Art & Entertainment

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court won’t remove a judge from Meek Mill’s long-running criminal case, though one justice said in Tuesday’s decision that the rapper can raise the issue again after a hearing next week. Mill’s lawyers have been leveling harsh criticism at Philadelphia Judge Genece Brinkley for months. They argue she has made inappropriate comments about Mill in...

NEW YORK (AP) — U2 frontman Bono honored the late Anthony Bourdain toward the end of the band’s special performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Bono spoke of losing a “lot of inspiring, useful people” over the past few years “who gave up on their own life” alluding to the apparent suicides of musicians Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The supersized superhero hit “Avengers: Infinity War” has crossed $2 billion in worldwide ticket sales, becoming only the fourth film to reach that rarified box-office milestone. The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that “Infinity War” reached the mark Monday, about seven weeks after opening. The only other movies in the $2 billion club are “Avatar,” ″Titanic”...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbra Streisand is giving an early thumbs-up to the remake of “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Streisand says that what she’s seen of the new film appearing in theaters this fall is “very good.” Streisand and Kris Kristofferson topped the 1976 version of the romantic drama about a rising performer and...

Effects of a global community initiative, launched by Citi Bank, was felt here at home as dozens of Citi Bank Bahamas employees spent their Saturday in community service at the Persis Rodgers Home for The Aged. Saturday marked the 13th annual Community Day for the international banking institution. Country Officer at Citi Bank Bahamas Marguerite Butler, shared with Eyewitness News,...

Domino’s Bahamas' Cheesy Weddings commercial is continuing to make waves both locally and internationally as the company was recently voted number one for the People’s Telly Social Video during the 39th Annual Telly Awards. The international organization honors excellence in video and television across all screens, including traditional television and online campaigns. Scores of fans rated and shared their love for the commercial, helping...

Grand Bahamians are falling in love with the ‘Waff-Wich’ - one of the latest creations new to Sabor Restaurant & Bar in Freeport. The waffle-inspired meal is the brainchild of Head Chef Emmanuel Smith, who said the concept was created with his customer's taste buds in mind. "The concept combined the culinary duo of Wine and Waffles with a dining experience...

For more than four years, BTC has made donations to the Gentlemen’s Club to provide scholarships for students to pursue tertiary education. The Gentlemen’s Club is a sixteen-week mentorship program, and this year, forty-seven young men participated in the program. Director of The Gentlemen’s Club, Lamont Stubbs thanked BTC saying, “The donations go towards the operations of the program and...

Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) rewarded the efforts of two outstanding Defence Force Rangers at last week’s Rangers’ Passing Out Parade in Andros. Marvinique Brown and Nathaniel McHardy received awards for Best Female and Best Male recruits for 2018. Both Marvinique and Nathaniel are students from the Huntley. P. Christie High School in Andros. Public Relations Manager, Indira Collie said, “BTC...

NEW YORK (AP) — While trends in music are ever-changing, Ne-Yo knows one thing: He’s the “love song” guy, and he’s fine with that. The R&B star released his seventh album on Friday and said he was nervous about putting out a new project at a time when SoundCloud rap, mumble rap and alternative R&B dominates on radio and streaming...

NEW YORK (AP) — We thought we knew them. Anthony Bourdain was the brash, globe-trotting chef, Kate Spade the innovative and ebullient designer. The idea that people who seemed to have such full and fulfilling lives would kill themselves is a tragic reminder that celebrities who feel more familiar to us than some of our friends and neighbors are at...

Miss World Bahamas Brinique Gibson made her first official public appearance when she met the students and staff of the Garvin Tynes Primary School yesterday. Highlighting her trip was a visit to the school's autistic center, where she read to the special needs children. “I was extremely happy to know that I had the opportunity to speak to the larger school,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Warner Bros. Records has announced a new Prince album on what would have been the musician’s 60th birthday. The company said Thursday that “Piano & A Microphone 1983” from Prince’s storied vault will be released on Sept. 21 on CD, vinyl and digital formats. Warner Bros. says the album features Prince working through nine tracks in a private rehearsal...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you see Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds out in public and you think he’s ignoring you — he isn’t, he’s just trying to stay ready for his live concerts. “I’ll wear a sign typically that says ‘vocal silence,’ then like a frowny face, and I’ll put that on anytime that I have a day...

As the school year comes to a close, 13 students from Doris Johnson Senior High School were rewarded for their achievements by Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). Last year, the telecoms provider pledged its support to the Student of the Month program, where it recognized the outstanding achievements of students at various academic levels that have demonstrated a commitment to academic...

If you’re looking for a hotel in downtown Los Angeles, might we recommend one that probably will get mixed reviews on TripAdvisor? It has atrocious turn-down service and few amenities but the onsite medical care is startlingly good. This is the Hotel Artemis, where wealthy and forward-thinking criminals come for first-rate therapeutic treatment if they’ve been badly shot or knifed...

OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) — CBS News’ Bill Whitaker has spoken at college commencements before, but never at one where most graduates weren’t free to leave with their families. Whitaker, who has done several stories on criminal justice in four years at “60 Minutes,” urged 44 men who earned college degrees Wednesday while inmates at New York’s Sing Sing state prison...

LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has been asked to give a witness statement to a public inquiry into how abuse allegations against a pedophile bishop were handled. The request for a statement from Charles and his private secretary was made public Wednesday during an Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse hearing. The inquiry is looking into the way abuse allegations...