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Stand-up comedian Kevin Meaney was arrested at a New York City airport and charged with assault for elbowing a woman in the chest, police said on Wednesday. _0"> Meaney, 58, is accused of walking toward the 29-year-old woman at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday evening and elbowing her in front of witnesses, leaving her in pain, the Port Authority Police Department said. Meaney, who lives in New York City, was in jail on Wednesday waiting arraignment for misdemeanor assault, police said. Meaney and the woman, who is from Grand Forks, North Dakota, did not know each other and it was not clear what led to the incident, police said, but the victim and two witnesses said the elbowing appeared deliberate. Meaney and the woman had been due to leave the airport on different flights, police said.   true       Meaney, who has appeared on various televised comedy specials and late-night talk shows and acted in the musical "Hairspray" on Broadway for several

At just 16 years of age, Elle Fanning has spent nearly 90 percent of her life in the movie class="mandelbrot_refrag"> business , having made her debut as a 2-year-old, younger version of her actress sibling Dakota Fanning. But this is no jaded teen actor. She gets excited about playing a Disney princess opposite Angelina Jolie's villain in "Maleficent," the big-budget retelling of the fairytale classic "Sleeping Beauty" that prevailed at the North American box office in its debut last weekend. With her long blond locks and angelic face, Fanning has starred in independent films like "Somewhere" as well as blockbusters like "Super 8." She was 14 when she played Princess Aurora, who is cursed by Maleficent.   true       Fanning talked to Reuters about playing a princess with more depth and finding the fun in her film roles. Q: Is this the biggest production you've been in? A: This is definitely the biggest scale - s

British rockers Coldplay retained the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, holding off new entries from Mariah Carey and Austin Mahone. Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" clocked a second week at No. 1 with sales of 83,000 over the past week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. "Ghost Stories" entered the chart at the top last week with the highest sales week of the year so far, 383,000 copies.   true       Country singer Brantley Gilbert held onto No. 2 for a second week with "Just As I Am," selling 65,000 copies. Pop diva Mariah Carey entered the chart at No. 3 with her latest album, "Me. I am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse," with sales of 58,000. Billboard said it was Carey's smallest sales opening for a non-holiday album since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. Other new entries in the top 10 of the chart this week include teen pop singer Mahone at No. 5 with his debut record, "Th

A lawyer for the Beastie Boys on Wednesday urged jurors to make Monster Beverage Corp pay at least $2 million for copyright infringement, saying the energy drink maker used their songs without a license in an online video. Kevin Puvalowski, the Brooklyn-born band's lawyer, said in closing arguments in a trial in Manhattan federal court that Monster's unauthorized use of its music in a 2012 promotional video was "absolutely egregious." Beastie Boys members Michael Diamond, or "Mike D," and Adam Horovitz, or "Ad-Rock," sat as spectators in the courtroom as Puvalowski told jurors Monster had hoped to benefit from how "cool" his clients' had become, without their permission.   true       "They didn't care if their employees were stealing from the Beastie Boys," he said. Reid Kahn, Monster's lawyer, acknowledged the energy drink maker had infringed the Beastie Boys' copyrights but said it was because an employee

Stand-up comedian Kevin Meaney, who was arrested at a New York City airport and charged with assault for elbowing a woman in the chest, will not be prosecuted, the Queens District Attorney's Office said on Wednesday. _0"> Meaney, 58, was accused of walking toward the 29-year-old woman at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday evening and elbowing her, the Port Authority Police Department said. But prosecutors reviewed video footage of the event and determined the two simply bumped into each other, a spokeswoman for the Queens District Attorney's Office said. The woman then boarded a flight out of the country before being interviewed by police, the spokeswoman said.   true       Meaney, who lives in New York City, was in jail on Wednesday awaiting arraignment for misdemeanor assault, police said. It was unclear if he was still in police custody by Wednesday evening. Meaney and the woman, who is from Grand Forks, North Dakota, did not know each other and i

As the World Cup nears, soccer fanatics will inevitably jink the conversation toward the beautiful game. That includes Placido Domingo, who explains why at 73 he can still get down on one knee to declare his love to the soprano. "I was a goalkeeper and I know how to throw myself onto the floor," said the Spanish opera singer. Even if his sporting past has served him well in his career, the tenor-turned-baritone never expected to be where he is today, still singing on stages all over the world.   true       Because of that unexpected longevity, he finds himself doing double duty as leading man and general director for the LA Opera, where he wraps up its 28th season this weekend as the love-struck monk Athanael in Massenet's "Thais," the 139th role of his career. Around 18 years ago, Domingo took over the direction of the Washington National Opera, and then more than a decade ago became director of the young Los Angeles company. "I really thought I wou

Former British pop star Gary Glitter, famous for his figure-hugging shiny silver all-in-one suits and platform shoes, was charged on Thursday with eight sexual offences against two teenage girls dating back to the 1970s. _0"> Glitter, now 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, shot to fame in the early 1970s with the hit "Rock and Roll" and became one of the leading figures in the "glam-rock" music class="mandelbrot_refrag"> fashion . He was the first person to be arrested as part of a wider investigation into accusations of historic sex offences by show class="mandelbrot_refrag"> business personalities triggered by revelations late BBC television presenter Jimmy Savile had been a prolific sex offender for decades.   true       He will appear in court on June 19 charged with eight sexual offences between 1977 and 1980 against two girls aged 12 to 14 at the time. "Having completed our review, we have concluded ... that the