Judge finds Leonard Cohen’s manager did nothing wrong, countering claims by songwriter’s heirs

Open this photo in gallery: Robert Kory, right, and a guest attend ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ during the 2022 Tribeca Festival at Beacon Theatre in June, 2022, in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images A judge in Los Angeles has concluded Leonard Cohen’s music lawyer and manager did nothing wrong in his handling … Read more

AGO reveals identity of woman in rare Black 18th-century portrait

Meet Eleonora Susette. After six years of research that ranged from botany to genealogy, the Art Gallery of Ontario has identified the sitter of an unusual 18th-century portrait it bought at auction. A self-confident figure in opulent dress, holding an orange blossom and calmly meeting the viewer’s gaze, Eleonora is not presented as servile, nor … Read more

Who is Clavicular, the 20-year-old influencer going viral for looksmaxxing and more?

Open this photo in gallery: Screen captures from social media show Braden Peters, an influencer in the looksmaxxing community who goes by the name Clavicular online.Supplied It’s time we talked about Clavicular. In the last month, the 20-year-old American influencer escaped the confines of the manosphere and broke into the wider public consciousness, prompting many … Read more

TV producer behind Israeli series ‘Tehran’ found dead in Greece

Open this photo in gallery: Decorations adorn the hotel in Athens where Israeli television producer Dana Eden was found dead on Sunday.Petros Giannakouris/The Associated Press Israeli producer Dana Eden, best known for co-creating the Emmy-winning espionage thriller Tehran, has died suddenly in Greece, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said Monday. Eden, 52, was found dead in … Read more

Bruce Springsteen hits out at ‘King Trump’ in new song, Streets of Minneapolis

Open this photo in gallery: Bruce Springsteen appears at the AFI Fest premiere of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ in Los Angeles in October, 2025.Chris Pizzello/The Associated Press Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of … Read more

Driver arrested after car hits crowds at Liverpool’s title parade

Open this photo in gallery: Emergency services at the scene after multiple people were hit by a car during Liverpool’s victory parade.Jon Super/The Associated Press A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the team’s Premier League championship win on Monday and was arrested, police … Read more

Former hockey player Chris Simon posthumously diagnosed with CTE; NHL says no proven link between the two

Open this photo in gallery: Analysis of brain tissue from two-time NHL All-Star Chris Simon shows he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died by suicide last year at age 52. Simon skates during a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 2007.Bruce Bennett/Getty … Read more

Trans musicians cautioned about touring the U.S. after border-policy change

Open this photo in gallery: Montreal musician Bells Larsen raised alarm around the world in cancelling American shows because his passport does not reflect his biological sex at birth. On April 2, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its policy manual to say it ‘only recognizes two biological sexes’ and that it ‘considers a person’s … Read more

Grand National runner Celebre D’Allen dies after collapsing during race

Open this photo in gallery: Racegoers fill the stands during the second race on the third day of the Grand National Horse Racing meeting, at Aintree racecourse, near Liverpool, England, on April 5.Ian Hodgson/The Canadian Press A horse that collapsed on the racecourse after running in the Grand National has died, the British Horseracing Authority … Read more

Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape by U.K. police

Open this photo in gallery: Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on Sept. 16, 2023.James Manning/The Associated Press British police said they charged actor-comedian Russell Brand on Friday with rape and multiple counts of assault in cases relating to four separate women between 1999 and … Read more