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Entertainment News Roundup: Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime; ‘And Just Like That’: ‘Sex and the City’ characters return to the small screen and more
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging fake hate crime Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama “Empire,” was found guilty on Thursday of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career. Prosecutors said Smollett, who is Black and gay, lied to police when he told them that he was accosted on a dark Chicago street by two masked strangers in January 2019. ‘And Just Like That’: ‘Sex and the City’ characters return to the small screen Members of the original cast…
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Reeds talk photography, more at Scottville Senior Center | News
SCOTTVILLE — Todd Reed shared photography tips and stories from 50 years of capturing images of Western Michigan Thursday at the Scottville Area Senior Center, where he and his son Brad were special guests for the Lunch & Learn speaker series. Senior Center Director Bill Kerans said the series is usually pretty well-attended, and he knew that having two of the area’s foremost photographers would be a draw. About 20 people visited the center on South Main Street to hear the Reeds speak, to ask a few questions and to learn about their lives, careers and habits as photographers. Kerans has taken classes from the Reeds himself, and he said…
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Various Artists Management Inks Deal to Discover, Market Italian Artists
Venice, Italy. Photo Credit: canmandawe Milan-headquartered record label and distribution company Artist First has officially inked “a wide-ranging new agreement” with London- and LA-based Various Artists Management (VAM). 12-year-old Artist First and 13-year-old Various Artists Management just recently unveiled their pact, which will see the companies coordinate “to discover and develop Italian-based artists for the global market.” VAM counts as clients The Libertines, Sad Night Dynamite, and Supergrass, to name some, whereas Artist First “works with numerous successful Italian artists alongside a number of high-profile international acts,” according to the entities’ formal announcement message. Roster-wise, Artist First has deals with Gazzelle, Fulminacci, and Zero Assoluto, among others, and the company…
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Banksy Pledges $13.3 Million to Help Turn the U.K. Prison Where Oscar Wilde Was Once Held Into an Art Center
Banksy has emerged as a possible white knight in a long-unrealized plan to transform the vacant prison where Oscar Wilde was once held into an art center. Reading Gaol has been up for sale since 2019 and, without a better offer, could potentially be turned into apartments. The famed street artist has offered to sell the stencil he used to paint a mural on the facade of the famous building in March. The sale could raise £10 million ($13.3 million) to support the Reading Borough Council’s effort offer to buy the grade II listed historic building in Reading, which is around 40 miles (64 km) west of London. Earlier this…
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12/9/21 Entertainment News – KTOE
12/9/21 Entertainment News — Amazon is set to stream the Kanye West and Drake concert this evening. Taking place in Los Angeles, the “Free Larry Hoover” concert will stream globally on Prime Video and the Amazon Music App, as well as the Amazon Music Twitch channel at 8 pm Pacific time. The show is set to benefit Larry Hoover, a former gang leader who was convicted of murder, conspiracy, extortion and money laundering in 1997. He’s serving six life sentences in federal prison. His son was featured on West’s latest album, talking about issues with the country’s criminal justice system. — A ten-billion-dollar lawsuit is being filed over Travis Scott’s…
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Rich Hollant’s ‘All That Remains’ photography exhibit in Hartford focuses on impermanence of memory
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