NEW YORK – Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case will go to trial Aug. 3, a Manhattan judge said Tuesday, casting him in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance. Majors’ accuser alleges he pulled her finger, twisted her arm behind her back, struck and cut her ear and … Read more
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Police in Las Vegas set up temporary cameras in one family’s backyard after they claimed aliens crashed there last month, according to reports. On May 1, the family reported the crash and a very large non-human creature with big eyes that stared at them. ABC 7 shared a transcript of the … Read more
NEW YORK – Pop star Bebe Rexha was hit in the face and injured by a cellphone hurled from the audience at a hometown show in New York City Sunday night, and a man was arrested, police said. The Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling singer-songwriter was taken to a hospital after the phone hit her, police said. A … Read more
Writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive attitude in the face of constant danger, the prize organizers said Monday. The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade said the British-American author would receive the award in Frankfurt on Oct. 22. Rushdie’s writing … Read more
MILAN – Milan Fashion Week opened and closed under a beating early summer sun. Zegna wrapped up four days of shows Monday with an outdoor event set among bales of raw linen behind Milan’s City Hall, allowing city workers a view out of their windows. For the sweltering fashion crowd, Zegna fashion offered iced coffee … Read more
HOUSTON – Houston rapper Big Pokey was pronounced dead over the weekend after collapsing on stage. Big Pokey, whose real name is Milton Powell, died at the age of 45 on Sunday. A video circulating on Twitter shows Big Pokey on stage with a microphone when he collapses backward. CNN and KPRC, KSAT’s sister station … Read more
AMSTERDAM – Henk Schiffmaker’s needle whirrs as he tattoos the familiar lines of an elephant on Lilian Rachmaran’s back. “Highbrow to lowbrow” is how the famous Dutch tattoo artist describes his latest project — inking sketches by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors to the building the Golden Age master once called home. … Read more