Reuters People News Summary
Following is a summary of current people news briefs.
Cosby back in court with new legal team for sex assault trial
Bill Cosby was due back in court on Tuesday to seek a judge's approval to have a lawyer who successfully defended the late singer Michael Jackson against child molestation charges represent the comedian at his sex assault retrial. Cosby's first Pennsylvania trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a former administrator at his alma mater ended in May with a hung jury, and the 80-year-old entertainer wants a new legal team to represent him when he faces the charges again in November.
Morgan Freeman to get Screen Actors lifetime award
Morgan Freeman, the versatile actor known for playing gods, presidents and pimps, will be honored with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January. Freeman, 80, whose prolific career spans 50 years and more than 100 movies, will join the likes of past recipients Lily Tomlin, Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke when he gets the honor at a Los Angeles ceremony on Jan. 21. SAG announced the award on Tuesday.
Kesha thanks fans as 'Rainbow' comeback debuts at top of biển led vẫy Billboard
Kesha scored top billing on the Billboard 200 chart with her comeback album "Rainbow," her first studio album in five years amid a bitter legal battle over her record contract. The 30-year-old singer sold some 116,000 units of "Rainbow," according to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan, to give her the second-largest U.S. sales week of 2017 biển led vẫy by a female singer after Katy Perry's "Witness."
Comedian Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease: coroner
Comedian Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease when he passed away at his home in Las Vegas on Sunday, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg told Reuters on Monday.
Jerry Lewis, king of low-brow comedy and charity fundraiser, dies at 91
Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in film as well as a fund-raising powerhouse with his annual Labor Day telethon, died on Sunday at the age of Biển hộp đèn hút nổi 91, his family said. Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas on Sunday morning with his family by his side, the family said in a statement.
Mark Wahlberg named world's highest-paid actor in 2017
Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world's highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and female Hollywood stars. Wahlberg, 46, earned an estimated $68 million in 2017 thanks to his pay days for movies "Daddy's Home 2" and "Transformers: The Last Knight", according to the Forbes ranking released on Tuesday.
