Royal Dutch Orchestra fires chief conductor amid harassment allegations
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The chief conductor at Amsterdam’s renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, has been fired because of allegations of sexual harassment, the orchestra said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Conductor Daniele Gatti from Italy gestures as he...
Facebook, Twitter, Google executives to testify in Senate September 5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior executives of Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc TWTR.O and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will testify to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept. 5, Senator Mark Warner, the committee’s Democratic vice chairman, said on Wednesday....
Trump urges end to Russia probe as Manafort trial enters second day
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - As the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort reached its second day on Wednesday, Trump called for an end to a special counsel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election that spawned the...
Anna Wintour to stay ‘indefinitely’ at Vogue, quashing exit rumors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Anna Wintour, the influential editor of Vogue magazine, is remaining in her job “indefinitely,” publisher Conde Nast said on Tuesday, refuting rumors that she was on her way out after 30 years. “Anna Wintour is an incredibly talented and...
Actor Alan Alda reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning actor Alan Alda disclosed on Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease, saying he did not want the revelation that he had the nervous system disorder to be told from “a sad point of view.” The 82-year-old star of TV series “M*A*S*H”...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort faces charges in first trial of Russia probe
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - The first trial of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe gets underway on Tuesday with Paul Manafort, a former chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, facing charges that he hid tens of millions of dollars earned in...
Trump says collusion is not a crime as first Russia probe trial begins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump stepped up his onslaught on federal Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, saying that his campaign did not collude with Moscow but that collusion is not a crime anyway....
Lindsay Lohan to make U.S. TV comeback in MTV reality series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lindsay Lohan, whose promising movie career crashed in a string of legal woes and substance abuse, is returning to U.S. television in a reality series about her night club ventures in Greece. MTV said on Monday that “Lohan Beach Club” will...
Madonna launches $60,000 Malawi fundraiser to mark 60th birthday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Madonna on Monday launched a $60,000 fundraiser to support her work with children in Malawi, and had already raised more than $10,000 in the first 24 hours. FILE PHOTO: Madonna poses for photos during the arrivals of the Metropolitan Museum of...
Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort is first to go on trial in Russia probe
(Reuters) - Paul Manafort on Tuesday will become the first of President Donald Trump’s former aides to go on trial, accused of bank and tax fraud by federal investigators probing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. FILE PHOTO: President Trump's...