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Ken Burns Sets Record Straight Over His Clarence Thomas Photo
Ken Burns has made a statement after a photo surfaced of the documentary filmmaker with Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and billionaire David Koch. While Koch has funded one of Burns’ documentaries, Burns maintains that he and the Supreme Court Justice have no connections or relationship. “Around ten years ago, Ken was stopped and asked to take a photograph with…
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Red Ken is battling Alzheimer's: Former Labour London mayor Ken Livingstone, 78, is forced to retire from public life and is being cared for by family and friends while 'living with' the terminal illness, relatives reveal
Controversial former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who earned the nickname ‘Red Ken’ for his left-wing politics, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease aged 78. The one-time figurehead of the Labour left, who ran the capital from 2000 until 2008 when he was defeated by Boris Johnson, is being ‘well cared for by his family and friends’ as he retires…
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Ken Bruce blames being ‘too involved in his work’ for the collapse of his two marriages
Celebrity entertainer Ken Bruce believes “being too involved in his work” is the reason two of his marriages fell apart. The Scottish presenter spoke about his three marriages on the Rosebud podcast hosted by Gyles Brandreth. During the episode, Ken blamed himself for being “too involved in work”, which led him to divorce his first wife, Fiona Fraser, and his…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted of all 16 impeachment articles following dramatic trial
Suspended Texas Attorney General was acquitted of 16 impeachment articles over allegations he employed his mistress and helped protect a real-estate developer. On Saturday, Ken Paxton was acquitted on the charges that will allow him to return to work. ‘The jury has spoken,’ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said after the verdicts. ‘Attorney General Paxton received a fair trial as required…
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Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ to Open London’s Fragments Festival
FESTIVAL FOR ALL The third edition of Fragments Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 1) – set up as a platform for underrepresented filmmakers and as a showcase of films featuring unique individuals and minority groups – returns to London’s Genesis cinema and will open with Ken Loach‘s “The Old Oak.” The film centers on struggling pub The Old Oak, where tensions mount…
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BBC Radio 2’s Sara Cox defends Vernon Kay as replacement for Ken Bruce because ‘he’s turning 50’
Sara Cox has defended BBC Radio 2’s decision to replace longtime DJ Ken Bruce with Vernon Kay after 45 years of service with the veteran DJ. Speaking to Woman & Home magazine, the 48-year-old presenter explained how “people evolve and are replaced”. “[In radio] people leave and are replaced,” she said. “When a change happens, it feels really big in…
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If You’re Planning To Dress Up As Barbie (Or Ken) This Halloween, You Better Buy Your Costume Now
Barbie will be 2023’s most popular Halloween costume. This is not a bold take, only an accurate one. There’s multiple reasons for this: Barbie is a huge hit, everyone likes it (minus far-right chuds), and it has a recognizable aesthetic that’s easy to replicate at home. You can make your own Barbie costume, or you can buy one at Spirit…
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Barbie: Wannabe Ken Actors Took Shirts Off During Auditions
“Barbie” co-casting directors Allison Jones and Lucy Bevan revealed to the MPA’s “The Credits” series that several wannabe Ken actors took off their shirts during the audition process thinking showing off their bodies was a total Ken move. Any actor auditioning for the role of Ken’s arch-rival Ken (a role that ultimately went to Simu Liu) auditioned with the now-beloved…
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Ken Burns Turns His Spotlight On ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ – Deadline
Ken Burns lives just where you might imagine. The documentary filmmaker, who has spent a lifetime exploring American history, long ago made Walpole, New Hampshire his home, a bucolic village founded before the American Revolution. It’s dotted with old inns and quaint shops, and democracy is practiced there the old-fashioned way, through the traditional Town Meeting. He dwells in an 1820s…
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Emmy Host Idea: Community’s Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown,Joel McHale
Normally, it would be a little jarring for it to be August and still not have an official Emmy host announcement. But these are not normal times. This week, the Television Academy and Fox officially moved the 75th Primetime Emmys to January 15 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), marking the first such postponement since 2001. In a previous column I…
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