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A concert in Italy by Russian conductor Gergiev is canceled after protests
ROME (AP) — A concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been canceled, organizers in Italy announced Monday, following protests against giving the stage to the conductor who has been largely barred from European venues for failing to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Gergiev had been invited to conduct during a summer festival at the Royal Palace of Caserta near Naples next Sunday. The regional governor, Vincenzo de Luca, had defended the invitation, saying that 'the logic of preclusion … does not help peace.'' The invitation had been widely criticized by human rights activists, Russian opposition figures and European parliamentarians. Milan's La Scala was the first theater in the West to cut off relations with Gergiev, who was engaged at the theater when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, after he failed to respond to Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala's appeal to speak out against the war.
New York Post
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- New York Post
Ellen DeGeneres finally confirms Trump influenced her UK move: ‘We're staying here'
Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and wife Portia de Rossi decided to pack up and move to the UK because of President Trump's re-election win. The former talk show host, 67, detailed her new life across the pond during a conversation with British host Richard Bacon onstage in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Sunday, per the BBC. Admitting that she and the 'Arrested Development' alum, 52, initially only planned to stay in the UK for a couple of months, the pair pulled the trigger on a permanent move in November following Trump's historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. 4 Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she and wife Portia de Rossi decided to pack up and move to the UK because of President Trump's re-election win. @ellendegeneres/Instagram Following their trans-Atlantic move, the duo set up camp in the ritzy Cotswolds neighborhood, which is a known favorite among the Hollywood elite. 'We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, 'He got in,'' she said. 'And we're like, 'We're staying here.'' The pair, who wed in 2008 after four years of dating, proved they were serious about uprooting their lives across the pond after buying a sprawling farmhouse in the hoity-toity area in South West England, nearly two hours from London, for an eye-popping $18 million — some $3 million over the asking price. Their new rural life includes tending to their horses, chickens and their dogs. 4 President Trump's historic win over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris took place in November 2024. AP 'It's absolutely beautiful,' the comedian said. 'We're just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture — everything you see is charming and it's just a simpler way of life.' 'It's clean,' she went on. 'Everything here is just better — the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.' DeGeneres also hinted that she and de Rossi could be looking to get married again in the UK. 'The Baptist Church in America is trying to reverse gay marriage,' she said. 'They're trying to literally stop it from happening in the future and possibly reverse it. Portia and I are already looking into it, and if they do that, we're going to get married here.' 4 The comedian also hinted at a possible return into showbiz, though admitted it will be differently formatted to her former eponymous talk show. BACKGRID 'I wish we were at a place where it was not scary for people to be who they are. I wish that we lived in a society where everybody could accept other people and their differences.' Elsewhere during the chat, the comedian hinted at a possible return into showbiz. 'I just don't know what that is yet,' she said of her career plans, adding that her next project will not reflect the format of her eponymous talk show. 'I want to have fun, I want to do something. I do like my chickens but I'm a little bit bored,' she added. While it appears as though the pair have taken to the English countryside lifestyle without a hitch, it's not all been smooth sailing for the duo there. Earlier this year, the couple clashed with their British neighbors over an extension at their multimillion-dollar home. 4 DeGeneres also hinted that she and de Rossi could be looking to get married again in the UK. BACKGRID Still, the hiccup didn't stop DeGeneres from selling one of her final properties in the US — prompting her to officially cut ties with her homeland. While it's not clear exactly why the pair decided on the Cotswolds, the region is a picturesque and wealthy part of England, with many British stars boasting country houses there.
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- New York Post
D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake' Larson dead at 102
D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. An animated speaker who charmed strangers young and old with his quick smile and generous hugs, the self-described country boy from Minnesota was ''cracking jokes til the end,'' his granddaughter wrote in announcing his death. Tributes to him quickly filled his 'Story Time with Papa Jake' TikTok account from across the United States, where he had been living in Lafayette, California. Advertisement 5 D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson and TikTok star has died at 102. AP Towns around Normandy, still grateful to Allied forces who helped defeat the occupying Nazis in World War II, paid him homage too. 'Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young,' granddaughter McKaela Larson posted on his social media accounts. 'He went peacefully.' 'As Papa would say, love you all the mostest,' she wrote. Advertisement Born Dec. 20, 1922, in Owatonna, Minnesota, Larson enlisted in the National Guard in 1938, lying about his age since he was only 15 at the time. In 1942, he was sent overseas and was stationed in Northern Ireland. He became operations sergeant and assembled the planning books for the invasion of Normandy. Advertisement 5 'Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young,' granddaughter McKaela Larson posted on his social media accounts, where he shared humorous anecdotes and somber reminders about the horrors of war. AP He was among the nearly 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the Normandy shore on D-Day, June 6, 1944, surviving machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach. He made it unhurt to the bluffs that overlook the beach, then studded with German gun emplacements that mowed down American soldiers. 'We are the lucky ones,' Larson told The Associated Press at the 81st anniversary of D-Day in June, speaking amid the immaculate rows of graves at the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Advertisement 'We are their family. We have the responsibility to honor these guys who gave us a chance to be alive.' 5 'We are their family,' Larson, who survived the machine-gun fire when he landed on Omaha Beach, said about fallen D-Day troops. 'We have the responsibility to honor these guys who gave us a chance to be alive.' AP He went on to fight through the Battle of the Bulge, a grueling month-long fight in Belgium and Luxembourg that was one of the defining moments of the war and of Hitler's defeat. His service earned him a Bronze Star and a French Legion of Honor award. In recent years, Larson made repeated trips to Normandy for D-Day commemorations — and at every stop, 'Papa Jake' was greeted by people asking for a selfie. In return, he offered up a big hug, to their greatest joy. One memorable encounter came in 2023, when he came across Bill Gladden, a then-99-year-old British veteran who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle. 5 Larson made trips to Normandy for D-Day commemorations, greeted by people asking for a selfie with 'Papa Jake.' AP 'I want to give you a hug, thank you. I got tears in my eyes. We were meant to meet,' Larson told Gladden, as their hands, lined and spotted with age, clasped tightly. Gladden died the following year. In his TikTok posts and interviews, Larson combined humorous anecdotes with somber reminders about the horrors of war. Advertisement Reflecting to AP on the three years he was in Europe, Larson said he is 'no hero.' Speaking in 2024, he also had a message to world leaders: 'Make peace not war.' 5 Larson talks to a girl during a gathering in preparation of the 79th D-Day anniversary in La Fiere, Normandy, France, on June 4, 2023. AP He often called himself 'the luckiest man in the world,' and expressed awe at all the attention he was getting. 'I'm just a country boy. Now I'm a star on TikTok,' he told AP in 2023. 'I'm a legend! I didn't plan this, it came about.' Small-town museums and groups around Normandy that work to honor D-Day's heroes and fallen shared tributes online to Larson, one of their most loyal visitors. Advertisement 'He was an exceptional witness and bearer of memory,' the Overlord Museum posted on Facebook. 'He came every year to the museum, with his smile, his humility and his tales that touched all generations. His stories will continue to live. Rest in peace Papa Jake,' it read. 'Thanks for everything.'
