Nikki Fink, the creepy entertainment columnist whose relentless style and sharp scoops helped grow Deadline, the merchandising site she founded in 2006, into one of Hollywood’s top news sources, died Sunday morning. unsurprisingly, Limit He first broke the news, adding that Finke was battling an unspecified long-term illness. She was 68 years old. She was bold and honest. It was never easy with Nikki, but she will always be one of the most memorable people in my life,” said Jay Pensky, founder and CEO of Penske Media Corporation, which acquired…
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Rapper “Gangsta’s Paradise” Coolio dies at the age of 59
Los Angeles Coolio, the rapper who was among the biggest names in hip-hop in the 1990s with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at the age of 59, his manager said. Collio, whose legal name is Artis Leon Ivy Jr., died at a friend’s home in Los Angeles, veteran manager Jarrese Posey told The Associated Press. The reason was not immediately clear. Coolio won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance for “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the 1995 song from the soundtrack to Michelle Pfeiffer’s “Dangerous Minds” sampled from…
Read MoreThe Arizona Museum exhibit marks the end of De Kooning’s painting saga
Phoenix After a Willem de Kooning painting worth millions was brazenly stolen in 1985 from an Arizona museum, staff clung to the hope that it would one day appear. But no one would have expected the Woman-Ocher to find her way back through the kindness of strangers in a neighboring country. “I would kind of imagine what that would look like,” said Olivia Miller, interim director and curator at the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson. “Will it show up as a mysterious package in the mail or…
Read MoreSchwarzenegger visits Auschwitz with anti-hate message
OSWIECIM Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Nazi Auschwitz death camp on Wednesday and met a Holocaust survivor and son of a Holocaust survivor and said it was time to “end” the hate. The “Terminator” actor and former California governor saw the barracks, watchtowers, and remnants of the gas chambers that survived as evidence of the German extermination of Jews and others during World War II. He also met a woman who, as a 3-year-old girl, had undergone the experiments of the notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.…
Read MoreDo ‘Time Warp’ again – ‘Rocky Horror’ show will travel
New York – Bring toilet paper. Bring a flashlight. Don’t forget your newspaper – or your fishing nets. An interactive roaming version of “Rocky Horror Show Pictures” It hits the road to celebrate the cult film’s birthday with screenings, live-action casting, and a call to be indecent and one of its original stars – Barry Bostwick. “It’s an excuse for the madness, the rudeness, the throwing of things, the screaming and the absurdity — who wouldn’t want that?,” Bostwick asks. “Everyone out there is having fun, and a shared experience.…
Read MoreLAPD suspected of shooting rapper BNP rock
2018 Invision FILE – Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock performs at the 2018 Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Dale, on June 16, 2018. The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Allen, was killed during a robbery in South Los Angeles on Monday, September 9. 12, 2022. He is best known for his 2016 selfish song. He released his latest single, Luv Me Again, on September 2. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, file) Los Angeles — Los Angeles police Wednesday identified the suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper BNP rock and warned…
Read MoreKatie Couric says she was treated for breast cancer
New York Katie Couric said Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent surgery and radiation this summer to treat the tumor. Couric, memorably tested for colon cancer on “Today” in 2000, announced her diagnosis. In an article on her websiteShe said she hopes this will encourage other women to get tested. Couric, 65, was diagnosed on the first day of summer and wrote that she underwent her final radiotherapy on Tuesday. “My left breast feels like I was showering topless, but other than that, I felt fine,”…
Read MoreNight news network is transforming, adapting to the era of broadcasting
New York For more than half a century, ABC, CBS, and NBC have been broadcasting the evening news every night on television. This fall, the competition extended to another medium. The launch of the .. the launch of the .. the take off of the John Dickerson, “CBS News Prime Time” September means all three news divisions have unique streaming newscasts at night, a nod to the future and an effort to reach young people who don’t watch TV at dinnertime. Dickerson’s newsletter came out about a year later “Top…
Read MoreA model of fear of the Myanmar army going to asylum in Canada
Bangkok A Myanmar model who feared she would be arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced to return home from exile traveled to Canada, which she said granted her asylum. Tho Nandar Aung, Also known as Han Lai, he departed on a flight from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport early Wednesday morning, according to Archaeon Kraythong, deputy commissioner of the Thai Immigration Bureau. He said he was not authorized to reveal her destination. Tho Nandar Aung told Radio Free Asia, a station funded by the US government, on Tuesday…
Read MoreParis Fashion Week prepares for Balmain Fashion Festival
Paris Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Wednesday with performances from several fashion houses and a strong anticipation of the spectacular evening Balmain Fashion Festival – a star-studded charity gala featuring the latest fashions, audience members and secret celebrity shows. Here are some of the highlights of Spring/Summer 2023. Courses For Courreges, a circular sand amphitheater shows a plume of falling sand at its center evoking the sands of time – or the movie “Dunes.” The uneasy and nerve-wracking musical rhythms in the soundtrack gave the show a sterile and…
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