Reuters People News Summary

Following is a summary of current people news briefs. 'Wonderful Life' stage adaptation gets a little help from Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is adding another string to his bow - writing his first musical. The former Beatle, an 18-time Grammy award winner, is in the final stages of completing songs for a stage adaptation of the beloved 1946 movie "It's a Wonderful Life," with the aim of launching it in late 2020, the musician's representatives said on Wednesday. Massachusetts prosecutors drop Kevin Spacey sex assault case

Massachusetts prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a criminal case accusing former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket bar in 2016 after the alleged victim refused to testify. Prosecutors said they made the decision to drop the felony indecent assault and battery charge against the Oscar winner after the alleged victim invoked his right under the U.S. Constitution against giving self-incriminating testimony. R. Kelly pleads not guilty, denied bail on U.S. charges of sex crimes

R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a raft of federal charges accusing him of running a scheme to force women and girls to provide sex for himself and others, and a judge ordered that he remain in jail without bail. A federal judge said the main reason he was denying bail was obstruction of justice charges, part of a multi-count indictment unveiled on Friday in Chicago and New York. Andrea Camilleri, author of Inspector Montalbano novels, dies at 93

Italian author Andrea Camilleri, who penned the acclaimed Inspector Montalbano detective novels, died on Wednesday at the age of 93, state-owned broadcaster Rai said. Camilleri spent much of his life working as a theater director, screenwriter and teacher, only becoming a successful and highly prolific writer from his late 60s.

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