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Sum 41 manager Greig Nori denies Sum 41's Deryck Whibley's sexual coercion allegations

Greig Nori, the former manager for pop punk band Sum 41, has denied the claims in singer Deryck Whibley’s memoir accusing him of sexual coercion and abuse.

“The accusation that I initiated the relationship is false. I did not initiate it. Whibley initiated it, aggressively,” Nori wrote in a statement to the Toronto Star on Thursday.

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Bill Maher welcomes the unknown as he prepares for NYC show

NEW YORK — Bill Maher concedes that his Nov. 16 New York Comedy Festival performance won’t be the most important thing on New Yorkers’ schedule in a month that includes a presidential election and a World Series that could involve a local team or two. (He owns a small share of the Mets.)

But the HBO “Real Time” host welcomes the ...Read more

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Martha Stewart admits to cheating on ex-husband Andrew during 29-year marriage

Martha Stewart may be close to perfect when it comes to home economics, but the diva of domesticity has revealed she was far from it during her near-30 year marriage.

In a new documentary for Netflix, Stewart admits to cheating on her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart, while doling out marital advice to young women.

“If you’re married and your ...Read more

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What was the first episode of 'SNL' really like? Fact vs. fiction in 'Saturday Night'

NEW YORK — "Saturday Night" is a fly-on-the-wall dramatization of the tense, chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." Directed by Jason Reitman, the film depicts the rebellious group of writers and performers who helped create a comedy institution that has defied all predictions by enduring on NBC for half...Read more

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Disturbed will tour in 2025 to mark 25th anniversary of 'The Sickness'

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It's time to get down with the sickness.

The Chicago-based heavy metal band Disturbed is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of their debut album, "The Sickness," with a 34-date North American tour kicking off in late February. Each night will feature two sets of music, opening with Disturbed playing "The Sickness" in full, ...Read more

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R. Kelly's daughter Buku accuses him of childhood abuse in new doc

NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s daughter Joanne Kelly, who also goes by the name Buku Abi, is telling her story in upcoming new documentary, “Karma: A Daughter’s Journey.”

In the TVEI Streaming Network special, Abi opens up about being abused by her father growing up. “He was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t even want to believe ...Read more

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Michael Stipe gives rare performance in Athens at Kamala Harris event

ATHENS, Ga. — Juliana Hartley had a peak Athens experience on Thursday.

The University of Georgia senior saw Michael Stipe, frontman of the band R.E.M. that famously formed here in the 1980s. Stipe sightings are common because he lives here part time. But Hartley witnessed something few have seen the past two decades — Stipe performing live...Read more

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'Bad Boys' actor Theresa Randle detained by LAPD after suspected felony assault incident

LOS ANGELES — Theresa Randle, the actor who long played the devoted wife of Martin Lawrence's Marcus Burnett in three "Bad Boys" films, was taken into custody in Los Angeles earlier this week on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon, but was not charged.

Randle, 59, was detained Monday over an incident that happened Saturday, ...Read more

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Kanye West-Bianca Censori marriage 'definitely rocky': report

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are “working through” a “rocky” time in their marriage, but have no plans on parting ways, even amid claims the controversial rapper hired someone to follow his wife.

The 47-year-old Grammy winner, who these days goes by “Ye,” and 29-year-old Yeezy architectural designer are “not divorcing,” an ...Read more

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Lupita Nyong'o confirms Joshua Jackson breakup after 1 year

Lupita Nyong’o confirmed that she and Joshua Jackson have broken up, nearly a year after they were first romantically linked.

The Oscar winner, 41, told Harper’s Bazaar UK in an interview published Wednesday that she’ll credit any future romance to the love she has for her cat.

“My love for my cat is singular. If I’m ever so lucky to...Read more

Jack Ponti, New Jersey record producer and Bon Jovi collaborator, dead at 66

NEW YORK — Jack Ponti, a New Jersey-based songwriter and record producer known for collaborations with artists like Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper, has died at age 66.

He passed away on Monday, according to an online obituary. A cause of death was not given.

Born Giacomo Pontoriero in Newark in 1958, Ponti’s early years including playing with a...Read more

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Why Vampire Weekend found 'fifth-album energy' in 'Seinfeld' and the Beastie Boys

LOS ANGELES — The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this.

Gathered on a recent afternoon to talk about the band’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” frontman Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson have agreed to play a little game in which they’ll try to name from memory LP No. 5 by half a dozen high-...Read more

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Avett Brothers musical 'Swept Away' set for 'leap of faith' in upcoming Broadway debut

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over a decade ago, a guy from south Charlotte had a seemingly far-fetched idea that the Avett Brothers music would make for a great show about a shipwreck tale of survival and redemption.

Flash forward to today, and the folk-rock band from Concord is posing for publicity shots in front of the Broadway marquee for that ...Read more

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Georgia May Jagger and boyfriend Cambryan Sedlick are 'so in love' with newborn son

Model-multihyphenate Georgia May Jagger is officially onto her next gig: motherhood.

The 32-year-old daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Thursday announced the birth of her first child with skateboarder boyfriend Cambryan Sedlick, 24.

"Our Son Dean Lee Jagger Sedlick was born September 30th. We are so in Love and happy and can't...Read more

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Review: 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' a moving story of an actor's heroism, onscreen and off

By his own description, the actor, disability activist and forever-Superman Christopher Reeve was “a pretty good rider.” In 1995, thrown from his horse during a competition, Reeve suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury. The irony was cruel, and all-too-glibly repeated around the world: The Man of Steel, laid low and nearly immobile, unable...Read more

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On the set of NBC's 'Found,' where Shanola Hampton reigns

ATLANTA — On NBC’s popular drama “Found,” Gabi Mosely is weighed down by guilt, trauma and a boundless work ethic to find missing people. That weight is etched on her face, embodied in the way she walks and talks. She is neither a candidate to teach yoga nor Zumba.

But the actress who plays her, Shanola Hampton, is a nonstop vortex of ...Read more

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Review: Future's 'Mixtape Pluto' made chart-topping history, solidifying his legacy

ATLANTA — In 2024, Future’s libidinous flows still rule the charts while making you forget he’s 40 years old. His auto-tune-laced bars of a life full of hedonism and heartbreak that, though seemingly more suited for someone 20 years younger, remain fresh and energetic.

His mastery of music doesn’t rely on physical maturation. Instead, ...Read more

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Solange on her Eldorado Ballroom series, her love of the tuba and the long wait for new music

LOS ANGELES — As her fans are happy to remind her, it's been five-and-a-half long years since the release of Solange's last album. But even the most impatient of her admirers would have to admit that this sly and deep-thinking R&B singer — whose 2019 "When I Get Home" made countless critic's lists and spawned a short film set in her hometown...Read more

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Michael Phillips: Encouraging signs for the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival -- and 10 movies to get you started

CHICAGO — The more uncertainty the business of film must weather, the more necessary a city’s film festivals become.

To me, anyway. Maybe not to you, at least not yet, or not anymore.

You may have eased out of the habit of moviegoing sometime around March 2020 and made your peace and your pandemic adjustment with streaming. You may have ...Read more

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'Terrifier 3' review: Silent night, excruciating night in blood-drenched horror threequel

Despite its most concerted efforts, no amount of blood or gore can fill the empty void at the center of "Terrifier 3," the latest exercise in depravity in this horror franchise which seeks only to push the envelope of bad taste — or any sense of taste, for that matter — to its extreme.

Writer, director, producer and editor Damien Leone sets...Read more