Thursday, June 2, 2022

Bolivian artist gives her version of 'Mona Lisa' an Andean makeover

Bolivian artist gives her version of 'Mona Lisa' an Andean makeover

Bolivian painter Claudia Callizaya has adapted the famous artwork by adding the traditional cholita hat and an Andean shawl because she feels Mona Lisa represents women from all over the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivian-artist-gives-her-version-of-mona-lisa-an-andean-makeover-1.6475294?cmp=rss

Social media attacks on Amber Heard may have influenced jury in libel trial, her lawyer says

APTOPIX Depp Heard Trial

Amber Heard was "demonized" by ex-husband Johnny Depp's legal team and excoriated on social media during a sensational defamation trial that ended with a jury ordering her to pay Depp $15 million US, Heard's lawyer said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/depp-heard-lawyers-comment-1.6474915?cmp=rss

Buffalo shooting suspect pleads not guilty to domestic terrorism, other charges

NEW YORK-SHOOTING/

The white man accused of killing 10 Black people in a gun attack at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and other charges, as a prosecutor called the evidence against him overwhelming.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/buffalo-shooting-not-guilty-plea-1.6475618?cmp=rss

Gunman who killed 4 people at Oklahoma medical office was targeting his surgeon, police say

Police near scene of deadly shooting at Tulsa, Okla., medical centre building

A man who blamed his surgeon for continuing pain after a recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before he opened fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people and then fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tulsa-oklahoma-medical-centre-shooting-1.6475128?cmp=rss

Queen to miss Platinum Jubilee event on Friday

Queen Elizabeth watching flypast from balcony of Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth will not attend a church service to mark her Platinum Jubilee after experiencing "discomfort" at events on Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee-discomfort-1.6475384?cmp=rss

Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years in prison for defrauding Trump accuser Stormy Daniels

Trump Porn Star Timeline

Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once took on then-president Donald Trump, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding his best-known former client, the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/avenatti-prison-sentence-daniels-1.6474774?cmp=rss