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New Music Friday December 20: SZA, Katy Perry, Alessia Cara, Burna Boy and More

New Music Friday December 20: SZA, Katy Perry, Alessia Cara, Burna Boy and More

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Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between. Jonas Brothers have been added as performers at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025. The brothers will kick off their 20th anniversary celebrations with a career-spanning medley performance from New York’s iconic Times Square, airing just after midnight. They join previously announced performers Carrie Underwood, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Blake Shelton, Laufey, Luis Fonsi, Natasha Bedingfield, T-Pain and more. Alicia Keys will be celebrated at the fourth annual Recording Academy Honors Presented by the Black Music Collective taking place on January 30, 2025. Alicia will receive the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award which celebrates musical excellence, entrepreneurial achievements, philanthropic efforts and a profound impact on a global scale. The Recording Academy also announced the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award recipients for their Special Merit Awards Ceremony on February 1. Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, …

A Boy Called Fish – TheHumanist.com

A Boy Called Fish – TheHumanist.com

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Fish Stark was appointed the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association in September 2024. This article is excerpted from his Welcome remarks at the American Humanist Association’s 2024 Conference in September. LET’S GET THIS out of the way early: Fish is not my given name. My father, Fortney Hillman Stark Jr., rarely used his given name either. Most folks in the humanist and secular movements know him as Pete Stark—the first open atheist in Congress. That was how his family and friends knew him, too. He occasionally went by Fortney when he was younger, giving rise to a hilarious incident where a tongue-tied news anchor introduced him as “local banker, Fartney Stork.” But when I was born, it was decided that I would be named Fortney Hillman Stark III. For understandable reasons, I was not consulted at the time. I developed an opinion on the matter several years later, when it became clear that the name “Fortney” was a very challenging name to have as a boy in the first grade. And not just …

Katie Holmes is beaming as she celebrates joyful baby boy news at surprise party for co-star

Katie Holmes is beaming as she celebrates joyful baby boy news at surprise party for co-star

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Katie Holmes has had a lot to be thankful for over the past few days. Not only has her beloved daughter Suri, 18, returned home to New York City for the long weekend over Thanksgiving, but she’s had something to celebrate at work too.  The Our Town star is incredibly close with her co-stars on the hit Broadway show, and was beaming with joy as she posed with them at a surprise party on Saturday.  Katie turned up to celebrate her colleague John McGinty, who is expecting a baby boy with his partner Steve.  Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: How Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise’s lives changed when they moved to NYC Katie posed in photos with her co-stars, dressed in a stylish black polo neck and skinny jeans, while John held up a tiny baby grow in front of a banner that read ‘Oh baby’ and a building block of letters that spelt out the word ‘Baby’.  John was made up that his colleagues had gone to such lengths to surprise him too.  © …

‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Trailer: Renée Zellweger Returns

‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Trailer: Renée Zellweger Returns

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Bridget’s back, and she’s still trying to figure things out. The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has been released, and Renée Zellweger’s Bridget is still looking for love as she comes to terms with the tragedy of losing Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Yep, you read that correctly, Darcy is no more and the trailer serves up the bad news straight away. Still, the only way is up for our Bridget as she gets on with life, and the prospect of not one but two possible romances. There’s the hunky and age-appropriate Mr. Wallaker (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a teacher at Bridget’s children’s school and the wild card of Roxster (Leo Woodall), the youthful bit of rough that should be a red flag. ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Peacock Mad About the Boy is the fourth film in the franchise and follows Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). The film stars a whole host of familiar faces from the Bridget Jones cinematic universe, …

Liam Payne: Michael Buerk slams BBC for coverage of ‘drugged up faded boy band singer’ in Radio 4 interview

Liam Payne: Michael Buerk slams BBC for coverage of ‘drugged up faded boy band singer’ in Radio 4 interview

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Veteran foreign correspondent Michael Buerk has expressed his disapproval of the BBC’s extensive coverage of Liam Payne’s death. The BBC journalist, 78, known for his landmark 1984 Six O’Clock News bulletin about the famine in Ethiopia that triggered the release of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas”, and Bob Geldof’s 16-hour music marathon Live Aid, described Payne as a “drugged up, faded, boy band singer”. Payne’s death at the age of 31 dominated news headlines after the One Direction star fell from a third story hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16 October. Multiple substances, including pink cocaine, were allegedly found in toxicology reports, though the Public Prosecutors Office say the analysis is not yet completed. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Buerk claimed Payne’s death should not have been of such interest to any of …

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino – A Memoir

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino – A Memoir

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The Boy from the Bronx Who Became an Acting Legend In the pantheon of great American actors, few names shine as brightly as Al Pacino. For over five decades, he has captivated audiences with his intense, nuanced performances on stage and screen. Now, at age 83, the notoriously private star, Al Pacino, opens up about his remarkable life and career in his long-awaited memoir, “Sonny Boy”. With raw honesty and hard-earned wisdom, Pacino takes us on an intimate journey from his hardscrabble youth in the South Bronx to the dizzying heights of Hollywood stardom. Along the way, he shares profound insights on acting, fame, family, and finding one’s purpose in life. The result is a deeply moving and revelatory portrait of an artist who has nothing left to prove and nothing left to hide. A Streetwise Start Pacino’s story begins in the working-class Italian-American neighborhoods of the South Bronx in the 1940s and 50s. Born to teenage parents who soon divorced, young Alfredo was raised primarily by his mother Rose and her parents. Money was …

Cumbria Police name boy, 8, who died after being shot on farm | UK News

Cumbria Police name boy, 8, who died after being shot on farm | UK News

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Police have named an eight-year-old boy who died after being shot on a farm in Cumbria. Jay Cartmell of Frizington, West Cumbria, suffered serious head injuries on land not far from the A66, north of Warcop, on Saturday. Police said at the weekend they responded after receiving “a report that a child had been seriously injured by a firearm” and that the North West Ambulance Service also attended. Jay was taken to hospital by air ambulance but died later. Officers arrested a man in his 60s at the scene on suspicion of assault GBH. He was taken into police custody and arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, but later released on bail. In an update on Monday, Cumbria Police urged any witnesses to come forward. They said: “As officers continue with their enquiries into this incident, they are encouraging anyone who may have witnessed the incident or the moments leading up to it to come forward.” Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the …

Former Bad Boy rapper Shyne says Diddy ‘destroyed my life’ over nightclub shooting

Former Bad Boy rapper Shyne says Diddy ‘destroyed my life’ over nightclub shooting

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Former rapper Shyne has described how Sean “Diddy” Combs “destroyed my life” following a New York nightclub shooting in 1999. Shyne, now known as Moses Barrow, signed to Combs’s label Bad Boy Records in 1998. The following year, Combs and his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were with Barrow at a Manhattan nightclub called Club New York. Witnesses said there was a heated argument between Combs and another man, Matthew “Scar” Allen. A scuffle broke out, guns were drawn and three bystanders were injured. At the resulting trial, Barrow was convicted of assault and reckless endangerment while Combs was acquitted of all charges. Barrow spent nine years in maximum security prison. In a new interview with Channel 5 News in his home country of Belize, where he is now a politician and Leader of the Opposition, Barrow said of Combs: “When I …

High Court refuses application to ritually circumcise baby boy

High Court refuses application to ritually circumcise baby boy

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The High Court has rejected an application by parents to have their 16 month old son (G), who is in care, ritually circumcised. G’s father is of Lebanese Muslim heritage and argued that ritual circumcision was an important aspect of the boy’s identity. The application was also supported by G’s mother. But it was opposed by both the Local Authority (LA) and G’s Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service appointed guardian. The LA, the London Borough of Hackney, argued there are “no clear or cogent arguments that this irreversible procedure would be in G’s best interests”. Instead, the decision should be “deferred until G is older and can make the decision himself”. The guardian was “strongly of the view” that G should not be ritually circumcised. The judge, Nageena Khalique KC, explained the Children Act 1989 requires the welfare of the child to be “the paramount consideration” in reaching a decision on ritual circumcision. The procedure is “likely to be painful and carries with it small but definable physical risks and long term …

Boy Scouts’ Art Collection Heads to Auction Amid Sex Abuse Bankruptcy

Boy Scouts’ Art Collection Heads to Auction Amid Sex Abuse Bankruptcy

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The Boy Scouts of America is auctioning off the entirety of its 321-piece art collection, which includes works by Norman Rockwell, Walt Disney, and J.C. Leyendecker, and is valued at around $59 million, to fund compensation for sex-abuse survivors as part of a bankruptcy settlement, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Heritage Auctions will begin the sale in November with an initial group of 25 pieces, including five Rockwell paintings like Homecoming (1961) and To Keep Myself Physically Strong (1964) and Leyendecker’s Weapons for Liberty (1917). According to the Heritage Auctions website, many of the works have been on display at the Medici Museum of Art in Howland, Ohio under the title “The American Scouting Collection” since 2020. Related Articles The auction house, which is based in Dallas, Texas, will hold previews and lectures in art hubs across the United States, including Chicago and New York, leading up to the auction, Aviva Lehmann, Heritage’s senior vice president of American art, told the Journal. The remaining collection will be auctioned over the next two years. This sale is a small part …