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Rapper Dizzee Rascal sentenced for assaulting his ex

LONDON (AP) — British rapper Dizzee Rascal was sentenced Friday to a curfew and a restraining order for assaulting his former fiancée. A judge at Croydon Magistrates’ Court in south London told the musician he must observe a 24-week curfew and wear an electronic tag.

‘Dancing With the Stars’ moves from ABC to sibling Disney+

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Dancing With the Stars” will waltz away from its longtime ABC home and over to streaming service Disney+, the network’s corporate sibling. The competition series, which debuted on the broadcast network in 2005, will be on Disney+ starting this fall in the U.S.

‘The Garcias,’ Jewel and Barack Obama

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES • Astonishingly, “Drive My Car” was not Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s only film last year.

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. The move comes after a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.

What do you think now?

An idea known as agenda setting theory put forth about a century by Walter Lippman posits that controlling what people think about is one way to control what people think. Learning about that theory decades ago led me to conduct a decidedly unscientific survey to test the truth of that theory.

Mostly Educational: Dueling Banjo Planners

State law: no one can legally claim to be a banjo player without knowing the first few notes of “Dueling Banjos,” the famous composition from the 1973 movie Deliverance involving a country banjo player and a city guitarist. What begins as a musical challenge of one-upmanship eventually evolves into a beautiful musical collaboration.

Carol Ann Lukehart Browne

Carol Ann Lukehart Browne, 65, passed away on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 after a long and arduous battle with kidney failure surrounded by her loving family. Carol, born to Charles O.