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LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — British singer Adele visited Grenfell Tower in London on Thursday (June 15) during the early hours. The Grammy winner musician was at the place of the disaster around midnight (local time) according to an eyewitness. The 29-year-old singer was near the cordoned-off area, the eyewitness said. The death toll in a fire disaster that destroyed a 24-storey block of flats in London was expected to rise on Thursday (June 15), […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson on Thursday won a lengthy defamation case against an Australian publisher that portrayed her as a serial liar, which she said cost her lucrative movie roles. The 37-year-old “Pitch Perfect” star sued Bauer Media over eight articles in Woman’s Day, Australian Women’s Weekly and OK Magazine in 2015, which her defense said “tore down an Australian star to sell magazines.” The stories claimed the Sydney-born actor lied […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Israeli author David Grossman won the Man Booker International Prize on Wednesday, sharing the £50,000 ($64,000, 57,000 euros) award with translator Jessica Cohen. Grossman, the first Israeli writer to win the prize, is now expected to enjoy a spike in international sales for “A Horse Walks Into a Bar.” The book unfolds over the course of a stand-up show during which comedian Dovelah Gee exposes a wound he has been […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Anita Pallenberg, the globe-trotting actress and model who was best known as part of a love triangle within The Rolling Stones, has died, friends said Wednesday. She was 73. Pallenberg, who long struggled with drugs and alcohol, died Wednesday of unspecific causes, actress and friend Stella Schnabel announced on Instagram. Born in Rome to ethnically German parents, Pallenberg had an itinerant youth as she moved to New York to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director and triple Oscar winner, puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in United States living rooms on Monday by broadcasting interviews with a leader who fascinates and repels many Americans in equal measure. “The Putin Interviews” is the product of 12 conversations between the Russian leader and Stone between July 2015 and February 2017, cut into four one-hour programs shown from Monday to Thursday on cable […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rapper-turned-businessman Diddy was the world’s top-paid celebrity in the past year, edging out closest competitor Beyonce, Forbes said in its annual list Monday. Diddy earned $130 million in the past 12 months, of which $70 million came from selling a one-third stake in his Sean John clothing line. Diddy — whose real name is Sean Combs and earlier in his career was known as Puff Daddy — is estimated by […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean pop star T.O.P regained consciousness Friday after spending three days in a critical condition in intensive care following an apparent drugs overdose. The 29-year-old rapper from K-pop boy band Big Bang was found unconscious at a police station where he was undertaking mandatory military service, and rushed to a Seoul hospital on Tuesday. “I’m sorry,” the singer, whose real name is Choi Seung-Hyun, told reporters Friday as he […]
(Reuters) — Actor and producer Brad Pitt helped celebrate the release of the new Netflix film, “Okja” in New York on Thursday (June 08) night. The actor’s production company, Plan B, produced the film written and directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, known for “Snowpiercer” and “The Host,” and starring actress Tilda Swinton. “Okja” tells the story of a giant pig raised in part by a young South Korean girl, Mija. Their idyllic life […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Fans turned out Wednesday evening for the resumption of United States singer Ariana Grande’s world tour in Paris, more than two weeks after it was interrupted by the Manchester suicide bomb attack. Security was extra tight in the French capital, a day after police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer outside the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral. “Merci, Paris. Je t’aime,” the Dangerous Woman singer wrote on her Twitter […]
FLORENCE , Italy (AFP) — Amal Clooney gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on Tuesday, her husband George Clooney’s publicist said, the first children for the international human rights lawyer and her movie star spouse. Amal Clooney and the Oscar-winning star of films like “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Three Kings” married in Italy in 2014, making them one of the world’s biggest celebrity couples. “This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The owner of the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia said on Monday a longtime friend had robbed him of more than 100 items, including rare vintage United States and foreign carded action figures. Steve Sansweet, who runs Rancho Obi-Wan, a non-profit museum north of San Francisco that houses more than 400,000 Star Wars collectibles, said the theft took place over several months in late 2015 through 2016. “We’re […]
by Philippe Schwab Agence France Presse MARIA GUGGING, Austria (AFP) — Nestled in the hills of Austria sits Gugging, an artists’ colony with a difference where the worlds of psychiatry and art collide — with spectacular success. Over the past 50 years, mentally ill patients here have churned out an astounding 75,000 recognized artworks, some selling for over 100,000 euros ($110,000). In particular, it is a wellspring for “Art Brut,” producing some of the giants […]
