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What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt
This weekās new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from Willie Nelson, Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in āEricā on Netflix and home improvement gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines fix up a mid-century modern lake house on HGTV.
What to stream this weekend: BeyoncƩ, Steve Martin, J-Hope, Mike Birbiglia, Bill Nighy and 'Madu'
This weekās new streaming entertainment releases include BeyoncĆ©'s āAct ll: Cowboy Carter,ā a Amazon Prime docuseries about BTS member J-Hope and āMadu,ā a documentary about a Nigerian boy who dreams of being a professional ballet dancer.
Karl Wallinger, ex-member of The Waterboys and creative force behind World Party, dies
Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66.
Karl Wallinger, member of The Waterboys and creative force of behind World Party, dies
Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66.
What's streaming this weekend: Indiana Jones, Paris Hilton, Super Mario and 'Ladies of the 80s'
This weekās new entertainment releases include albums from Dove Cameron and Peter Gabriel, Harrison Fordās last hurrah as Indiana Jones swings onto Disney+ and Elvis will be honored with a starry special āChristmas at Gracelandā featuring Post Malone, Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves and Kane Brown.
New this week: 'Me Time,' DJ Khaled and Sylvester Stallone
This weekās new entertainment releases include fresh music from DJ Khaled and his celebrity pals, an HBO documentary about the unending toll Hurricane Katrina had on New Orleans' children and a film starring Sylvester Stallone as an aged superhero.
Policeman gets suspended jail term over migrant child death
(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BRUSSELS ā A Belgian court handed a one-year suspended prison sentence to a police officer on Friday over the shooting death of a two-year-old toddler who was in a van during a high-speed chase of suspected migrant smugglers. According to local media, the vanās driver was sentenced to four years in prison while another alleged smuggler was acquitted. Police shot at the van during the chase, striking two-year-old Kurd Mawda Shawri in the head. AdThe police officer said he fired his weapon after the van swerved in the direction of the police car. Mawdaās death has become a symbol for many Belgians of the injustice that confronts migrants and refugees fleeing their homelands to seek a better life in Europe.
Trial opens in death of toddler in migrant smuggling case
A woman hangs a piece of children's clothing on a line during a solidarity event for Mawda Shawri at the courthouse in Brussels, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. A trial opened on Monday in the shooting death of two-year old toddler, Mawda Shawri, who was in a van during a high-speed chase between police and suspected migrant smugglers seeking to get to Britain. At the trial in Belgium's southern Mons, a policeman stands accused of involuntary manslaughter and two other men for being suspected migrant smugglers. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)BRUSSELS ā A trial opened Monday in the shooting death of a two-year-old toddler who was in a van during a high-speed chase in Belgium between police and suspected migrant smugglers seeking to get to Britain. At the trial in Belgium's southern city of Mons, a policeman stands accused of involuntary manslaughter and two other men for being suspected migrant smugglers.
Artists sing social anthems for United Nations anniversary
That sentiment is something that Skip Marley, a third-generation musician and grandson of reggae icon Bob Marley, has grown up knowing as well. āMusic is music. The event will raise money for the Playing for Change Foundation, the United Nations Population Fund, Sankofa, Silkroad and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Itās a spiritual experience to sing his grandfatherās songs, Marley said. āThose are the songs I first hear and the songs I first sing,ā said Marley.