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French actor Gerard Depardieu questioned over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was detained for questioning on Monday in connection with alleged sexual assaults against two women on separate film sets, police sources said. Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has ...
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Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a packed venue in Houston on Sunday, with people traveling from various cities to watch one of the world's most enduring rock bands amid worries that...
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Blackstone outbids Concord in $1.6 billion takeover battle for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) - Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, after the private equity giant outbid rival suitor Concord in the takeover battle for the music owner of artists such as Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. B...
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Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" during its first week of release in the U.S., Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No. 1" on t...
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New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
By Jenna Zucker TORONTO - The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan's parliament and a women's rights activist, recovering in a hospital bed after surviving an assassin...
Apr 27, 2024