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A Sunday entry by the Republican candidate on Truth Social showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue with a caption that said "Taylor Swift Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump." Tajik-Russian musician Manizha defies ban to sing for peace Manizha, the last musician to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest but unable, she says, to perform live in her adoptive country, has released a defiant anti-war track.

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Disney names veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic president of ABC News

Walt Disney has named veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic as president of ABC News, the television network said on Monday. Karamehmedovic joined ABC News as a freelance video editor in 1998.

Ex-rugby player's journey from spinal cord injury to mountain tops told in film

Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson, who defied medical opinion by learning to walk again after a near-fatal spinal cord injury, says victims of trauma should resist the impulse to suffer in silence. Jackson broke his neck when he mistakenly dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool in 2017. He was paralysed from the shoulders down and told he would never walk again.

Russia declares U.S. Clooney Foundation an undesirable organisation

Russian prosecutors said on Monday they had designated The Clooney Foundation for Justice, a U.S. non-profit group, as an "undesirable" organisation for carrying out work at "a Hollywood scale" to discredit Moscow. The Foundation was founded by actor George Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

Trump posts image of fake Taylor Swift endorsement

Former President Donald Trump has posted a fake social media image of pop superstar Taylor Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election. A Sunday entry by the Republican candidate on Truth Social showed Swift dressed in red, white and blue with a caption that said "Taylor Swift Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump."

Tajik-Russian musician Manizha defies ban to sing for peace

Manizha, the last musician to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest but unable, she says, to perform live in her adoptive country, has released a defiant anti-war track. "Gun", a reworking of a track she wrote a decade earlier, was released late last month as a single. It will also be part of Extended Play (EP) "Hope" for release on Sept. 4.

French movie giant Alain Delon dies aged 88

French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, his three children said on Sunday. He was 88. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019, rarely leaving his estate in Douchy, in France's Val de Loire region.

Hollywood stars to add sizzle to Democrats' convention

An actor who played a fictional TV president will host the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, part of the star power taking center stage in support of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. Tony Goldwyn, who portrayed President Fitzgerald Grant III in the ABC drama "Scandal," was tapped to emcee the convention's kickoff night. Goldwyn has been active in Democratic politics and has advocated for criminal justice reform.

Zoe Kravitz makes film debut with power trip thriller 'Blink Twice'

Zoe Kravitz says her directorial debut "Blink Twice", which she also co-wrote and produced, is a tale about power dynamics between men and women that was born out of her own experiences. In the psychological thriller, waitress Frida, played by Naomi Ackie, and her friend think they are getting a lucky break when tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) invites them to his private tropical island.

Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at age 88

Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died at age 88, NBC's "Today" show reported on Monday, citing a statement from his family. Donahue died surrounded by his family on Sunday following an illness, the "Today" show reported.

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