Manhattan prosecutors said they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge related to Jessica Mann, after a mistrial was declared on the count in May. The prosecutors said they made the decision to dismiss the charge after having discussions with Mann, who did not wish to testify again. This would have been the…
Harold Wheeler, the veteran orchestrator on Broadway and longtime musical director for ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, has died. He was 83. Wheeler died Wednesday from an unspecified cause of death at his home in Los Angeles, Tony Award-winning producer Lamar Richardson told The Hollywood Reporter. Wheeler began as a musical director on Broadway in…
Tyrese Haliburton, the 2024-25 New York Knicks slayer, was forced to sit out this past NBA season following a devastating achilles injury immediately followed by a horrific bout with shingles. The result, in part, was New York sports history. Without their superstar, the Indiana Pacers fell from the second-best team in the league (by virtue…
Lionsgate has picked up the foreign TV rights to the Spanish-language feature filmBelleza, which stars Mexican singer and actress Maite Perroni. The deal for the overseas cable and streaming rights to Belleza beyond the U.S. market was done with Paul Presburger’s Miercoles Entertainment, which has a film slate deal with Lionsgate and is a part…
The nominees for the 2026 ESPYs are out, with New York Knicks hero Jalen Brunson leading a crowded lineup of sports stars for this year’s installment of the award show. Brunson is nominated in the best athlete: men’s sports category alongside Lionel Messi, Shohei Ohtani, and Matthew Stafford. Ohtani is actually nominated in three categories,…
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, a central figure in a major ongoing police graft inquiry in South Africa, has pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud and money-laundering charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors. He was accused of bribing top police officials to win a 360m rand ($22m; £16.5m) tender for his health company Medicare24 in…
Project Healthy Minds, the tech-focused mental health nonprofit, is adding a prominent media executive to its board of directors. Rich Kleiman, the CEO and co-founder of Boardroom and 35V, will join the organization’s board and help it expand its reach. Kleiman joins a board that already includes NBC Today co-host Carson Daly, Universal Music publishing…
The South Eastern Health Trust has said Lagan Valley Hospital’s urgent care centre is closed on Thursday because of the strike action. Earlier this month it was announced that 92% of resident doctors voted yes and 79% of consultants voted for strike action. The BMA also said 90% of SAS (specialist, associate specialist and speciality)…
Ferrari’s marketing boss has quit after 16 years at the company just weeks after a backlash over the launch of the supercar maker’s first-ever electric car, the Luce. The firm announced this week that Enrico Galliera would leave the role of chief marketing and commercial officer. He will be replaced by former BMW Italy head…
Plans to cut prices at family attractions over the summer holidays will be a “wonderful initiative” to help more people visit, a business has said. Government plans coming into force on Thursday will cut VAT on some tickets to attractions in the UK, with the discount expected to be passed on by businesses to customers….
