Category: Entertainment
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R Kelly defense emerges, including saying accusers are lying
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly yelled through tears in a recent TV interview before an audience numbering in the millions, saying he’s in a fight for his life to disprove sexual abuse charges. That fight will ultimately be waged in court, with the only audience that matters numbering just 12 jurors.
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R. Kelly’s trip to Dubai off for now as contracts reworked
CHICAGO (AP) — An overseas trip by R. Kelly is in limbo after his attorney asked a judge Friday for more time to provide details to the court about up to five concerts the R&B singer wants to perform next month in Dubai.
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After 19 years, Wallows finally releases band’s first album
NEW YORK (AP) — In their early days, the Beatles were called Johnny and the Moondogs and Coldplay went by Pectoralz. The rock band Wallows is no different.
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Review: Luther Dickinson, sisters in song share ‘Solstice’
Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon, “Solstice” (New West)
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Review: Maverick Sabre’s new album is unapologetically cool
Maverick Sabre, “When I Wake Up” (FAMM)
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Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and “meet with the royal family.”
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10 emerging writers receive $50,000 Whiting grants
NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Tyree Daye will finally have some time to really write, and not think too much about money.
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Respecting elders: Maya Angelou clip sparks courtesy debate
NEW YORK (AP) — Put a handle on it.
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Review: In ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele holds a dark mirror to America
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in “Us,” a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director’s astonishing debut, “Get Out,” that despite its deficiencies will leave all who enter its shadowy world convinced of Peele’s growing command as a singular conjurer of American nightmares.
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Correction: Film-US story
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story March 19 about the horror film “Us,” The Associated Press misspelled the surname of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It is Chekhov, not Chekov.