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Taylor Swift named artist of year for sixth time at American Music Awards

Editorial Bureau November 23, 2020

LOS ANGELES (US) – Taylor Swift was named artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday. She won two other trophies in a ceremony held live in Los Angeles amid tight coronavirus restrictions. It was a record sixth win by Swift of the top prize at the fan-voted show. She was

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Veteran actress Chen Shu-fang garners attention at Chinese-language ‘Oscars’

Editorial Bureau November 22, 2020

TAIPEI (TAIWAN) – A veteran actress and a romantic comedy stole the limelight at this year’s Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese-speaking world’s version of the Oscars, in Taiwan on Saturday, with China largely absent for a second year following a dispute over politics. “My Missing Valentine”, a Taiwanese movie about a post office worker who […]

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K-Pop’s BTS ruminate on life amid COVID, with “BE” album, and single ‘Life Goes On’

Editorial Bureau November 20, 2020

SEOUL (KOREA) – South Korean megaband BTS released their latest album “BE” on Friday and will perform the new single “Life Goes On” remotely for the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday, as per the group’s music label said. This year, BTS clinched their first ever Number One hit single on the Billboard charts in […]

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Matthew McConaughey talks about running for Texas governor

Ren Leen November 19, 2020

LOS ANGELES (UK) – Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey may be the next celebrity to try his hand at politics. He was seen talking about the same while discussing politics with syndicated talk radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview posted online on Wednesday. Asked if he would run for governor of Texas or another political […]

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Gadot-starrer ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ to have debut screening in theaters, HBO Max on Christmas

Editorial Bureau November 19, 2020

LOS ANGELES (US) – The movie “Wonder Woman 1984” will have its debut screening in US movie halls as well as on AT&T Inc’s HBO Max streaming service on Christmas Day. On Wednesday, AT&T’s Warner Bros studio said the blockbuster flick will be screened in theatres outside the US where HBO Max is unavailable, starting […]

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Country singer LeAnn Rimes switches to chants to get rid of COVID blues

Editorial Bureau November 18, 2020

NEW YORK (US) – After a nearly 25-year country music career, singer LeAnn Rimes is finding new ways to share her voice – through a podcast and her first chant record. The Grammy Award winner, 38, meditates regularly and says she wanted to make chanting more accessible to her fans to relieve the pandemic blues. […]

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Michael B Jordan named People magazine’s ‘sexiest man alive’

Editorial Bureau November 18, 2020

LOS ANGELES (US) – “Black Panther” actor Michael B Jordan was named People’s magazine’s ‘sexiest man alive’ on Tuesday. This achievement would make him the third Black actor in a row to be given the annual pop culture honor. Jordan, 33, said the title gave him “a cool feeling.” He told People in an interview, […]

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Master tapes sold off a second time, says singer Swift

Editorial Bureau November 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES (US) – Taylor Swift said on Monday that a private equity firm has purchased her master recordings thus denying her the chance to buy back them herself and have control over the rights to her first six albums. “This was the second time my music had been sold without my knowledge,” the 30-year-old […]

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Elisabeth Murdoch vows to donate $4 m to boost racial diversity in British visual arts

Editorial Bureau November 13, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Daughter of Rupert Murdoch Elisabeth Murdoch has pledged to donate 3 million pounds in a bid to boost racial diversity in the UK visual arts. This is part of a $100 million endowment she is giving the sector. The grant, to be made through her arts-supporting Freelands Foundation, follows a similar sized […]

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Trot sways middle-aged women in South Korea

Editorial Bureau November 13, 2020

SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – It is sheer ecstasy in a film theatre near the South Korean capital where scores of middle-aged women have assembled with face masks inscribed with the word “Hero”, blue T-shirts, hair bands and are renting the air with screams and songs and they are clicking selfies as well. They are some […]