Art & Entertainment

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury that will weigh sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby was filled out Wednesday even as the comedian’s defense team accused prosecutors of racial discrimination for excluding a black woman from the panel. Cosby’s lawyers alleged a member of the prosecution team made a disparaging remark after a black woman was removed from consideration. They...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — TV’s “Wonder Woman” has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Actress Lynda Carter received the honor Tuesday. The 65-year-old said the television series gave birth to her career as a superhero and feminist icon. The show ran from 1975 to 1979. Patty Jenkins, who directed the 2017 “Wonder Woman” movie, spoke at the ceremony. Jenkins...

NEW YORK (AP) — Real life will imitate art this spring at the USA series “Suits” when series regular Meghan Markle bids farewell to the legal drama in a wedding — and then goes off to marry her prince in real life. Show creator and show runner Aaron Korsh has written an on-screen wedding for Markle’s paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane, who...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Some South Africans are paying tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, visiting the home of the anti-apartheid activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela a day after she died. Women’s league members from South Africa’s ruling party sang outside Madikizela-Mandela’s house in the Soweto area of Johannesburg on Tuesday. Julius Malema, an opposition leader, later spoke to a crowd of...

Meghan Markle has been getting royal advice from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. The 36-year-old former actress will become sister-in-law to the royal when she marries fiancé Prince Harry in May this year, and the pair are already getting along as it has been claimed that Catherine is helping Meghan learn about "royal fashion" ahead of her life as a member...

Meghan Markle's nephew hasn't been invited to her wedding to Prince Harry. The former 'Suits' actress is set to wed the 33-year-old royal in May, and though invitations were sent out to guests last week, Tyler Dooley and his mother Tracy didn't receive one. Tyler said: "We've not got anything yet, at this point it's just... who knows." Asked if...

NEW YORK (AP) — The speculation is wide, rumors numerous and denials firm. And the crime? Somebody allegedly bit Beyonce on the face at a party back in December. How do we know this? Because Tiffany Haddish told us so, more specifically, GQ magazine in a profile released Monday. She didn’t nail the culprit but set off Beyonce’s social media...

LONDON (AP) — Time to check that mailbox. Kensington Palace said Thursday that invitations for the wedding between Prince Harry and his American fiancée Meghan Markle have been dispatched. Some 600 people have been invited to the May 19 nuptials at noon at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. All 600 have also been invited to a lunchtime reception given...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is not the most obvious place to attract members of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot. But even in the Republican stronghold that strongly supports President Donald Trump, Pussy Riot members carved out time late Saturday to swing by the largest city in the state, Boise, during their first North American tour. “There is power...

On the heels of recognising World Down Syndrome Day, The Bahamas Down Syndrome Association (BDSA) said it is hopeful that the discussion – and further awareness of the disorder – is a conversation that will remain at the forefront of dialogue throughout the archipelago. “I think for most people, they believe that persons with Down Syndrome are slow and incapable...

NEW YORK (AP) — The actor who plays Captain America may be ready to hang up his shield. Chris Evans tells The New York Times he has no plans to return to the Marvel movie franchise after reshoots of the fourth “Avengers” movie later this year. Evans says “you want to get off the train before they push you off.” The movie...

The Miss Venezuela beauty pageant was suspended and an internal investigation launched after its contestants accused each other of receiving money from businessmen and government officials in exchange for sexual favours. A formal investigation was launched by organisers following a vitriolic social media spat that saw former participants accusing each other of inappropriate behavior. In a confused flurry of social media...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN chief Jeff Zucker sharply attacked the network’s rivals at Fox News Channel on Thursday, saying that it has become a propaganda machine that is “doing an incredible disservice to the country.” Zucker spoke at the Financial Times Future of News conference two days after a former Fox military analyst quit, claiming he was ashamed at...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans in 1955 and helped lead to the modern civil rights movement. But few whites knew of their existence at the time. That reality is at the top of NBC’s two-hour documentary about how images propelled the civil rights effort. The...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a copyright infringement verdict against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over the 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines.” In a split decision from a three-judge panel, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals awarded $5.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye, who said “Blurred Lines” is illegally copied from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Songs performed by Tony Bennett, Gloria Estefan and Run-DMC are among 25 recordings being added to the National Recording Registry. The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the list of titles being honored for their cultural and historic importance to the American soundscape. Bennett’s standard “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” is being added, along...

LONDON (AP) — Lemon, elderflower, fresh flower decorations: The cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May wedding will be appropriately spring-themed. Kensington Palace said Tuesday the royal wedding cake will be a lemon elderflower concoction incorporating “the bright flavors of spring.” It’ll be covered with buttercream, and adorned with fresh flowers. Look for a hint of California too —...