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LOS ANGELES. United States (AFP) — Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” shattered box office records in its opening weekend, taking a monster $175.7 million in North America and $357 million in total, according to industry data released Monday. The film, featuring “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson as Belle to the frightening Beast played by Dan Stevens of “Downton Abbey” fame, set a number of benchmarks, including the biggest debut ever for a PG title both […]
(Reuters) — In its opening weekend, Disney latest live-action remake, “Beauty and the Beast,” roared to the box office top spot this weekend (March 19), bringing in an estimated $170 million in tickets sales. The reimagining, which stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, is the latest in a string of live-action reimaginings of Disney classics that includes “The Jungle Book” and “Cinderella.” The movie also includes Josh Gad, Luke Evans, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 20) – “Sa dinami-dami pa naman ng gustong malimutan, ikaw pa ang naiwan sa puso’t isipan…” Those are the words that my officemates had to endure hearing for an hour after watching Sa Wakas, A Pinoy Rock Musical, as I sing the lines at the top of my lungs with my not-so-good singing voice. Years after its successful first run at the PETA Theater in 2013, Sa Wakas, A Pinoy Rock […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “Sesame Street” has often experimented with new ways of teaching children about social issues as well as their ABCs since its launch nearly 50 years ago. Now it’s taking on a new challenge: autism. The groundbreaking public television children’s program is introducing a new character, a muppet named Julia who has autism, the show’s creators revealed on the CBS News show “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday. Diagnoses of autism have […]
By Shaun Tandon NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Chuck Berry, one of the creators of rock ‘n’ roll who helped shape modern youth culture with his dance-ready rhythms but who struggled to overcome institutional racism, died Saturday. He was 90. Police in the St. Louis area, where Berry was born and lived most of his life, said that first responders found the guitar legend unresponsive when they answered an emergency call at his home. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Actor Ricardo Medina, known for his role in the Power Rangers children’s series, on Thursday pleaded guilty for stabbing his roommate dead, the Los Angeles district attorney’s office said. Medina, 38, pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter. He said he used a sword in the January 31 killing of Josh Sutter, 36. What began as an argument over Medina’s girlfriend ended with Medina fatally stabbing Sutter, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Months after her sister Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris of nearly $10 million in jewels, supermodel Kendall Jenner has reported the theft of jewelry worth $200,000 from her Los Angeles home, celebrity website TMZ reported. Police told AFP that they had received a 911 call at about 1:15 am Thursday about a reported burglary in the area of Jenner’s home in the Hollywood Hills, but would […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Jewelry worn by some of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of Cinema are going under the hammer in November at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. However, the lots up for auction, which were worn by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn and Errol Flynn, are not your usual jewelry lots. “It’s very different from a conventional jewelry auction in the sense that […]
(Reuters) — Actor Ben Affleck said on Tuesday (March 14) that he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction, saying he wanted to “be the best father I can be.” Affleck, 44, said on his Facebook page that his treatment was the “first of many steps” toward his recovery and specifically thanked his “co-parent,” wife Jennifer Garner, whom he separated from in 2015. “I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse It is a tale as old as time (or one dating back to the 1990s, at least): Disney dusts off an animated classic, adds bells, whistles and real people, and everyone makes a fortune. Since Jason Scott Lee annoyed purists as a grown-up Mowgli in “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book” (1994), the company has churned out numerous big-screen live-action remakes of its hand-drawn favorites, recouping $4 billion worldwide. The latest […]
Muling nanguna ang bagong album na “Divide” ng British singer-songwriter na si Ed Sheeran. Ito rin ang itinanghal na fastest selling by a solo male artist sa British chart history. Ang kanyang nirelease na bagong album ay may mahigit 672,000 ang naibenta sa unang linggo pa lamang nito at tinuturing na pangatlo sa highest seller of all time. Naging top selling single rin ang kanta niya na “Shape Of You” na mayroong 141,000 combined chart […]
(Reuters) — A new trailer for upcoming Warner Bros. film ‘Wonder Woman’ was released on Sunday (March 12). It shows Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, as the Amazon princess who is also the daughter of Greek god Zeus. In the trailer she meets an American soldier (Chris Pine) who is washed ashore on her island during the First World War. Gadot returns to the role after appearing as Wonder Woman in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]
