BTS member Jin finishes army service in South Korea
Jin, 31, wearing his army uniform and a black beret, appeared emotional as he hugged his colleagues at a military base in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province, television footage showed. Read more
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‘Pharma Bro’ copied one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album, lawsuit claims
Shkreli paid $2 million in 2015 for “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” and gave it up to partially satisfy a $7.4 million forfeiture order after his 2017 conviction for defrauding hedge fund investors and scheming to defraud investors in a drugmaker. Read more
Taylor Swift bests K-pop band to stay No. 1 for 7th week
In its latest week out, “Tortured Poets” had the equivalent of 148,000 sales in the United States, including 157 million streams and 27,000 copies sold as a complete package, according to the tracking service Luminate. Read more
Pat Sajak doing community theater in Hawaii after ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Sajak is set to star in “Prescription: Murder” at the Hawaii Theatre, scheduled to run from July 31 to Aug.10, 2025. Read more
Netflix faces $170M ‘Baby Reindeer’ defamation lawsuit
The plaintiff Fiona Harvey has publicly claimed to be the inspiration behind the character Martha, played by actress Jessica Gunning, who shares a physical resemblance and like her is a lawyer in London. Read more
Alex Jones asks to convert his bankruptcy to a liquidation
Courts in Texas and Connecticut have ordered Jones to pay $1.5 billion to the relatives of 20 students and six staff members killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Read more
Netflix reveals new details on animated titles with Skydance
The new animated releases signal Netflix’s increased investment in such family-friendly content as well as adult content. Read more
Netflix, Central Park Five prosecutor settle defamation lawsuit
Tuesday’s settlement averts a trial over Fairstein’s portrayal in the series “When They See Us,” which had been set to begin on June 10 in Manhattan federal court. Read more
Mick Jagger, strutting at 80, teases new album, more touring
Now swinging through the U.S. on the “Hackney Diamonds” tour, the group will look at opportunities to play in other countries next year, Jagger said in an interview. Read more
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‘Kamau Trilogy’ makes history at Kumu Kahua Theatre
Alani Apio wasn’t thinking “trilogy” when he began writing a play about things he saw Hawaiians experiencing in the early 1990s. Apio was in his early 20s and said he wanted to share what he was feeling in his “gut.” He titled his play “Kamau” (“to carry on”). Read more
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 93, weds for the fifth time
The wedding was held on Saturday at a Murdoch vineyard. Zhukova is 67. The couple began dating last year. Read more
Jennifer Lopez cancels ‘This Is Me…Live’ tour to be with family
Representatives of Live Nation also announced today that the “On the Floor” singer needs a break to be with “her children, family and close friends.” Read more
Verizon adds Peacock to streaming hub
The telecom firm said it will offer YouTube Premium for $10 per month, offering savings of 30% to myPlan customers, starting Thursday. Read more
Nicki Minaj cancels England show after being detained in Amsterdam
“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the Co-op Live venue in Manchester said in a post on X. Read more
New Bishop Museum exhibit explores red in Oceanic
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum’s newest exhibit, “Ka ‘Ula Wena: Oceanic Red,” explores the manifestations of the color red in landscapes, memory and created expressions throughout the various cultures in Oceania. Read more
‘Ka Moana Lu‘au’ fires up Aloha Tower
A welcome element in “Ka Moana Lu‘au” is that audience members are brought up on stage for the purpose of teaching the basics of hula to them rather than as fodder for cheap laughs. Read more
Kodi, star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ takes home Cannes’ top dog prize
There was lots of tail-wagging and face-licking as Kodi, this year’s winner of the Palm Dog, the canine equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, went up to receive his red collar for the French comedy “Dog on Trial” today. Read more
Kabosu, Shiba Inu who helped define Doge meme, dies at 18
She “crossed the rainbow bridge” today, her owner Atsuko Sato said on social media, adding that she died without suffering, and as Sato was petting her. Read more
Judge denies Baldwin request to drop indictment in ‘Rust’ shooting
The trial is scheduled for July 10. Read more
‘Super Size Me’ filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dies from cancer at 53
In his documentary, Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s food for a month, and if a server offered to “supersize” the meal, he would accept. Read more
Scarlett Johansson’s feud rekindles Hollywood fear of AI
OpenAI stunned the world in February with feature film-like quality videos generated by its text-to-video tool, Sora. Read more
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