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Otago Daily Times
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Operatunity to celebrate male musical ensembles
Operatunity artists (from left) Russell Dixon, Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, and Matt Pike will perform hit songs by male musical ensembles in the show It's Raining Men, coming to Mosgiel next week. Photo: supplied Touring opera company Operatunity will celebrate iconic male musical ensembles in its latest show, It's Raining Men, in Mosgiel on Tuesday. The production, which will visit 24 centres across New Zealand this month and next, celebrates the legendary ensembles of music history, as well as a journey through some of the greatest songs ever written. The show, which will feature music from Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, The Beatles, Everly Brothers, Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, The Platters and more, will be staged at the Mosgiel Coronation Hall from 11am on June 24. The cast will feature three long-standing Operatunity singers — Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Russell Dixon and Matt Pike, along with newcomer David Tuitama. They will be accompanied for the performance by a band comprising Mike Booth (trumpet), Pete France (saxophone), Grant Winterburn (piano) and Jessica Hix (drums). Audience members will hear hit songs including It's Raining Men, Uptown Girl, Bridge over Troubled Water, Bohemian Rhapsody, After the Lovin', YMCA, My Girl, Let it Be, Build me up Buttercup, and O What a Night! For information and bookings, visit
USA Today
08-05-2025
- USA Today
Karen Read live updates: Trial resumes after jurors hear about contested Google search
Karen Read live updates: Trial resumes after jurors hear about contested Google search A new witness is set to testify after an expert told jurors when a star witness for the prosecution searched how long it takes to die in the cold. Read allegedly left her boyfriend to die in the snow. Show Caption Hide Caption Karen Read's second murder trial begins with new jury Karen Read is starting her second trial after being prosecuted for the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, last year. A new witness took the stand May 8 after defense attorneys sparred with an expert over the timing of a star witness' Google search in the murder trial of Karen Read. Read, 45, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dead outside the home of a fellow cop in January 2022. Prosecutors say Read deliberately hit O'Keefe, 46, in a drunken rage. An analysis of the phone of Jennifer McCabe, a friend of the couple who testified for the prosecution, found she Googled how long does it take to die in the cold the day O'Keefe was found. A second expert testified that the search was made after O'Keefe was found unconscious, not before as the defense has suggested. Read's lawyers say she was framed for O'Keefe's murder. Court ended May 7 with prosecutors playing a clip of Read saying "Jen McCabe, it's me or her. Either I'm going down, Jen, or you are." The case out of Dedham, Massachusetts has turned into a years-long whodunnit legal saga that has garnered massive intrigue from true-crime fans across the country, spurring an array of podcasts, movies, and television shows. The former financial professor is back in court after a 2024 trial ended in a hung jury. The first full day of testimony was April 23. Judge Beverly Cannone estimated the trial could last between six and eight weeks and told jurors recently that the proceedings are on or slightly ahead of schedule. Jessica Hyde, a digital forensics examiner, said a tab was opened on Jennifer McCabe's phone at 2:27 a.m. on Jan. 29 and multiple searches were made at some point, including for sporting events, a video of the song It's Raining Men and two crucial, misspelled questions 'hos (sic) long to die in the cold' and 'how long ti die in cikd (sic)' Hyde said 'hos (sic) long to die in cold' was the final search made in the tab at 6:24 a.m. O'Keefe was found around 6 a.m. Hyde is the second expert to tell jurors this search was made after 6 a.m. Ian Whiffin, a digital intelligence expert, testified on April 28 that forensic data showed the Google search occurred at about 6:23 a.m. Read's attorney attempted to poke holes in Hyde's testimony by pointing out differences between her previous testimony, her report and Whiffin's findings. CourtTV has been covering the case against Read and the criminal investigation since early 2022, when O'Keefe's body was found outside a Canton home. You can watch CourtTV's live feed of the Read trial proceedings from Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. Proceedings begin at 9 a.m. ET. Contributing: Michael Loria, USA TODAY
