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Kidman breaks ankle during quarantine, Urban says
Nicole Kidman is rocking a boot, but it's not the cowboy kind.
The “Bombshell” actress, 52, is sporting a boot on her right foot after breaking her ankle while exercising during quarantine. Now, the actress's husband, country singer Keith Urban, is revealing what went wrong.
“About five weeks ago, she was running around the neighborhood, as she does, and just didn't see a pothole and rolled her ankle and got a small break in her ankle,” Urban said during an interview with the Australian show “The Project.” “And so she's been relegated to the boot for the last handful of weeks.”
Urban said his wife has been dealing with her injury like a trouper.
‘Baskets’ actor Mills dies in attempted murder-suicide
Hagen Mills, who appeared in the FX series “Baskets,” died Tuesday. He was 29.
Mills died in Mayfield, Kentucky, after shooting the mother of his child, Erica Price, 34, in the arm and chest, then turning the gun on himself, according to a statement released by Mayfield Police Department's chief, Nathan Kent.
Police officers responded to a call at a residence around 6 p.m. Tuesday reporting a woman had been shot. When police arrived at the home, they were met by Price outside the home, with gunshot wounds to her arm and chest. She told police that Mills shot her and was still inside the home and had shot himself.
According to officers, Mills held his young daughter, whom he shares with Price, and Price's mother hostage until Price got home. The actor then shot Price.
Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock 'n' roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater, Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, where he was laid to rest Wednesday.
Mourners gathered to pay their respects, many wearing face masks and standing a few feet apart at the outdoor service at the school's cemetery.
“What I really remember about Richard was not his stage performances, which were certainly formidable, but what I remember most about Brother Richard, not Little Richard, but Brother Richard, was his incredible kindness and his generosity to people,” said university President Leslie Pollard, who knew Little Richard personally.
Richard died on May 9 following a battle with bone cancer at 87. His pastor, James Owens, said he re-baptized the legend a year ago.
Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard, along with Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, helped shatter the color line on the music charts and brought what was once called “race music” into the mainstream. His hyperkinetic piano playing, coupled with his howling vocals and hairdo, made him an implausible sensation – a gay, black man celebrated across America during the buttoneddown Eisenhower era.