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Nick Carter’s attempt to countersue one of his rape accusers for defamation.In August last year, a woman called Ashley Repp came forward with a lawsuit against the former Backstreet Boys member, claiming Nick raped her when she was 15.She alleged that the incidents happened multiple times on a yacht and once on the back of a tour bus in 2003 when Carter was 23, according to Billboard.In a statement, Nick’s lawyers called the accusations “ridiculous,” saying they had been investigated and rejected as “meritless” at the time. In January, Carter then countersued her for defamation, and claimed that Repp told him that she was 18 years old and the sex was “consensual”.However, a judge has now ruled that the countersuit is to be dismissed.

This is downright HORRIFYING! A Missouri man and his girlfriend have been acc

Variety praised its “unassuming warmth and natural-ness…The story has a documentary feel without any of the detachment usually noted in that particular technique.” Photo: Eliot Elisofon, Congo, Africa, 1951.Monroe and Russell between takes of the “Two Little Girls from Little Rock” number in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” This was relatively early in Monroe’s stardom, and Life rather condescendingly noted that “she sings and dances with surprising technical competence.” In her final Life interview in 1962, Monroe recalled Russell being “quite wonderful to me,” but Fox treated her disdainfully. Photo: Ed Clark, Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, 1953.After finishing her whirlwind Manhattan shopping spree, Life wrote of Kelly, “With Grace’s dead pan poodle, Oliver, sitting this one out, bride-to-be packs and packs.” Photo: Lisa Larsen, New York, 1956.After becoming an international sex symbol in French films like”…And God Created Woman,” Life remarked on her phenomenal impact: Not since the Statue of Liberty has a French girl let such fires in America.” Photo: Ralph Crane, Mexico, 1965.Longtime friends Poitier and Belafonte were active in the Civil Rights movement and steadfastly supported Martin Luther King, Jr.

Team GB has been racking up medals at the Paris Olympics and they're hoping to add another to the collection as Louie Hinchliffe is set to compete in the men's 100m semi-final on Sunday night, alongside team-mate and star of Netflix's Sprint documentary, Zharnel Hughes.

A man and his girlfriend are in jail in Oklahoma after he allegedly tied his teen daughter to a tree in the backyard for several days!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Shawn Mendes has announced the release of his upcoming album “Shawn,” dropping on October 18. In anticipation of his new project, he’s putting out two singles — “Why Why Why” and “Isn’t That Enough” — on his birthday, August 8.

Shawn Mendes is returning with a new album!

Slowdive have announced a new slate of US tour dates, set for Fall 2024 – check out the full list of dates and get tickets below.The shoegaze veterans made the announcement via social media yesterday (July 23), confirming that they will play 10 shows across the United States in November. The tour includes stops in St.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The third annual Vashon Island Film Festival has announced its slate for the event set for Aug. 8-11. Located off the coast of Washington State, the island festival will screen 12 features and 10 shorts, pllus three local projects.

Kehlani just crashed your fall plans.From September through November, the popular R&B singer will headline at venues all over North America on their 32-concert ‘Crash World Tour’ with special guests Flo and Anycia.That includes stops at Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 14 and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Friday, Sept.

Jerry Miller, one of the most influential musicians in the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s, died Saturday night in Tacoma, Washington, at age 81. No cause has been given.

Independents look solid this weekend with Vertical’s Widow Clicquot nice alternative programming amid summer blockbuster season, IFC Film horror Oddity off to a fine start, and Thelma, one of the year’s biggest specialty hits, passing $8 million. New films and holdovers in limited release did business.

Nirvana covers, including ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘Lithium’, alongside the tribute band FooVana this week – check out footage below.The Portland-based Foo Fighters/Nirvana tribute act were playing at Georgie’s Garage in Vancouver, Washington on Thursday (July 18), when Nirvana’s founding bassist joined them for three classics, also including ‘Blew’ from their 1989 debut album ‘Bleach’.Watch the performances here:FooVana had teased the collaboration ahead of the show, writing on Facebook: “Get down here to Georgie’s Garage and Grill! Show’s about to start! Oh yeah that’s right… Someobody else is here!!!”Get down here to Georgie's Garage and Grill! Shows about to start! Oh yeah that’s right… Somebody else is here!!!Posted by FooVana on Thursday, July 18, 2024It is not the first time in recent weeks that the Nirvana bassist has played some of his former band’s songs on stage: last month, his current group The Bona Fide Band played ‘Love Buzz’ in Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington.The song was first written and recorded by Dutch band Shocking Blue in 1969 and was later covered by Nirvana and released as their debut single on Sub Pop Records in 1988.Last year, Novoselic told NME about the chances of a reunion from the surviving Nirvana members in the future.“I’d like to,” he said. “There was a time after Kurt died when I said to myself, ‘I’m never going to play these songs again’.

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Carole Horst Ateez made history earlier this year as the first male Korean group to play Coachella, just one stop on its “Towards the Light: Will to Power” North American tour that sees the octet play L.A.’s BMO Stadium July 20-21. The KQ Entertainment act has been on the rise well before the desert fest, scoring their first Billboard No. 1 in December 2023 with “The World EP.Fin: Will” and in June reached No.

Massive Attack have announced a handful of 2024 North American shows which are set to take place later this autumn.The iconic trip-hop group will make stops in select cities across the US in October. They will play headlining gigs in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Boston and New York City.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor CAA and ESPN alum Courtney Carter has been tapped as chief revenue officer for Seattle’s professional soccer teams, Sounders FC and Reign FC. Carter’s appointment comes on the heels of a transaction completed last month financed through an investment from private equity giant Carlyle that brought the Seattle Reign FC women’s soccer team under the same umbrella as the Seattle Sounders FC men’s soccer team.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A year after winning a bitter corporate battle for control of pioneering K-pop agency SM Entertainment, South Korean tech firm Kakao Entertainment says it is accelerating its expansion in music. Kakao already has a controlling stake in Melon, Korea’s leading subscription-based music streamer. It defeated BTS-backer Hybe Corp.

It might have been getting shirty with Tevez, or getting into a few States across the pond, but Chris Sutton had the time of his life on Celtic’s transatlantic team bonding trips.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Somebody Feed Phil” has been renewed for an eighth season at Netflix. The Emmy-nominated food travel series, which is among the streamer’s longest-running unscripted shows, debuted its seventh season March 1, featuring the “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator eating his way around Mumbai, Washington, D.C., Kyoto, Iceland, Dubai, Orlando, Taipei and Scotland.