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France's Macron leads tributes to World War II Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot
PARIS (AP) — France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot, who has died aged 108. Callerot, who was among the last survivors of the groups that combatted the country’s World War II occupation by Nazi...
Today in History: January 18, Willie O’Ree becomes first Black NHL player
Today is Saturday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2025. There are 347 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 18, 1958, Canadian Willie O’Ree became the first Black player in the National Hockey League as he made his debut with the Boston Bruins. ...
Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.'s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at...
Japanese TV network to open independent probe into alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity host
TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan's Fuji Television network announced plans on Friday for an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one of the country's top celebrities and company officials' suspected involvement. Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the...
Today in History: January 17, US alcohol prohibition begins
Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2025. There are 348 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the 18th Amendment. Also on...
Steven Soderbergh, Questlove, Ron Howard and more pay tribute to David Lynch
Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “He’s one of those filmmakers who was influential but impossible to imitate. People would try but he had one kind of...
Music Review: Mac Miller's lost album 'Balloonerism' is airy and experimental
To coincide with what would have been Mac Miller's 33rd birthday, his estate has given us all a present — an unreleased album by the late hip-hop star. “Balloonerism” was shelved around 2014 in favor of the album “Watching Movies With the Sound Off” and the mixtape...
95-year-old grandmother with ties to old Hollywood among California fire victims
At age 95, there was no other way to describe Dalyce Curry, or “Momma Dee” to her large extended family, other than “fabulous.” ”My grandmother still wore her big hair, glasses, nails, you know, painted makeup,” her granddaughter and namesake Dalyce Kelley said, “You...
Conan O'Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian and host Conan O'Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday. O'Brien, 61, has carved out an improbable decadeslong career arc, moving from goofy television interloper to comedic elder...
Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai
MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home early Thursday and underwent surgery at a hospital, media reports said. The 54-year-old actor was taken to the hospital from his home in Mumbai, the country's financial...
