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Reuters — Ellen DeGeneres thanked U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during her talk show that aired on Thursday (January 19) and played a montage of clips looking back on all the times they were on her show. The president appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” a total of 5 times, beginning when he was campaigning for his first presidential election. Highlights included a clip of him performing a rap song to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Paul McCartney on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to secure the copyright to the Beatles back catalog in a case that could have wide ramifications for the music industry. The complicated dispute centers around the US Copyright Act of 1976 which aimed to address pop music’s checkered history with artists by ensuring long-term rights for songwriters and their heirs. Under the law, artists could reclaim copyright for songs 35 years […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The manager of rocker Alanis Morissette admitted on Wednesday to fleecing the singer of nearly $5 million and falsely claiming the money was used to grow marijuana. Jonathan Todd Schwartz agreed to plead guilty to embezzling the money in court papers filed in Los Angeles federal court. Schwartz admitted that between May 2010 and January 2014 he withdrew about $4.8 million from Morissette’s account without her knowledge and labeled […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean pop icon Rain announced his engagement to top actress Kim Tae-Hee in a handwritten letter to fans Tuesday — but said their wedding would be low-key given the country’s economic and political woes. “I am going to be a good husband and man as a head of a family,” the 34-year-old said in the letter, posted on his Instagram feed. “She has always been by my side through […]
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (Reuters) — The World Economic Forum (WEF) honored Shakira, Forest Whitaker and Anne-Sophie Mutter on Monday (January 16) at the 23rd Annual Crystal Awards in Davos, Switzerland. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter received the award for her leadership in providing opportunities for young people to develop careers as musicians. Mutter is the founder of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Since 1997, the foundation has provided support in the form of scholarships, performing opportunities and commissions for […]
by Shaun TANDON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump has spent decades palling around in the celebrity world and once dreamed of a movie career. But for his presidential inauguration, he is finding little love in return. With a few days to go before the real estate mogul becomes the 45th president of the United States on Friday, Trump has struggled like none of his predecessors to find household names […]
(REUTERS) — Film star Johnny Depp’s tumultuous divorce from actress Amber Heard was finalized on Friday (January 13), ending the couple’s marriage after months of highly publicized claims by Heard of domestic violence and counterclaims from Depp of financial blackmail. Court papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday detailed a splitting of marital assets and an agreement by Depp, 53, to pay a previously announced sum of $7 million to Heard, 30, […]
‘Hidden Figures’ — the story of three African-American women working on the NASA mission to send John Glenn into space, held onto the top spot at the North American Box office over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Starring Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae, the film brought in $20 million over the weekend. The musical “La La Land” starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling came took the second spot, netting $14,500 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tuluyan nang kinansela ng Department of Tourism ang sana’y inaabangang National Costume Show ng mga kandidata ng Miss Universe. Paliwanag ni Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro, hindi na lang nila ito itinuloy dahil sa pagsulpot ng maraming isyu kabilang na ang gastusin at timing sa fully booked na schedule ng mga kandidata. Orihinal na plano sana ng DOT na magkaroon ng National Costume Festival sa World Trade Center sa January […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 12) – For me the most memorable line in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is spoken by the lead character Simon after he and Team Dai-Gurren escaped the multi-dimensional labyrinth: ” We don’t care about time, space and multi-dimensional whatevers…” This set the tone for one really epic anime series. Which kind of makes me sad that it is not as well known here in the Philippines. Created in 2007 by Studio […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 11) – An American poet once said that music is the universal language of mankind. With like two hundred songs stored in my smart phone, not to mention those songs that I have saved through my music app account, who am I to disagree? Listening to music is like hearing the most real thoughts, while singing along with it is like professing your rawest emotions. We cannot deny the fact that music […]
Reuters — Vin Diesel marked his return to the “xXx” franchise at the European premiere of “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” in London on Tuesday night (January 10). Diesel, also known for the “Fast & Furious” series, first appeared as crime fighting government agent Xander Cage in 2002’s “xXx”. He skipped the sequel “xXx2: The Next Level”, which was led by Ice Cube and Willem Dafoe, but has now made a comeback in the third […]
