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Former movie magnate Harvey Weinstein's lawyer claimed that Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, lied about being raped during the trial.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles rested their case Thursday in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, who they allege raped two women and sexually assaulted two others. Weinstein is charged with crimes against four of them: one a model, another a model and actor, a third a massage therapist. Gavin Newsom, provided the most dramatic moments at the trial so far with her emotional testimony. Four other women who are not involved with the charges testified that Weinstein sexually assaulted them, as prosecutors sought to show he had a propensity for such acts. ___Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: twitter.com/andyjamesdalton___For more on the Harvey Weinstein trial, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/harvey-weinsteinCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson revealed Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with the health condition CMT disease. Here's what we know.

His win came after a performance-packed three hour show that honored country icons and new voices. The late Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis were given special tributes.

Alan Jackson received the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 CMAs. Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Jon Pardi, and Lainey Wilson paid tribute to Jackson during the show.

Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who like Lynn died last month, was honored with a fiery tribute by Elle King and the Black Keys. Brothers Osborne won vocal duo of the year and Old Dominion won the trophy for vocal group. Chris Stapleton won male vocalist of the year, his sixth win in the category. “All the guys in this category deserve this award,” Stapleton said. Emerging country superstar Lainey Wilson was the leading nominee with six nods, taking home trophies for new artist and female vocalist.

Luke Combs is the winner of the Country Music Association Awards' coveted entertainer of the year trophy.

The CMA Awards are Wednesday night, with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning hosting, and some great performers, including Kelly Clarkson. Here's everything you need to know about the CMAs.

Accuser Lauren Young had just testified that ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein stripped naked in front of her.

A woman testified Monday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a hotel room during the Toronto Film Festival in 1991, then did it again when she went to confront him in the same hotel during the same festival 17 years later. Kelly Sipherd told a Los Angeles jury that she was a 24-year-old aspiring actor at the 1991 festival and didn't know who Weinstein was before she met him at a party.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer-songwriter Alan Jackson will receive one of the Country Music Association’s top honors next month during its annual telecast. The CMA announced on Thursday that Jackson, 64, will receive the 2022 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award for attaining “the highest degree of recognition in Country Music.”According to the Associated Press, Jackson joins a select group of artists who’ve been given the award, including Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Charley Pride. Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards in November. https://t.co/okhrWiiKAt — The Associated Press (@AP) October 27, 2022“We are thrilled to honor Alan Jackson this year with the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, in a news release. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 33 Alan Jackson through the years NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 07: Alan Jackson performs live at Acme Feed & Seed on June 7, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards in November. The Country Music Hall of Famer with hits like “Chattahoochee” and “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere" joins a select group of artists who've been given the award, including Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Charley Pride. Dierks Bentley, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson will be part of an all-star tribute for Jackson during the CMA Awards on Nov. 9, airing on ABC. He’s been named CMA entertainer of the year three times and has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. “A three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, he is responsible for so many iconic moments in CMA Awards history," said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, in a statement on Thursday.

Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in November.

One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers wrapped up her third day on the stand, having to answer to Weinstein's lawyers about the lack of forensic evidence in her case.

“You don't have any physical evidence to present to this jury that any of this happened, do you?” lawyer Alan Jackson asked pointedly during cross-examination. Weinstein?" Prosecutors have presented photographs and other evidence that both Weinstein and the woman were at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, which she had come to California to attend in February 2013. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault involving five women. ___Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: twitter.com/andyjamesdalton___For more on the Harvey Weinstein trial, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/harvey-weinsteinCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

An attorney for Harvey Weinstein peppered a woman with questions Wednesday on the lack of forensic evidence that he raped her in 2013.

Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in six categories.

Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, just a day after Naomi Judd died unexpectedly.

A$AP Rocky has been released after posting bond. >>Previous coverage: A$AP Rocky detained in connection with 2021 shootingA$AP Rocky was under investigation for a shooting incident on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles. The victim said A$AP Rocky shot at him three or four times, with one bullet grazing his left hand, according to NBC News. A$AP Rocky was booked into jail but released on a $550,000 bond, jail records show, CNN reported. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 22 Through the years Rapper A$AP Rocky performs onstage at the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, has been detained at Los Angeles International Airport. >> Read more trending newsMultiple media outlets are reporting that it is in connection with a November 2021 shooting. A$AP Rocky was under investigation for a shooting incident on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles. The victim said A$AP Rocky shot at him three or four times, with one grazing his left hand, according to NBC News. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images For BET) (Earl Gibson III)©2022 Cox Media Group

The Los Angeles Police Department has said it was aware of the incident but was not investigating because Rock declined to file a police report. “Would they ever in a practical world do that when Chris Rock is saying, ’I won’t cooperate with a criminal investigation?' “If he’s going to be charged, I can’t speak to what the charge would be,” spokesman Rob Wilcox said. Probably not.”If Smith is not charged, it could imperil the justice system's credibility, said Jody Armour, a law professor at the University of Southern California. "This was a very wrong message.”If Smith were charged, he would face a misdemeanor battery count, which carries a penalty of up to six months in jail.

Chris Stapleton won the most trophies, but Luke Combs won the biggest one at the Country Music Association Awards.

"I know I'm stumbling around on stage," the country music star told NBC. "And now I'm having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so I just feel very uncomfortable."

People Alan Jackson FILE - Alan Jackson performs at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 15, 2021 in Nashville, Tenn. Jackson revealed in a new interview that he has a degenerative nerve condition that has affected his balance. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) (Amy Harris)NASHVILLE — For 10 years, country superstar Alan Jackson has kept a secret. It’s not deadly,” Jackson told “Today,” noting that the hereditary condition is related to both muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease. Despite the challenge performing presents when plagued by a chronic, degenerative condition, Jackson told “Today” that he has no intention of shunning the spotlight just yet. The happy side of that is we’ve had a fairy-tale life,” Denise Jackson told “Today” about marrying her high school sweetheart.

People Alan Jackson FILE - Alan Jackson performs at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 15, 2021 in Nashville, Tenn. Jackson revealed in a new interview that he has a degenerative nerve condition that has affected his balance. The 62-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer said in an interview on NBC's “Today” show that he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease a decade ago. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) (Amy Harris)NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — Country superstar Alan Jackson revealed in an interview Tuesday that he has a degenerative nerve condition that affects his balance but he intends to keep performing. The Country Music Hall of Famer's best known hits include “Chattahoochee” and “It's Five O'Clock Somewhere." Jackson has continued to tour despite the condition and says he wants to continue to perform as much as he can.

Country superstar Alan Jackson revealed in anm interview that he has a degenerative nerve condition that has affected his balance.

Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Rascal Flatts and more country artists celebrated alongside prominent songwriters, producers and industry leaders at the Academy of Country Music Honors awards show.

IndyCar is ready for its debut race through Nashville's city streets.

When Vanessa Williams hosts this year’s televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nation’s traditional independence day, but also the country’s newly designated holiday — Juneteenth.

In a story June 30, 2021, about a billionaire Republican donor who is paying $1 million to help defray the cost of deploying the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the spokesman for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

This week’s new entertainment releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as “Black Woodstock” that featured Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone.

This week’s new entertainment releases include the return of Angelina Jolie in the thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” as a Montana smoke jumper who comes across a 12-year-old boy in need of help.

Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church.

Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton will have a small audience at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards show on Sunday of vaccinated medical workers.

This 2018 illustration provided by William Hartmann and Michael Belton shows a depiction of the Oumuamua interstellar object as a pancake-shaped disk. A study published in March 2021 says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. Those are the rough proportions of one wafer of an Oreo cookie, Desch noted. By the time the object starts leaving our solar system around 2040, the width-to-thickness ratio will have dropped to 10-to-1, according to Desch.

Glenn died on March 15 and his funeral is in limbo because of coronavirus restrictions. Many directors refused to hold funeral services in chapels or offered to only do small graveside burials limited to 10 people. This is a whole new terrain, said Amy Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based funeral director who runs Fitting Tribute Funeral Services. The CDC advised funeral directors and those who touch the bodies of people who died from the coronavirus to wear protective equipment, including disposable gloves. Glenn Wilson of Marysville, Wash., died on March 15, but his funeral was in limbo because of restrictions to combat the coronavirus.

Spacey's defense lawyer Alan Jackson on Monday seized on the accuser's Fifth Amendment claim to demand that the case be tossed out by Nantucket District Court Judge Thomas Barrett. He then refused to testify further, citing the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from having to incriminate themselves. Still, if the accuser decides to continue to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights, there are other ways for the prosecution to proceed with the case. While being granted immunity would allow the accuser to testify, his testimony could be seriously undercut by cross-examination by Spacey's lawyer.

Actor Kevin Spacey attends his arraignment for sexual assault charges at Nantucket District Court on Jan. 7, 2019, in Nantucket, Mass. But after he stepped down, the accuser asserted his Fifth Amendment rights, meaning his testimony would be stricken from the record. It wasn't immediately clear what the accuser's intentions were in invoking the Fifth Amendment. The father told Jackson he felt his questions went "way too far," prompting the judge to threaten to hold the father in contempt. Unruh, a former Boston news anchor, also took the stand Monday, waiving her Fifth Amendment rights.

Kevin Spacey attends the Build Series to discuss his new play 'Clarence Darrow' at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. Additionally, Spacey's defense attorney, Alan Jackson, said that the accuser's mother, Heather Unruh, may have been watching live coverage of her son's testimony on TV. The video had been filmed more than a year after the alleged incident with Spacey, she said. The civil suit against the 59-year-old Spacey was filed on June 26 in Nantucket Superior Court. The accuser's suit sought unspecified damages for "severe and permanent mental distress and emotional injuries."

Country superstar Alan Jackson has sold more than 60 million albums, and his latest, "Angels and Alcohol," comes a quarter-century after he first topped the charts. Correspondent Lee Cowan pays a visit to the always-entertaining singer, and learns Jackson still isn't comfortable with performing before a crowd.