At Sean (Diddy) Combs trial, ex-employee testifies she was threatened, kidnapped | Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson dead at 79 | At 95, Canadian artist and naturalist Robert Bateman still paints every day
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At Sean (Diddy) Combs trial, ex-employee testifies she was threatened, kidnapped; In this courtroom sketch, Sean \(Diddy\) Combs, left, watches as his former assistant Capricorn Clark, right, is questioned by assistant U\.S\. attorney Mitzi Steiner at Combs's sex trafficking trial in New York on Tuesday\.

At Sean (Diddy) Combs trial, ex-employee testifies she was threatened, kidnapped

May 27 , 2025 at 01:00:52 p.m. EDT • :

A former top aide to Sean (Diddy) Combs testified Tuesday that the music mogul threatened her with death on her first day on the job and later kidnapped her at gunpoint to join him in an effort to kill rapper Kid Cudi.

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Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson dead at 79; Phil Robertson, of Duck Dynasty, speaks at a rally for U\.S\. Senate hopeful Roy Moore in Fairhope, Ala\., in this file photo from Sept\. 25, 2017\. Robertson died Sunday, at age 79\.

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson dead at 79

May 26 , 2025 at 01:55:13 p.m. EDT • :

Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck-calling interest in northern Louisiana into a big business and was the head of the family featured on the reality show Duck Dynasty, died Sunday, according to his family. He was 79.

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At 95, Canadian artist and naturalist Robert Bateman still paints every day; At 95, artist and naturalist Robert Bateman says he has no plans to stop painting\.

At 95, Canadian artist and naturalist Robert Bateman still paints every day

May 26 , 2025 at 04:22:33 p.m. EDT • :

At 95, Robert Bateman is still showing his work at solo exhibitions and international shows, painting every day and enjoying the nature surrounding his Salt Spring Island, B.C., home, where he's lived for 40 years.

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Iranian revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident wins Palme d'Or at Cannes; Iranian director Jafar Panahi accepts the Palme d'Or for the film It Was Just an Accident at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France on Saturday\.

Iranian revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

May 24 , 2025 at 01:54:52 p.m. EDT • :

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident  won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years. 

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Billy Joel cancels all concerts after brain disorder diagnosis; Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Nov\. 9, 2024\.

Billy Joel cancels all concerts after brain disorder diagnosis

May 23 , 2025 at 01:45:41 p.m. EDT • :

U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said Friday he is cancelling all of his scheduled concerts, including a stop in Toronto, after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder.

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Paris court finds 8 guilty in 2016 Kim Kardashian robbery, but none will face prison time; Kim Kardashian leaves a Paris courthouse on May 13 after testifying in the trial of 10 people accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry from her\. It happened as she was held at gunpoint in her apartment during Paris Fashion Week in 2016\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 03:01:24 p.m. EDT • :

Paris court finds 8 guilty in 2016 Kim Kardashian robbery, but none will face prison time

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Canadian says his TV pitch portrayed as Hunger Games for U.S. migrants was misrepresented; Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born producer based in Los Angeles, pitched a reality TV show to the U\.S\. Department of Homeland Security\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 07:33:53 a.m. EDT • :

Canadian says his TV pitch portrayed as Hunger Games for U.S. migrants was misrepresented

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Back up the money truck: Lilo & Stitch remake dumbs down a masterpiece; Stitch appears in a still from the film Lilo & Stitch\. The live-action remake is fine for the littles, but disappointing for everyone else\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Back up the money truck: Lilo & Stitch remake dumbs down a masterpiece

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David Attenborough's Ocean documentary has a scene straight out of Dune; A bottom trawler scours the ocean floor\. In his new documentary, Ocean with David Attenborough, the famed broadcaster looks at the vast but fragile underwater world\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

David Attenborough's Ocean documentary has a scene straight out of Dune

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Canadian rock star Max Kerman explains why he wrote a memoir — and why creativity matters now more than ever; Try Hard is a memoir by Max Kerman\.  

May 26 , 2025 at 02:10:14 p.m. EDT • :

Canadian rock star Max Kerman explains why he wrote a memoir — and why creativity matters now more than ever

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