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Minneapolis gunman facing eviction made threats before killing two
Carlton Johnson II, 35, killed two people and wounded four others in a shooting at the Loring Towers apartment complex in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, before dying at the scene. Court documents obtained after the attack showed Johnson had been fighting an eviction order issued in June and had a documented history of threatening and…
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Airlink drops stadium flypast, Range Rover goes electric, Galliano pulls out of Met Gala
Also: Nick Searcy quits LA for Nashville, Olivia Rodrigo launches Daisy Chain Fields, Hackett and Rothery release an album, and Diane Warren adopts viral piglet Wilbur.
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RICHARD EDEN: Night Oasis Noel gave The Sun’s editor a slap
This gossip column recounts several snippets of Westminster and celebrity news, headlined by an anecdote from Dominic Mohan’s new book about David Yelland, former editor of The Sun, being mocked and slapped by Oasis’s Noel Gallagher at a 1990s London party after Yelland bluffed about being a fan and a Manchester City supporter. The story…
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Maurizio Cattelan opens first major German exhibition in Berlin
Maurizio Cattelan, the Italian artist known for provocative works such as a $6.2m banana taped to a wall and an 18-carat gold toilet, is opening his first major solo exhibition in Germany, titled Night, at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Speaking ahead of the show, he pushed back against his reputation as a mere prankster, insisting his…
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Aussie boy, 6, dies from scurvy: Parents say they had no idea he suffered from incredibly rare 19th century disease until it was too late
A six-year-old boy with Down syndrome has died in Queensland, Australia, from scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency disease historically associated with 19th-century sailors and now exceedingly rare in developed countries. Deputy state coroner Stephanie Gallagher published non-inquest findings into Connor Dean’s death, noting his parents said they were unaware he had a vitamin C deficiency…
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Heidi Klum replaces recovering Simon Cowell on America’s Got Talent
Heidi Klum has stepped in to judge America’s Got Talent’s Season 21 quarterfinals, covering for Simon Cowell as he recovers from back surgery. The German supermodel, a former AGT judge, took the seat for a special three-hour broadcast, continuing a run of guest judges filling in for Cowell while he takes time off. Cowell’s surgery…
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Apple TV’s 5-Part History-Making Series Is Ready for Its Biggest Reinvention Yet
Apple TV’s family comedy-drama Trying has already reinvented itself once, jumping six years ahead before Season 4 to shift focus from Jason and Nikki’s adoption journey to raising their now-teenage children, Princess and Tyler. With Season 5 having wrapped up the storyline about the children’s biological mother, Kat, re-entering their lives, the article argues the…
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Nicholas Todisco & Brad Pence Exiting Atlas Artists
Nicholas Todisco and Brad Pence, two partners at Los Angeles-based management company Atlas Artists, are leaving the firm, in what sources describe as an amicable departure. The move is notable because their client roster includes high-profile names such as Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham and rising actor Connor Storrie, best known for the Crave/HBO…
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Sheffield Council rejects smartphone ban for children – Yorkshire Live
Sheffield City Council has rejected calls for a blanket ban on smartphones for children in the city’s schools. The decision leaves individual schools and academy trusts to set their own rules, reflecting the council’s view that local circumstances and pupils’ needs vary. Councillors acknowledged concerns that phone use can harm learning and wellbeing, including through…
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Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit challenging California policy allowing biological males in girls’ sports
A US federal judge has dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit that sought to force California to bar transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s school sports, allowing the state’s existing policy to remain in place. This matters because it marks a setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to use Title IX enforcement to…