After making several previous missteps, prosecutors in New Mexico decided to withdraw the involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor upon the discovery of new evidence about the gun in the incident. However, the state attorneys made a point of saying that they don't consider Baldwin to be exonerated. - AP
As the artistic director and chief executive officer at Roundabout, Mr. Haimes had an extraordinarily long and effective tenure. He led the organization for four decades, turning the nonprofit company into a major player on Broadway, where it now runs three of the 41 theaters. - The New York Times
"(His) cartoons were an unmistakable fixture in The New Yorker and other magazines for more than 60 years. … He considered his work a form of doodling sociology. He was especially interested in people who were irony deficient." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"The judge hearing the wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and an array of producers linked to a fatal film set shooting agreed Monday to seal from public view the terms of a proposed settlement agreement in the case that benefits the son of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins." - AP
"(She was a freelance) oboist for the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's who turned her experiences in the classical music world into the best-selling and critically lauded memoir," which became a hit Amazon Prime series. - Deadline
Jamal's "trademark was an ingeniously airy approach to classic pop standards such as 'Love for Sale,' 'A Gal in Calico' and 'Don’t Blame Me' or in his own groove-inflected compositions such as 'Ahmad’s Blues,' a song that became part of the jazz repertoire." - Washington Post
Pollack, a transgender activist and tarot creator and interpreter as well, observed that "people think things like comic books, science fiction, can’t have an intellectual framework. But of course these are often a place where many ideas and issues and taboos can be examined." - Washington Post
He spent his career at the Paris Opera Ballet, first as a dancer and then as historian, searching the company archives and reconstructing old ballets as well as choreographing new ones. He became known worldwide for arranging Rudolf Nureyev's dramatic airport escape from his KGB handlers and defection. - BBC
Synonymous with defining styles of the era, including the miniskirt and hot pants, her colorful and unashamedly sexy clothes for a drastically changing world were adored as much by celebrities like Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn as they were by young girls on the street with new feelings of freedom. - The New York Times
"Ms. Perry, a prolific writer who sold more than 26 million books worldwide, had already become well established as a novelist when her sinister past was exposed in 1994, (in connection with) the release of Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"The accusations were made by female actors, make-up artists and production staff, some of whom spoke on the basis of anonymity, and allegedly occurred during the filming of 11 films released between 2004 and 2022 … Depardieu (is) already indicted on rape and sexual assault charges in a 2018 case." - Variety
"Her choreographic career, which spanned more than five decades and produced more than 125 dances, set her apart from her postmodern contemporaries. 'I'm not an abstractionist,' she (once said). ' great deal of my work has a sense of celebration.'" - The New York Times
"Few of the magazine's self-billed 'Usual Gang of Idiots' contributed as much — and as dependably — as the impish, bearded cartoonist. For decades, virtually every issue featured new material by Jaffee," most famously his Fold-Ins and Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. - AP
Seventy years later, the man who attacked Jascha Heifetz has not been identified. A faction called Han oar Haivri (or Hebrew Youth), later linked to several right-wing extremist groups, took responsibility, but no one has ever been held accountable. - The New York Times
After years of being thought of as rock 'n' roll adjacent,"it’s only now, at the improbable age of 81, that Ann-Margret is getting the chance to assert herself as a full-on rock ’n’ roll goddess — if a winking one." - The New York Times
