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‘Nevermind’ baby sues again

The man depicted as a naked baby on Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind has revived his lawsuit accusing the band of sexually exploiting him, after a US judge dismissed an earlier version of the case.

Spencer Elden, the plaintiff, argued in an amended complaint in Los Angeles that the “lascivious nature of his image” amounted to child pornography that helped the band reap a fortune at his expense. The Nevermind cover art depicted Mr Elden, then four months old, swimming naked toward a dollar bill pierced with a fishhook, an image Elden has said caused him “lifelong damages.” REUTERS

Baldwin turns over phone

The actor Alec Baldwin turned his phone in to the police in Suffolk County, New York, on Friday, his lawyer said, starting a process that will allow investigators to collect data related to his fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the film Rust last year in New Mexico. Mr. Baldwin agreed to a process in which he would hand over his iPhone and its password. The data will be passed to the authorities in New Mexico, according to a search agreement provided by Mr Baldwin’s lawyer. NYT

Opera star Maria Ewing dies

Maria Ewing, who sang notable soprano and mezzo-soprano roles at leading houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, from the mid-1970s, and whose ambiguity about her racial heritage helped drive her daughter, actress and director Rebecca Hall, to make the recent movie Passing, died on Sunday at her home near Detroit. She was 71.