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The Kentucky Supreme Court will travel to Shelbyville next week to hear oral arguments and answer questions from the audience. The court usually hears cases in Frankfort but is going to Shelbyville as part of a public education program that was started in 1985. Sessions have been held in locations across the state.

Jon Burlingame editorComposers Christophe Beck and the Newton Brothers were among top honorees at Thursday night’s SESAC Film and Television Composer Awards in Santa Monica, California.Beck (pictured above, right) was cited for his music for last year’s action comedy “Free Guy,” while the Newton Brothers (Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart) earned their award for scoring the action-horror film “The Forever Purge.”Television composers honored for popular series included Danny Lux (above, left, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Manifest,” “Rebel,” “Station 19”), Jon Ehrlich (above, center, “The Resident”), Gabriel Mann (“A Million Little Things”) and Paul Buckley (“Odd Squad”).Scott Jungmichel, recently named president and COO of SESAC Performing Rights, greeted the crowd, while Erin Collins, VP of film, television and developing media, announced that SESAC’s Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring program (designed to support traditionally underrepresented groups) had recently funded projects for 12 composers, amounting to nearly $200,000.

Jada Pinkett Smith is such a great role model for her kids! The mom-of-two led by example when she attended a Black Lives Matter rally, and was joined by daughter Willow Smith, 19, and son Jaden Smith, 21. The Girls Trip star, 48, joined the protest at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort on June 25 and called for justice for Breonna Taylor. The then 26-year-old was fatally shot by Louisville cops in her own apartment on March 13. Breonna was sleeping in her bed with her boyfriend when officers forcefully entered her apartment after obtaining a “no-knock” search warrant.