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Published Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 | 11:45 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) – Justin Timberlake will enter a new plea on Friday in his drunk driving case in the Hamptons in New York. Prosecutors did not disclose details. However, a person with knowledge of the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case says Timberlake has agreed to plead guilty to a less serious offense. Timberlake had initially been charged with driving while intoxicated when he was pulled over June 18. Timberlake’s attorney, Edward Burke, declined comment. Timberlake is due to appear in person in Sag Harbor Village Court on Friday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Kamala Harris campaign quickly put out Harris-themed friendship bracelets after Taylor Swift’s surprise endorsement last night. They’re already sold out. Swift writes on Instagram part of the reason she decided to endorse Harris was because former President Donald Trump posted pictures of her generated by artificial intelligence that made it appear she was endorsing him. Swift says that made her realize she had to be “very transparent” about her actual plans as a voter. Trump tells “Fox and Friends” that Swift will “probably pay a price in the marketplace” for her endorsement.
MULLUMBIMBY, Australia (AP) — Simon Baker of “The Mentalist” has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence near his rural home in Australia. Baker appeared before Mullumbimby Local Court Magistrate Kathy Crittendon today. Crittendon says Baker appears remorseful and is unlikely to drive after drinking again. She released him on a nine-month good behavior bond with no conviction recorded, which Australian judges are allowed to do. Police say they pulled over Baker’s Tesla on July 20 and found him smelling of alcohol and unsteady on his feet. He had told police he had drank four glasses of wine at dinner, roughly eight hours earlier.
NEW YORK (AP) – Taylor Swift could become the most-awarded musician at the MTV Video Music Awards tonight. Swift leads the nominations with 12, including artist of the year. Swift has 23 wins going into tonight’s ceremony. Beyonce’ holds the record with 30, and she’s up for three awards. Megan Thee Stallion will host the VMAs.
TAMPA (AP) – Two-time “American Ninja Warrior” champ Vance Walker would love to see ninja warrior events at the Los Angeles Olympics in four years. Walker says any of the events featured in the show, like a warped wall or salmon ladder, would be great on their own, but athletes doing four stages of obstacles like on the show would work well too. If Team USA came calling, Walker says he’d love to try. Walker became the first person to win NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” twice on Monday’s finale.
ROME (AP) – Lily Collins’ expressions of delight at seeing Rome on the series “Emily in Paris” are genuine. Collins says she had been to Paris before, so playing a woman coming to Paris was a character. She says she never spent time in Rome before, so it was “a whole new adventure.” New episodes of “Emily in Paris” will be out on Netflix tomorrow.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jeff Bridges wishes his dad could have seen how much television has changed. Bridges says his father, Lloyd Bridges, appeared on “Sea Hunt” from 1958 to 1961 and was frustrated with the quality of television, which was not as good as movies. Jeff Bridges says some of the best entertainment now is coming from television. The second season of his show, “The Old Man,” premieres tomorrow on FX.
LANSING, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas prison where the killers featured in Truman Capote’s book “In Cold Blood” were executed will be open for tourists. The Kansas City Star reports tours begin Friday at the former Kansas State Penitentiary, which was open from the 1860s through 2020. Capote and fellow writer Harper Lee visited there to do research on inmates Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith, who murdered four people in 1959. Hickock and Smith were executed in 1965. Johnny Cash performed at the prison in 1970.