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(Reuters) — From white water rafting in Bali to visiting ancient temples in central Java’s Borobudur, former United States President Barack Obama and his family were back this week in Indonesia, where he spent four years as a child, for a private holiday. Obama remains popular in the world’s most populous Muslim nation and his trip has been splashed across the media during an extended public holiday to mark the end of the fasting month […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — T.O.P, a member of South Korean boyband Big Bang, arrived at the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday (June 29) for the first hearing of a drug trial. T.O.P, whose real name is Choi Seung-hyun, was indicted without detention on charges of smoking marijuana in October last year, South Korea’s news agency Yonhap said. He could face a maximum five years jail term or an up to 50 million won ($44,503 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Facebook is starting production on high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant’s executives said on Monday. The online platform, which has around two billion monthly users worldwide, is working on the project with a small group of partners and hopes to start putting out episodes of its forthcoming series by the end of the summer, Nick Grudin, the […]
GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, England (Reuters) — Hollywood star Johnny Depp got cheers from the crowd at Glastonbury on Thursday (June 22) night as the actor helped launch cineramageddon – a new outdoor cinema section of the music festival. Depp sat smoking on a vintage car as photographers and fans took pictures of him. Making his first appearance at Glastonbury, Depp chatted to the crowd ahead of a screening of ‘The Libertine’ at the new movie festival […]
(Reuters) — “Transformers: The Last Knight” is expected to knock “Cars 3” off the top of the United States box office for the weekend ending Sunday (June 25). The action sequel, which arrived in theaters on Wednesday, is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, expected to take around $65 million between opening night and Sunday – the most recent installment, “Transformers: Age of Extinction” took $100 million on its debut. On its first night in theaters, “Transformers: […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Singer Adele paid a surprise visit on Monday (June 19) to some of the firefighters who tackled the blaze that ravaged a London tower block last week. “She just turned up at the station and knocked on the window and said she had some cakes for us,” said station manager Ben King in a statement. The death toll from the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to 79 people, police said on […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — After weeks of promotion, a 96-hour livestream and an attempt to end some bad blood with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry’s “Witness” made its debut atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday (June 19), the singer’s third chart-topping album. “Witness,” in which Perry infuses political themes into pop music, sold 162,000 albums, 51,000 songs and was streamed more than 19 million times in its opening week, totaling 180,000 album units, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pop diva Beyonce and her rap mogul husband Jay Z have welcomed twins, the United States singer’s father tweeted Sunday, appearing to confirm the arrival of new additions to a music family that already includes five-year-old Blue Ivy. News that the singer had given birth, reported on Saturday by entertainment outlets including People magazine and US Weekly, ignited social media, with the so-called “Bey hive” fan group buzzing over […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Mark Wahlberg and his co-stars walked the blue carpet for the global premiere of ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ in London’s Leicester Square on Sunday (June 18). The fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series directed by Michael Bay is said to be directors’ farewell to the franchise. Reprising his role from the previous Tranformers film ‘Age of Extinction’ Mark Wahlberg indicated that he will follow director’s decision and also won’t […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) — British rock star Sting and American jazz musician Wayne Shorter received Sweden’s Polar Music Prize at a royal ceremony on Thursday (June 15). The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by ABBA manager Stig Andersson and the winners each receive 1 million Swedish crowns. In awarding the prize to Sting, who found fame with The Police in the late 1970s, the committee said that as a composer Sting had “combined […]
NEW YORK CITY, United States (AFP) — Motown founder Berry Gordy, R&B producing duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and pop star Ed Sheeran were honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on Thursday (June 15) night. Babyface, known for both his solo career and work with stars including Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton and Boyz II Men, was also inducted and called the honor the highlight of his career. Sheeran was presented […]
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 […]
