the scammer

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Zoe Whittall on the appeal of the scammer

Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:48 AM CDT

TORONTO - Zoe Whittall doesn't usually write about her own life. She tells people it's too boring, and she likes making stuff up too much.

Her latest novel, "The Fake," is the exception.

Whittall's yearlong relationship with a scammer served as a springboard for the book, which follows two people who become entwined with a woman who seems to lie about everything — including her supposed cancer diagnosis.

The novel's antagonist is similar to Whittall's ex. Both were charismatic storytellers who told tall tales about their pasts in a largely successful effort to win people over.

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‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook pregnant with 1st child

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‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook pregnant with 1st child

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Succession” star Sarah Snook had a surprise reveal at the show’s season four premiere — she is pregnant with her first child.

Snook proudly showed off her baby bump in New York at Monday's premiere, which was attended by fellow stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Matthew MacFadyen, Kieran Culkin and Alan Ruck.

Snook’s pregnancy is the latest surprise for “Succession” fans, who learned in February from series creator Jesse Armstrong that the show’s fourth season would be its last.

“Succession” follows a wealthy family that owns a major media conglomerate and struggles to maintain its power. It stars Cox as the Roy family patriarch and Snook plays his lone daughter among the children conniving to succeed their father as the company’s leader.

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Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen attend the premiere of HBO's

Tom Hanks named Harvard’s 2023 commencement speaker

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Tom Hanks named Harvard’s 2023 commencement speaker

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:45 PM CDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks was named the principal speaker at Harvard's commencement on May 25, the Ivy League university announced Tuesday.

Hanks, 66, has appeared in almost 100 films. Nominated for an Oscar six times, he won best actor for “Philadelphia” in 1993 and “Forrest Gump” the following year.

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow called Hanks “a true master of his craft.”

“In addition to his brilliance as an actor, Tom has demonstrated both an innate empathy and a deep understanding of the human condition,” Bacow said in a statement. “He has contributed to our national culture and expanded our ability to appreciate stories and histories that have been previously unexamined.”

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FILE - Tom Hanks arrives at the Governors Awards on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Hanks was named the principal speaker at Harvard's commencement on May 25, the Ivy League university announced Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Van Zweden to end NY Philharmonic tenure with Mahler’s 2nd

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Van Zweden to end NY Philharmonic tenure with Mahler’s 2nd

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jaap van Zweden will conduct Mahler’s Second Symphony in his farewell concerts as the New York Philharmonic’s music director from June 6-8, 2024, ending a season that will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts.

Van Zweden succeeded Alan Gilbert as music director in the 2018-19 season and announced in September 2021 that the 2023-24 season will be his last. Gustavo Dudamel will take over but will not start until 2026-27.

The 62-year-old van Zweden will be joined by soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

Starting its second season in the rebuilt David Geffen Hall, the orchestra will open its season Sept. 27 with van Zweden and cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Beethoven’s “Egmont” concerto, Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien” and Dvorák’s cello concerto.

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In this Jan. 8, 2015, photo, Jaap van Zweden conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Dallas. Jaap van Zweden will conduct Mahler’s Second Symphony in his farewell concerts as the New York Philharmonic’s music director from June 6-8, 2024, ending a season that will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts. Van Zweden succeeded Alan Gilbert as music director in the 2018-19 season and announced in September 2021 that the 2023-24 season will be his last. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Austrian museum skews paintings to reflect climate change

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Austrian museum skews paintings to reflect climate change

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:50 PM CDT

VIENNA (AP) — A Vienna museum is hanging some of its paintings at an angle to reflect the possible effects of climate change on the landscapes they depict.

The Austrian capital's Leopold Museum said Tuesday that 15 paintings will be slightly skewed until June 26 as part of the action titled “A Few Degrees More (Will Turn the World into an Uncomfortable Place).” They include works by Gustave Courbet, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.

The museum is turning the paintings by the number of degrees by which temperatures at the locations they depict — such as the coast of Normandy and Austria's Attersee region — could rise if far-reaching action isn't taken against climate change.

It worked with a Vienna-based climate research network, Climate Change Center Austria. Museum director Hans-Peter Wipplinger said in a statement that museums “preserve and impart cultural heritage to the next generations” and “have the potential to positively influence our future action by making people aware of social phenomena.”

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VIENNA (AP) — A Vienna museum is hanging some of its paintings at an angle to reflect the possible effects of climate change on the landscapes they depict.

The Austrian capital's Leopold Museum said Tuesday that 15 paintings will be slightly skewed until June 26 as part of the action titled “A Few Degrees More (Will Turn the World into an Uncomfortable Place).” They include works by Gustave Courbet, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.

The museum is turning the paintings by the number of degrees by which temperatures at the locations they depict — such as the coast of Normandy and Austria's Attersee region — could rise if far-reaching action isn't taken against climate change.

It worked with a Vienna-based climate research network, Climate Change Center Austria. Museum director Hans-Peter Wipplinger said in a statement that museums “preserve and impart cultural heritage to the next generations” and “have the potential to positively influence our future action by making people aware of social phenomena.”

Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour — minus animals

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Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour — minus animals

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:50 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines.

Feld Entertainment, which owns the “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show's upcoming 2023 North American tour kicking off this fall.

The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a spinning double wheel powered by acrobats and BMX trail bikes, unicycle riders and skateboarders doing flips and tricks.

The tour kicks off in Bossier City, Louisiana, from Sept 29-Oct. 1 and then goes to Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana and ends the year in Oklahoma. It restarts in 2024 in Florida, home to Feld Entertainment.

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This combination of photos shows art renderings for the reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, reborn without animals. The show, which will offer highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines, kicks off its 2023 North American tour this fall. (Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey via AP)

‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick

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‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick

Krysta Fauria, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 4:41 PM CDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne were among the “John Wick: Chapter 4" stars honoring Lance Reddick, their co-star who died unexpectedly last week, at the film's Los Angeles premiere.

“We lost our brother, and in a really sort of very shocking way. I think we’re all still in shock. Life is," the visibly shaken Fishburne said, pausing briefly before continuing, "hard sometimes.”

Many of those who worked on the film wore blue ribbons to honor Reddick, who was a prolific character actor with prominent roles in “The Wire,” “Oz” and the “John Wick" film franchise.

“Just to be in his light and to get a chance to work with him, I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” Reeves said. “He had such a passion for his work and his craft. He was gracious. He had a dignity to him and a presence.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer calls Utah ski collision story ‘BS’

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer calls Utah ski collision story ‘BS’

Sam Metz, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:07 PM CDT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision “utter B.S.” on Tuesday during the trial's opening day in Utah, where the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer appeared in court looking somber.

Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the man suing her, sat across from each other in a Park City courtroom as their attorneys gave opening statements that provided strikingly different accounts of the crash. Both described their clients as victims and blamed the other for the collision at Deer Valley, one of the country’s most upscale ski resorts.

The two showed little emotion as attorneys questioned their credibility and version of events on the first day of the trial, which is expected to last eight days. Sanderson's attorneys said that they plan to call Paltrow to the stand to testify on Friday, but they could do so earlier in the week depending on the other witnesses' availability.

Paltrow — wearing a cream-colored knit sweater, tweed harem pants and aviator-style reading glasses — shielded her face from photographers using a blue “GP”-initialed notebook as she entered and exited the courtroom. Sanderson wore a gray suit and left halfway before witnesses began testifying.

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old describes challenging recovery

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old describes challenging recovery

The Associated Press 3 minute read Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 6 shooting, first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie that she has some days when she “can't get up out of bed," while others she is able to go about her day and make it to appointments.

“For going through what I've gone through, I try to stay positive. You know, try to have a positive outlook on what's happened and where my future's heading,” Zwerner said in a portion of the interview that was aired Monday on “NBC Nightly News.”

Zwerner was hospitalized for nearly two weeks after being shot in the chest and left hand as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The shooting rattled the military shipbuilding community and sent shock waves around the country, with many wondering how a child so young could get access to a gun and shoot his teacher.

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FILE - Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Jury convicts 3 of murder in death of rapper XXXTentacion

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Jury convicts 3 of murder in death of rapper XXXTentacion

Freida Frisaro, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:37 AM CDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside a South Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000.

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were also convicted of armed robbery by a jury that rendered its verdict less than an hour after beginning its eighth day of deliberations.

Their sentencing, which Circuit Judge Michael Usan set for April 6, will largely be a formality; Florida law dictates a life sentence for first-degree murder convictions.

The defendants, two dressed in suits and one in a button-down shirt, showed little emotion as they stood one by one to be handcuffed by a bailiff. There was no audible reaction from family members and other observers in the courtroom. Before the verdicts were read, Usan warned that anyone who caused any kind of disruption would be held in contempt of court.

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Assistant State Attorney Pascale Achille gives her closing rebuttal with a photograph of suspected shooting accomplice Dedrick Williams displayed on a courtroom monitor in the XXXTentacion murder trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Emerging rapper XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy, 20, was killed during a robbery outside of Riva Motorsports in Pompano Beach in 2018, allegedly by defendants Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Williams. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Jeremy Scott leaves Moschino after 10 years at fashion house

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Jeremy Scott leaves Moschino after 10 years at fashion house

The Associated Press 2 minute read Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

MILAN (AP) — Jeremy Scott is stepping down as creative director of Italian luxury house Moschino after 10 years of wild and wacky fashion shows and his elegant dressing of numerous celebrities.

The company made the announcement Monday.

“Scott has penned a fundamental chapter in the legacy of the brand with his fearless and show stopping pop-camp style and incisive humor — true to the renowned codes of the House,” the company said in an email statement.

The American designer took over at Moschino in October 2013 with a groundbreaking fall/winter collection that, according to the statement, “launched a thousand debates on the role of fashion in the annals of art, consumerism, and social commentary.”

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Angela Bassett, left, and Courtney B. Vance, as he takes her picture, arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Review: ‘American Mermaid’ offers satiric look at Hollywood

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Review: ‘American Mermaid’ offers satiric look at Hollywood

Anita Snow, The Associated Press 2 minute read Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

“American Mermaid,” by Julia Langbein, (Penguin Random House)

This hilarious novel by comedian Julia Langbein is also about something serious: a young woman trying to have her voice heard and find her place in a world that seems bent on diminishing her.

This story within a story is a shrewd, sardonic look at Hollywood movie making and how its mythmaking hacks can systematically cheapen and even destroy important stories in their quest to make money.

It sets out with Penelope Schleeman, who struggles to pay her bills on her salary as an English high school teacher in Connecticut, finding overnight success when her novel, also called “American Mermaid," becomes a bestseller.

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 26-April 1

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 26-April 1

The Associated Press 5 minute read Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 26-April 1:

March 26: Actor Alan Arkin is 89. Singer Diana Ross is 79. Singer Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is 75. Singer-actor Vicki Lawrence is 74. Actor Ernest Thomas (“Everybody Hates Chris,” ″What’s Happening”) is 74. Actor Martin Short is 73. Country singer Ronnie McDowell is 73. Drummer Monte Yoho of The Outlaws is 71. Country singer Dean Dillon is 68. Country singer Charly McClain is 67. Talk show host Leeza Gibbons is 66. Actor Ellia English (“The Jamie Foxx Show,” ″Curb Your Enthusiasm”) is 64. Actor Jennifer Grey is 63. Actor Billy Warlock (“Baywatch”) is 62. Actor Eric Allan Kramer (“The Hughleys”) is 61. Actor Michael Imperioli (“Life on Mars,” ″The Sopranos”) is 57. Country singer Kenny Chesney is 55. Guitarist James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins is 55. Actor Leslie Mann (“Knocked Up,” ″This Is 40″) is 51. Actor T.R. Knight (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 50. Rapper Juvenile is 48. Actor Amy Smart (“Road Trip,” ″Felicity”) is 47. Actor Bianca Kajlich (“Rules of Engagement,” ″Boston Public”) is 46. “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan is 43. Actor Keira Knightley is 38. Rapper J-Kwon is 37. Actor Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot,” “Suburgatory”) is 33.

March 27: Actor Julian Glover is 88. Actor Jerry Lacy is 87. Actor-director Austin Pendleton is 83. Actor Michael York is 81. Keyboardist Tony Banks of Genesis is 73. Keyboardist Andrew Farriss is 64. Jazz musician Dave Koz is 60. Movie director Quentin Tarantino is 60. Bassist Johnny April of Staind is 58. Actor Talisa Soto is 56. Actor Ben Koldyke (“Masters of Sex,” ″How I Met Your Mother”) is 55. Actor Pauley Perrette (“NCIS”) is 54. Drummer Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler is 53. Actor Elizabeth Mitchell (“V,” ″Lost”) is 53. Actor Nathan Fillion (“Castle”) is 52. Singer Fergie of Black Eyed Peas is 48. Jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller is 47. Actor Emily Ann Lloyd is 39. Actor Brenda Song (“The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”) is 35. Singer Kimbra is 33. Actor Taylor Atelian (“According to Jim”) is 28. Singer Halle Bailey of Chloe X Halle is 23.

March 28: Harmonica player Charlie McCoy (“Hee Haw”) is 82. Actor Dianne Wiest is 77. Country singer Reba McEntire is 68. Actor Alexandra Billings (“Transparent”) is 61. Rapper Salt of Salt-N-Pepa is 57. Actor Tracey Needham (“The Division,” “JAG”) is 56. Country singer Rodney Atkins is 54. Director Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour”) is 54. Actor Vince Vaughn is 53. Rapper Mr. Cheeks of Lost Boyz is 52. Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson is 50. Guitarist Dave Keuning of The Killers is 47. Actor Julia Stiles is 42. Singer Lady Gaga is 37. Musician Clayton Knight of Odesza is 35.

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Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

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School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

Scott Mcfetridge, Anthony Izaguirre And Sara Cline, The Associated Press 7 minute read Monday, Mar. 20, 2023

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.

Sara Hayden Parris says that whatever you want to call it, it's wrong for some parents to think a book shouldn't be readily available to any child if it isn’t right for their own child.

The viewpoints of the two mothers from suburban Des Moines underscore a divide over LGBTQ content in books as Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds pushes an especially sweeping crackdown on content in Iowa school libraries. The bill she's backing could result in the removal of books from school libraries in all of the state's 327 districts if they're successfully challenged in any one of them.

School boards and legislatures nationwide also are facing questions about books and considering making it easier to limit access.

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