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NEW YORK — Toni Braxton has been nominated for Grammys again for her latest album, but these days the singer is also focusing on acting — and flexing her producing muscles.
“I find that I really love everything about film and film-making,” the multiplatinum-singer said in a recent interview. “I just really love movies, whether TV or anything that's dealing with film.”
Braxton, a seven-time Grammy winner nominated for three more Grammys earlier this month for her latest album “Sex & Cigarettes,” is currently starring in “Every Day Is Christmas” on Lifetime. Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol,” the movie centers around Alexis Taylor, played by Braxton, as she gets the holiday visit of a lifetime.
A self-proclaimed workaholic who “humbugs” love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when her past, present, and future collide, forcing her to risk the one thing money can't buy: her heart.
“I love Christmas movies,” she said. “Holiday time makes me feel happy and festive and excited.”
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MADRID — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop music star Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay more than $16.3 million between 2012 and 2014. The Colombian singer denied the charges.
The charges published Friday allege that Shakira listed the Bahamas as her official residence for tax purposes during those years but was in fact living in Spain with her partner, Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique.
Tax rates are much lower in the Bahamas than in Spain.
Shakira said in a statement Friday through her representatives that she was not a legal resident in Spain during the years in question and owed nothing to the Spanish tax authorities, who are using her “as a scapegoat” to frighten other taxpayers into coming clean.
Shakira officially moved to Spain for tax purposes in 2015, after having two children by Pique.
A magistrate will assess whether there is enough evidence to put Shakira on trial.
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LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is criticizing “Saturday Night Live” on Twitter again the morning a Christmas-themed spoof on the sketch-comedy show focused on him.Trump on Sunday called “SNL” and NBC “democratic spin machines.”On Saturday night, “SNL” opened with an “It's a Wonderful Life” themed sketch that imagined a White House without Trump. Alec Baldwin returned to play the president once again.
