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Stephen A. Smith says Kawhi Leonard is one of the worst superstars the game has ever seen – Pounding The Rock
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Leonard Cohen’s son and daughter sue trustee appointed to oversee late star’s $48m estate
Singer Leonard Cohen’s children sued the trustee appointed to over their late father’s $48 million estate and allege he fleeced their dad’s fortunes more than a decade ago.
Lorca Cohen, 48, and Adam Cohen, 50, filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against attorney Robert Kory, 72, more than a year ago and said he forged documents in 2005 to take control of the singer’s assets.
The singer, who was 82 when he died in 2016, is known for his hit song ‘Hallelujah.’ Leonard left behind an archive worth more than $48 million, which includes about 250 journals he has kept since he was a boy, poetry, books, hundreds of photos, and millions of dollars in royalties.
‘Leonard Cohen’s lawyers and manager forged his trust so they could fleece the estate of millions of dollars and steal the Hall of Famer’s legacy from his own children,’ attorney Adam Streisand told The New York Post.
Leonard Cohen’s children have sued the appointed trustee in charge of their father’s $48 million estate and allege he forged documents to gain control
Lorca Cohen, 48, and Adam Cohen, 50, have been in an ongoing battle with attorney Robert Kory, 72, who took over the singer’s assets when he died in 2016. Pictured: Lorca and Leonard
Adam Cohen (above) is also suing Kory. He is seen above holding. reward in honor of his father in 2017
Robert Kory, 72, took over Leonard’s estate. He has since published a book on the singer’s behalf and is set to open an exhibit
The children’s attorney argue that the singer’s trust designating his assets to them was ‘swapped’ after he died. Pictured: Leonard (center) with Adam (right) and Lorca (left)
Before he died, Leonard had left Kory in charge of his affairs – which Lorca and Adam now call a mistake.
Streisand claimed that the singer left behind two different signed versions of his trust with one leaving his assets to Lorca, Adam and his ex-wife Anjani Thomas, according to the Post.
‘This one and only true version of the Trust appoints Adam, Lorca and Anjani Thomas,’ the court documents read.
But Streisand argued that the trust that designated Leonard’s children was ‘swapped out’ after he died.
In court filing, Lorca and Adam claim Leonard came to appreciate in his waning days that he had made a grave error by allowing Kory to insinuate himself into Leonard’s affairs and take control over virtually every aspect of Leonard’s finances and legacy.
Lorca and Adam further insisted that Kory hired Ryan Kory, his son to help with the singer’s assets and archive documents, including copies of his songs along with thousands of photographs.
Kory has since gained monetary benefits off of Leonard’s estate by publishing a novel about the singer called ‘A Ballet of Lepers’ and launching an exhibit in a Canada art gallery, ‘Everybody Knows.’
Despite not having control of their father’s estate, Lorca and Adam receive $400,000 each year.
Streisand claimed that the singer left behind two different signed versions of his trust with one leaving his assets to Lorca, Adam and his ex-wife Anjani Thomas. Pictured: Thomas and Adam
Despite not having control of their father’s estate, Lorca and Adam receive $400,000 each year. Pictured: then 16-year-old Lorca with Leonard
A lawyer for Leonard said the singer told him to change his estate trustee to Kory
Reeve Chudd, a lawyer for the singer, wrote in a letter that Leonard requested he make Kory in charge of his estate.
‘In 2016, without Mr. Kory’s request, Mr. Cohen instructed me to change the successors trustee to Mr. Kory,’ Chudd wrote in a letter that is in the court filing. ‘He was concerned that his children didn’t have a sufficiently comfortable relationship to work together upon the complexities of the artist’s estate.
The letter continued: ‘While Mr. Cohen didn’t wish for this change in succession of trusteeship to be revealed to his children, Mr. Kory insisted, and this was explained to Adam and Lorca at a meeting in September 2015.’
Kory has denied foul play and said he has properly communicated with the singer’s children about his affairs, including the launch of Leonard’s book and the exhibit, according to The Post.
He also insisted that he also sends Lorca and Adam monthly financial statements.
Leonard was born in Canada in 1932 and died ‘peacefully’ in his Los Angeles home on November 10, 2016
His career in music spanned almost five decades. He was inducted into the the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Leonard was born in Canada in 1932 and died ‘peacefully’ in his Los Angeles home on November 10, 2016.
Just three weeks before he died, the star released his final album ‘You Want It Darker’ and believed it was ‘one of his greatest records’.
Music fans called 2016 an ‘annus horribilis’ because Leonard died in a year where David Bowie and Prince also passed away.
His first big hit was So Long Marianne in 1967, written about his Norwegian lover Marianne Jensen, who died of cancer in August.
In a revealing letter sent to her days before she died Cohen said: ‘I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine’.
Before his musical stardom he spent ten years before that as an acclaimed poet and novelist but turned to music to ‘pay the bills’.
His career in music spanned almost five decades, and saw him inducted into the the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Tom Brady says he tried to stop the disastrous trick play that left him flat on his face and Leonard Fournette throwing an interception
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Tom Brady and the Buccaneers secured a 21-16 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Munich, Germany on Sunday.
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On a trick play attempt, running back Leonard Fournette threw a pass intended for Brady that was intercepted.
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After the game, Brady said he had tried to call off the play before the snap.
Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won their second straight game on Sunday, trekking all the way to Munich, Germany, to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16.
While the Buccaneers were able to hold on for a relatively comfortable win, the game was not without its stumbles, specifically, one bad stumble on an attempted trick play from Brady.
Leading 14-3 in the third quarter, Brady and the Buccaneers decided to give the fans in Germany a show.
Facing first-and-10 on the cusp of the red zone, Brady lined up to the left side of the snap as a wide receiver, with running back Leonard Fournette set to take a direct shotgun snap from the center.
It looked as though the Buccaneers were just trying a bit of wildcat offense, but after fake-tucking the ball for a run, Fournette popped back up and lobbed a ball in Brady’s direction.
Things fell apart fast.
Brady slipped on the turf, leaving Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen as the only man with a play on the ball. He made the catch, giving Fournette the first interception of his career.
Adding a bit of insult to injury, Brady got called for tripping on the play, gifting the Seahawks an extra 10 yards of field position.
While the play ended in hilarious fashion, it’s not entirely surprising the Buccaneers tried for it, given how the Seahawks had defended Brady earlier in the game.
On a previous wildcat play, Seattle left Brady completely uncovered when he shifted into a decoy position so that Fournette could take the direct snap.
On that play, Fournette rushed for a short gain, but it appears that the Buccaneers thought they might be able to pull a fast one on the Seahawks if they dialed up a similar look.
“I was hoping to be wide open, and I probably was on the first one,” Brady said after the game. “I think they were pretty clued in on the second one, and they said ‘cover him, cover him,’ and I was on the sideline and tried to yell, ‘Lenny, no!’
“But it was too late, and the ball went up in the air and I was trying to just — whatever, jump up and knock it down, but I ended up falling on my face.”
“That would have been pretty fun,” Brady concluded of the play. “I think I’ve had a few catches. Never had a touchdown, though.”
Thankfully for Brady, it all worked out in the end. On the very next drive, Brady connected with wide receiver Chris Godwin for a touchdown strike that put the Buccaneers up 21-3, giving them enough breathing room to hold on for the win.
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Colts to place linebacker Shaquille Leonard on IR, sources say
The tumultuous season of Indianapolis Colts All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard is taking another detour.
After he was ruled out of the Sunday game against the Las Vegas Raiders earlier Friday, the Colts now are planning to place Leonard on injured reserve after a setback in his road to returning from offseason back surgery, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The decision means Leonard will miss at least four of the Colts’ eight remaining games.
Interim head coach Jeff Saturday said Friday that Leonard did not finish the Wednesday workout because something “felt different” with the back and nerve-related issues Leonard has been dealing with since undergoing surgery in June.
“They scanned him and they’re working with him, evaluating him,” Saturday said of the team’s medical staff.
Leonard has played in just three games this season. He made his debut in Week 4 on Oct. 2 but sustained a broken nose and concussion in that game after a collision that bent his face mask. Leonard returned to action in Week 8 but now will be sidelined again after playing in the Colts’ past two games.
It has been a frustrating several months for Leonard, who doctors discovered had an impinged nerve in his back, causing lower body pain. Leonard expanded on the slow progress earlier this week.
“Each week I’ve felt better, starting from my first week of practice, not being able to move and being stiff,” he said. “In the past two games, I see myself moving around better. But we’re still not there. The nerve still isn’t firing in my calf.”
William Shatner reflects on fallout with ‘Star Trek’ pal Leonard Nimoy, historic kiss with Nichelle Nichols
William Shatner doesn’t know what happened between him and his beloved “Star Trek” co-star Leonard Nimoy.
The actor, who famously played the pointy-eared half-human, half-Vulcan officer Mr. Spock in the ‘60s sci-fi series, passed away in 2015 at age 83. His son, Adam Nimoy, announced that the star died of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his Los Angeles home with family at his side.
Shatner, recognized by fans as Captain Kirk, recently wrote a book titled “Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder.” In it, the actor candidly reflected on his decades-long friendship with Nimoy, and how it seemingly went sour.
Shatner admitted to Fox News Digital that he still doesn’t understand what went wrong.
WILLIAM SHATNER EXPLAINS WHY HIS TRIP TO SPACE ‘FELT LIKE A FUNERAL’: ‘I SAW DEATH AND I SAW LIFE’
From left: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the ‘Star Trek’ episode titled ‘Spock’s Brain.’ It aired on September 20, 1968.
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“Not knowing was part of the hurt,” the 91-year-old explained. “Leonard and I knew each other for 50 years. We were brothers. He was the brother I never had. And we were in each other’s domain again and again… We were really good friends. And then something… happened. I never found out. But in the last six months of his life, he wouldn’t connect with me. I wrote him. [I told him] I loved him. And I knew he was very sick. He was dying.”
Shatner claimed that during the final months of Nimoy’s life, he didn’t answer his calls. A reason was never given, which made his loss all the more painful.
But a few years later, Nimoy’s daughter reached out to Shatner.
“She must have heard about how pained I was,” said Shatner. “And she said, ‘You know, he loved you.’ And that made me feel a lot better.”
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William Shatner (right) said he’s grateful to have had a decades-long friendship with his ‘Star Trek’ co-star Leonard Nimoy (left).
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In 2016, Shatner told The Hollywood Reporter he wondered if Nimoy’s refusal to participate in a film he was making prompted the silence.
“I thought [Leonard] was joking at first and treated it as a joke because he sometimes would pretend and say, ‘No, I’m not going to do that’ and then say, ‘yes,’ so that’s what I thought he did,” Shatner said at the time. “But that time he really meant, no. … I just don’t know, and it is sad, and it is permanent. I don’t know why he stopped talking to me.”
A year before his death, Nimoy took to Twitter and announced he had pulmonary disease. Nimoy linked it to smoking, a habit he said he quit 30 years before. In January 2015, a month before he passed, Nimoy tweeted: “Don’t smoke. I did. Wish I never had.”
His final public statement on Twitter, made shortly before his death, was thoughtful, yet bittersweet.
WILLIAM SHATNER SHARES TOUCHING LEONARD NIMOY MEMORY, EXPLAINS WHY HE’S TAKING ON ‘THE UNXPLAINED’
Leonard Nimoy (seen here in 1982’s ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ with William Shatner) passed away in 2015. He was 83.
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“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory,” he wrote, followed by his customary “LLAP” signoff — shorthand for “Live long and prosper,” Spock’s catchphrase.
Shatner knows exactly what he would tell his pal if they were sitting down together today.
“Well, I wrote him a note, shortly before he died,” said Shatner. “I don’t think he read it. Never got a response from this heartfelt note, but I would say to him what I wrote in the note. ‘Hey, my God, you are my friend. If I’ve done anything wrong, tell me about it because I love you. And I value our friendship. Why don’t you tell me what I did? I won’t do it again.’ That opportunity never existed, but that’s what I would say to him.”
Most recently, the surviving “Star Trek” cast has endured another devastating loss. Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura died in August of this year. She was 89.
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Nichelle Nichols played Lt. Nyota Uhura in ‘Star Trek’.
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The original “Star Trek” premiered on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966. Its multicultural, multiracial cast was creator Gene Roddenberry’s message to viewers that in the far-off future — the 23rd century — human diversity would be fully accepted.
During the show’s third season, Nichols’ character and Shatner’s Kirk shared what was described as the first interracial kiss to be broadcast on a U.S. television series. In the episode, “Plato’s Stepchildren,” their characters, who always maintained a platonic relationship, were forced into the kiss by aliens who were controlling their actions.
Worried about the reaction from Southern TV viewers, showrunners wanted to film a second take of the scene where the kiss happened off-screen. But Nichols said in her book, “Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories,” that she and Shatner deliberately flubbed lines to force the original take to be used.
Despite concerns, the episode aired without blowback. In fact, it got the most “fan mail that Paramount had ever gotten on ‘Star Trek’ for one episode,” Nichols said in a 2010 interview with the Archive of American Television.
‘STAR TREK’ ACTRESS NICHELLE NICHOLS DEAD AT 89
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the ‘Star Trek’ episode ‘Plato’s Stepchildren’. The episode aired on November 22, 1968.
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Shatner said he still has fond memories of bringing that scene to life.
“Well, from my personal point of view, it’s overwrought,” he explained. “There was this beautiful woman, and it was written in that I kissed her. And so, I kissed her, and it was a lovely… I enjoyed the experience very much. You’re kissing somebody, and it’s great. We both enjoyed it. And then the fallout of Black and white – she’s a beautiful lady. She was a beautiful lady. And the fact that some television stations in the South didn’t play that episode the first time around – it’s different now.”
“So yes, if you’re involved in that world of, there was a step forward there,’ I’m with you,” he shared. “But from my point of view, it was two actors having a nice afternoon.”
Shatner has led a successful decades-long career with hit shows, such as “The Defenders,” “T.J. Hooker” and “Boston Legal.” But in his book, he reflects on life and death. He also detailed his experience being the oldest man to ever travel to space at age 90. That journey took place in 2021. The aerial adventure was made possible by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin. The Amazon empire founder credits “Star Trek” with igniting his interest in space travel.
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‘Star Trek actor William Shatner (R) gestures as Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen looks on at the landing pad of Blue Origin’s New Shepard after they flew into space on October 13, 2021.
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While aging doesn’t always make it easy, Shatner is determined to continue pursuing his passions.
“My shoulders hurt,” he said. “I can’t run like I did. I’m hesitating to go scuba diving – I love scuba diving. I scuba-dived for many, many years in various places. [But] the last time I was scuba diving, I sort of ran out of breath. And that scared me. I don’t know whether I can go scuba diving anymore. So what can I do? Ride horses and work out in the pool. It’s what I do.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stunning image of Comet Leonard wins astronomy photography prize
A flare in last year’s brightest comet topped entries in an astronomy photographer contest.
Gas spewing off the tail of Comet Leonard won the top prize of the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest for 2022. Comet Leonard broke into pieces early this year after rounding the sun, but not before producing a long tail easily visible in amateur photos.
The winner, Gerald Rhemann, will be featured among the top category entrants at the National Maritime Museum (opens in new tab) in Greenwich, U.K. in an exhibit opening Saturday (Sept. 17).
In pictures: Amazing photos of Comet Leonard in the night sky
“Rhemann’s astonishing image of Comet Leonard, a long-period comet first identified in January 2021, was captured by the Austrian photographer in Namibia on Christmas Day,” the observatory stated, adding the decision to award Rhemann the top prize was unanimous.
“This award is one of the highlights of my astrophotography work. All the effort that went into making this image a success was worth it,” added Rhemann in the same statement.
The contest received more than 3,000 entries from 67 countries and you can see the top selectees in each category below.
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Planets, Comets & Asteroids
- Gherard Rhemann (Austria) with Disconnection Event (Winner and Overall Winner)
- Damian Peach (UK) with The Jovian Family (Runner Up)
- Lionel Majzik (Hungary) with Cosmic Rose (Highly Commended)
Skyscapes
- Zihui Hu (China) with Stabbing Into the Stars (Winner)
- Abhijit Patil (USA) with Badwater Milky Way (Runner Up)
- Filip Hrebenda (Slovakia) with The Night Highway (Highly Commended)
People & Space
- Andrew McCarthy (USA) with The International Space Station Transiting Tranquility Base (Winner)
- Mikhail Minkov (Bulgaria) with Back to the Spaceship (Runner Up)
- Hannah Rochford (UK) with Equinox Moon and Glastonbury Tor
Auroras
- Filip Hrebenda (Slovakia) with In the Embrace of a Green Lady (Winner)
- Fred Bailey (Canada) with Misty Green River (Runner Up)
- Akexander Stepanenko (Russia) with Winged Aurora (Highly Commended)
Galaxies
- Utkarsh Mishra (India), Michael Petrasko (USA) and Muir Evenden (USA) with Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (Winner)
- Mark Hanson (USA) and Mike Selby (Thailand) with Arp 271 “Cosmic Collision” (Runner Up)
- Mathew Ludgate (New Zealand) with SMC and the Magellanic Bridge (Highly Commended)
Our moon
- Martin Lewis (UK) with Shadow Profile of Plato’s East Rim (Winner)
- Andrea Vanoni (Italy) with Moon: Big Mosaic (Runner Up)
- Noah Kujawski (USA) with An Eclipse From a Thousand Sunsets (Highly Commended)
Our sun
- Soumyadeep Mukherjee (India) with A Year in the Sun (Winner)
- Stuart Green (UK) with Solar Inferno (Runner Up)
- Miguel Claro (Portugal) with A Giant in the Sun’s Limb (Highly Commended)
Stars and nebulas
- Weitang Liang (China) with The Eye of God (Winner)
- Martin Cohen (UK) with What a Flaming Star! (Runner Up)
- Péter Feltóti (Hungary) with The Centre of the Heart Nebula (Highly Commended)
Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year
- Yang Hanwen and Zhou Zezhen (China) with Andromeda Galaxy, The Neighbour (Winner)
- Peter Szabo (Hungary) with Mineral Moon Mosaic (Highly Commended)
- Saahil Sinha (USA) with A Rainbow Rose (Highly Commended)
- Julian Shapiro (USA) with The Crab Nebula in Hydrogen and Oxygen
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