Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.5M US viewers, a drop from last year’s Cup and the 4 Nations final

Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.5M US viewers, a drop from last year’s Cup and the 4 Nations final

U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 million…

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R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A judge has denied singer R. Kelly ‘s request to be freed from prison, saying she lacks jurisdiction to consider the convicted sex offender’s allegations that federal prison officials plotted to murder him. U.S. District Judge Martha M. Pacold canceled Friday’s scheduled arguments in Chicago, and instead issued a five-page ruling denying…

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Keke Palmer’s ‘Just Keke’ album channels public relationship drama into reclamation

Keke Palmer’s ‘Just Keke’ album channels public relationship drama into reclamation

NEW YORK — A sheer dress silhouetting a black body suit, Usher’s signature crowd interaction and a tweet from her child’s father: that concoction created a nearly two-week social media frenzy starring Keke Palmer back in 2023. Now, the multi-hyphenate creative has channeled that experience into her new album, “Just Keke.” “It was tough ……

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Protesters say Bezos’ star-studded Venice wedding highlights growing inequality

Protesters say Bezos’ star-studded Venice wedding highlights growing inequality

VENICE, Italy — This weekend’s star-studded Venice wedding of multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez has galvanized activist groups that are protesting it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots as well as disregard of the city’s residents. About a dozen Venetian organizations — including housing advocates, anti-cruise…

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Arnaldo Pomodoro, whose bronze spheres decorate prominent public spaces around the world, dies at 98

Arnaldo Pomodoro, whose bronze spheres decorate prominent public spaces around the world, dies at 98

ROME — Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists whose bronze spheres decorate iconic public spaces from the Vatican to the United Nations, has died at age 98, his foundation said Monday. Pomodoro died at home in Milan on Sunday, the eve of his 99th birthday, according to a statement from Carlotta Montebello,…

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