Reuters People News Summary

09/08/2016 8:58

Following is a summary of current people news briefs.

Cosby could face multiple accusers at June assault trial

Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has been scheduled for June next year, and if prosecutors have their way, more than a dozen accusers will take the stand to detail what they claim is a decades-long pattern of attacks. During a hearing on Tuesday, Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill in Norristown, Pennsylvania, set Cosby's trial for June 5, 2017, setting up what will likely be months of fiercely fought legal battles over the scope of evidence allowed at trial.

Arrest made in $3 million jewelry theft from rapper Drake's tour bus

An Arizona stagehand was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of stealing about $3 million in jewelry from a bus used by Grammy-winning rapper Drake on his latest concert tour, Phoenix police said. The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Travion King, snatched the briefcase after boarding the bus at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday at the Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix, police spokesman Vince Lewis said.

Madonna, Guy Ritchie settle child custody dispute: court official

Singer Madonna and her ex-husband, director Guy Ritchie, have settled a custody dispute over their 16-year-old son Rocco, a court official in New York said on Wednesday. It was not immediately announced with which parent the teenager would live.

Marilyn Monroe's dress from JFK birthday performance up for auction

The skin-tight dress Marilyn Monroe wore for her sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" before then U.S. President John F. Kennedy at a 1962 gala will go on sale at an auction in November, the company behind the event said on Wednesday. Jean Louis designed the dress covered in sequins that Monroe, one of the 20th century's most famous sex symbols, wore when she shed her fur coat in a splashy entrance at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Comedian Eddie Murphy gets serious in 'Mr. Church'

Eddie Murphy swaps his usual comedy for drama in new movie "Mr. Church" as he makes his return to Hollywood after a break. The "Coming to America" and "Beverly Hills Cop" actor plays a cook who develops a long-lasting friendship with a young girl he helps raise after her mother becomes sick.

Fans bid farewell to singer Juan Gabriel at Mexico City wake

Thousands of fans have paid their final respects to singer Juan Gabriel in Mexico City, many traveling from across the country to bid farewell to the entertainer who died late last month from a heart attack at the age of 66. Crowds lined up on Monday at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts, filing past an urn holding Gabriel's ashes.

Summer romance ends for Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston: reports

After spawning the hybrid name "Hiddleswift," pop singer Taylor Swift and British actor Tom Hiddleston have called it quits, according to numerous media reports. The three-month relationship was sparked shortly after Swift and Scottish singer and DJ Calvin Harris split.

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