Peoples' News Roundup: Hal Prince dead at 91; A$AP Rocky kicked and punched me, teenager tells Swedish court

Peoples' News Roundup: Hal Prince dead at 91; A$AP Rocky kicked and punched me, teenager tells Swedish court
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Hal Prince, producer of some of Broadway's biggest hits, dead at 91

Harold "Hal" Prince, who won a record 21 Tony Awards as producer and director of some of Broadway's biggest hits of the second half of the 20th century including "The Phantom of the Opera," "West Side Story," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cabaret" and "Evita," died on Wednesday at age 91. Prince died after a brief illness in Reykjavik, Iceland, his publicist said.

U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky kicked and punched me, teenager tells Swedish court

A teenager told a Swedish court on Tuesday that he was kicked and punched by U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage during an altercation outside a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm last month. The 30-year-old performer, producer and model, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault on the first day of a trial that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene on the artist's behalf.

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