Ann Limongello/ABC George Harrison’s first sitar sold for more than expected at a recent auction. The instrument, which The Beatles member used during the recording sessions for “Norwegian Wood,” sold for $66,993 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions, well above the minimum bid of $25,000. Harrison purchased the sitar in 1965 at Indiacraft on Oxford Street in London. It would go on …
Read More »Sting to play October’s United States Grand Prix
Bruce Glikas/Getty Images Sting is set to headline the Germania Insurance Super Stage during the Formula One Pirelli United States Grand Prix, happening October 18-20 in Austin, Texas. Sting is set to perform on Friday, October 18, with Eminem booked for Saturday, October 19. Tickets to the Grand Prix include entry to the shows. Single-day tickets are on sale now. …
Read More »Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing ‘revenge porn’
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys representing President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden are threatening to sue Fox News for violating “revenge porn” laws and publishing since-discredited bribery allegations as part of a scheme to “paint him in a false light,” according to a letter obtained by ABC News. The letter, which Hunter Biden’s counsel transmitted to attorneys at Fox …
Read More »State prosecutors won’t retry 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting unarmed migrant
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SANTA COUNTY, Ariz.) — State prosecutors said Monday they will not seek to retry 75-year-old George Alan Kelly, the Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. “Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa County Attorney’s office has decided not to seek a retrial,” …
Read More »Immigrant battling cancer among trio who won $1.326 billion Powerball ticket: Oregon Lottery
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SALEM, Ore.) — The winners of the $1.326 billion Powerball ticket were officially revealed by the Oregon Lottery on Monday. During a press conference at the Oregon Lottery Headquarters in Salem, Oregon, husband and wife Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and their friend Laiza Chao were announced as the winners of the massive lottery drawn earlier this month. …
Read More »Bill Wyman says it took two years for The Rolling Stones to accept his departure
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman reveals that almost two years passed before his bandmates accepted that he had actually quit the band. In a new interview with The Mirror, Wyman says that while he left the group in 1991, “they wouldn’t believe me.” “They refused to accept I had left. It was not until 1993, when …
Read More »The Alarm postpones Live Today, Love Tomorrow tour following return of Mike Peters’ cancer
Photo credit: Jules Peters The Alarm front man Mike Peters has revealed that his cancer has returned, forcing the band to postpone their upcoming U.S. tour. “I have no doubt that the following news will come as a complete shock to you in the same way that it has also come as a bolt out of the blue to me …
Read More »‘Numerous’ law enforcement officers struck by gunfire in Charlotte: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — “Numerous” law enforcement officers were struck by gunfire in an incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon, police said. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department described the incident as an “active situation” and said a SWAT team was on scene. The number of people shot and the nature of their injuries was not immediately known. …
Read More »Michael Cohen is cashing in on the Trump trial with TikTok livestreams — and it could be a problem
TikTok (NEW YORK) — After former President Donald Trump spent the day in a courtroom in downtown Manhattan last Tuesday, one of the star witnesses in the criminal hush money case against him went live on social media to talk about the trial as thousands listened. “Trump 2024?” said Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney and “fixer” who is now a …
Read More »Bon Jovi calls Shania Twain his “spirit sister” in vocal troubles
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Medical problems make strange bedfellows. Jon Bon Jovi tells People that none other than Shania Twain has been a huge support system for him amid his vocal issues, for which he had surgery in 2022. It turns out Shania not only had the same surgery to correct her vocal issues, but even used the same …
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