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  England T20 star Alex Hales reprimanded over historic ‘blackface’ photo

  Hales was pictured on Facebook in 2009 attending a party as rapper Tupac Shakur.

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  Alex Hales reprimanded by ECB for blackface photo

  England’s T20 World Cup winner Alex Hales has been reprimanded after admitting a charge of bringing the game into disrepute for a 2009 photo of him in blackface. The photo of Hales dressed as the rapper Tupac Shakur was published in the Sun last year, and the player – then in the international wilderness – issued an immediate apology. Nottinghamshire, his county, issued him with a formal warning earlier this year.

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  ECB reprimand T20 World Cup hero Alex Hales over historic ‘blackface’ photo

  England's T20 World Cup winner Alex Hales has been reprimanded for historic social media posts which showed him appearing in ‘blackface’. Hales, who helped Jos Buttler's side to glory in Melbourne at the weekend, was pictured on Facebook in 2009 attending a fancy dress party as rapper Tupac Shakur and the images surfaced publicly in 2021. An additional charge brought pertaining to the governing body's anti-discrimination code was dropped by the ECB, and cricket discipline commission adjudicato

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  England T20 World Cup winner Alex Hales reprimanded by ECB over historic 'blackface' photo

  Hales, who helped Jos Buttler's side to glory in Melbourne at the weekend, was pictured on Facebook in 2009 attending a fancy dress party as rapper Tupac Shakur and the images surfaced publicly in 2021. The 32-year-old admitted a breach of the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB's) directive 3.3, relating to acts "which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket". An additional charge brought pertaining to the governing body's anti-discrimination code was dropped by the ECB, and cricket

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  John Lennon’s glasses and Kurt Cobain guitar to headline blockbuster US auction

  Over 1,500 instruments and artefacts owned and used by some of the world’s most famous artists will go under the hammer during the sale next week.

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  John Lennon's glasses, Kurt Cobain's guitar and Amy Winehouse's beehive to headline rock 'n' roll icons auction

  A pair of John Lennon's glasses and a guitar played, smashed and signed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain are to go under the hammer at a music memorabilia auction later this month. More than 1,500 instruments and artefacts owned and used by some of the world's most famous artists will form part of the Icons & Idols: Rock 'N' Roll auction by Julien's Auctions. It will include items from other late musicians including Amy Winehouse, Tupac Shakur, Prince, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley.

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  Madonna seemingly comes out as gay in cryptic video

  Madonna has seemingly come out as gay in a cryptic TikTok video.

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  Jada Pinkett Smith to publish 'no holds barred' memoir

  Jada Pinkett Smith is to publish an "honest and gripping" memoir next year. On Thursday, editors at Fourth Estate and HarperCollins announced that they had signed a deal with the actress to distribute the as-yet-untitled book in fall 2023. In a summary, PR and publishing director Michelle Kane promised fans that the book is a "riveting journey" that chronicles her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland as well as her stint as a "petty drug dealer", her friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur at high schoo

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  Jada Pinkett Smith to release ‘no holds barred’ memoir

  Actor’s book is set to cover ‘a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power’

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  'As If Nothing Happened' - AI project shows what celebs would look like if they were still alive

  With the help of AI technology, Alper Yesiltas has created a series of images which reimagine how some of pop culture's most famous faces would look if they were still alive...

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