lifestyle WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016 FEATURES The Radio City Rockettes perform ‘Finale’ in the 2016 New York Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York on July 6, 2016. — AFP Faith No More singer to Beckham proud of head metal supergroup son's charity work ormer England soccer captain David Beckham said he aith No More frontman Mike Patton, The Cuban-born Lombardo often fig- was surprised and proud that his 11-year-old son, Cruz, who has one of rock's most versatile ures on lists of metal's top drummers. He Fhad taken it upon himself to raise money for charity by Fvoices, said Monday that he was form- is best known for Slayer, a macabre thrash releasing a Christmas single. Cruz Beckham followed in the ing a new metal supergroup with Slayer metal band, and has also played with musical footsteps of his mum, fashion designer and former drummer Dave Lombardo. Patton wrote on Suicidal Tendencies and Misfits. Lombardo Spice Girl Victoria, by releasing "If Everyday Was Christmas" Facebook that the supergroup called Dead and Patton previously joined forces for last week, with all proceeds from the single going to British Cross will release an album next year. The another supergroup called Fantomas. children's charity, Make Some Noise. 48-year-old Patton has a vocal range of six They will be joined in Dead Cross by gui- "He's been listening to his dad and his mum and saying octaves-one of the greatest of any living tarist Michael Crain and bassist and vocal- how important it is to help others," David Beckham, a United singer, even in opera. Faith No More, with ist Justin Pearson, who have both played Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ambassador, said in New its hard-edged rock and elements of funk in Retox, a hardcore punk band from San Bill Cosby arrives for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery York on Monday at a 70th anniversary celebration for the char- and hip-hop, was at the vanguard of the Diego. — AFP County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa yesterday. — AP ity. "I was quite amazed by that because he's 11 years old and alternative music boom starting in the late to realize how important it is to give back at that age is some- 1980s and returned in 2015 with its first thing special." David Beckham was joined at the UNICEF cele- album in nearly two decades. bration, held at the United Nations headquarters, by actors Cosby in court as prosecutors Jackie Chan, Orlando Bloom and Priyanka Chopra. — Reuters aim to call 13 accusers as witnesses ill Cosby returns to a Pennsylvania with pills and wine in 2004 at his home courtroom yesterday, where his before sexually assaulting her. Prosecutors Blawyers are expected to renew their have chosen 13 other women whose battle with prosecutors over whether more accounts bear striking similarities to than a dozen female accusers can testify at Constand's story, describing Cosby's efforts his criminal sexual trial next year. The out- to establish a rapport first before using come of the argument is crucial for Cosby, drugs to incapacitate them. Typically, prose- 79. If prosecutors are successful, the enter- cutors cannot introduce evidence of unre- tainer would face a parade of witnesses por- lated "prior bad acts," because it could prej- traying him as a serial predator, rather than udice jurors against a defendant. But state a single woman testifying about a decade- law allows an exception in rare cases if the old encounter fueled by drugs and alcohol. previous instances show a longstanding Cosby's reputation as a family-friendly pattern of behavior. comedian has been shredded by sexual Cosby's lawyers have argued that it is assault accusations from around 50 women unfair to allow testimony about encounters going back decades. Thus far, the that occurred years or decades ago and Pennsylvania case is the only criminal prose- remain unproven. Last week, O'Neill ruled cution he faces, though he is fighting multi- that prosecutors can use at trial potentially ple civil lawsuits. Judge Steven O'Neill of the damaging testimony that Cosby gave about Court of Common Pleas in Montgomery his sexual history in 2005 during Constand's County, Pennsylvania, has scheduled two civil case. Cosby acknowledged giving full days to hear arguments on various pre- women Quaaludes as a precursor to engag- trial matters. ing in what he described as consensual sex- Andrea Constand, a former basketball ual acts. — Reuters coach at Cosby's alma mater Temple UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham attends This file photo shows Faith No More lead singer Mike Patton performing at the University, has accused him of drugging her UNICEF’s 70th anniversary gala at United Nations head- Hellfest heavy metal and hard rock music festival Hellfest in Clisson, near Nantes, quarters. — AP western France. — AFP 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' swings to social media heights with first trailer ony-Marvel's "Spider-Man: Homecoming" dominated 7, and held its red carpet premiere (complete with an X- social media buzz last week with an impressive Wing on Hollywood Blvd) on Dec 10. Universal generated S612,000 new conversations, according to media-mea- nearly 179,000 new conversations last week for its surement firm comScore and its PreAct service. The figure romance sequel "Fifty Shades Darker" with a new trailer on represented a nearly four-fold increase over the previous Dec 7, along with Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik's soundtrack week, when "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" led with collaboration "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" two days later. 159,000 conversations. Sony's sixth Spider-Man movie, "Fifty Shades Darker," which opens Feb 10, brings back which sees Tom Holland replacing Andrew Garfield as the Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as the leads. The sequel lead, released domestic and international trailers and an has already generated more than 720,000 new conversa- official image on Dec 9, preceded by a trailer announce- tions. The original "Fifty Shades of Grey" was a strong per- ment video. The new conversations number is the highest former last year with more than $540 million in worldwide recorded by PreAct since the weeks before Disney-Marvel's grosses. "Captain America: Civil War" opened in early May. PreAct Paramount's "Baywatch" saw more than 61,000 new reported 749,129 new conversations in the April 25-May 1 conversations last week in the wake of a trailer on Dec 8, week. "Spider-Man: Homecoming" will open on July 7. preceded by a trailer announcement video. The studio also "Rogue One," starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, moved the release date for the Dwayne Johnson action- also scored impressive numbers with more than 201,000 comedy back a week to May 26, the start of the Memorial new conversations. The first spinoff of the new Star Wars Day weekend. Paramount also generated a significant franchise, which opens Dec. 16 amid sky-high expecta- response with nearly 60,000 new conversations about its tions, has generated more than 2.6 million cumulative con- fifth Transformers movie-"Transformers: The Last Knight"- versations on social media. The plot centers on a group of as director Michael Bay released a teaser trailer on Dec 5. unlikely heroes who band together to steal the plans to "The Last Knight" stars Mark Wahlberg and Anthony the Death Star the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruc- Hopkins, who also narrates the first footage, which will tion. "Rogue One" scored the second-highest day-of first- screen in front of holiday releases like "Rogue One" and day sales last week and is expected to take in $130 million Sony's "Passengers." — Reuters on its opening weekend. Disney released new international trailers on Dec 6 and.
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