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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Here is a list of the winners in key categories for the 70th Emmy Awards, which were handed out in Los Angeles: OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES: “Game of Thrones” OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES: “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA: Matthew Rhys, “The Americans” BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA: Claire Foy, “The Crown” BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY: Bill Hader, “Barry” BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY: Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” BEST […]
by Susan STUMME Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — HBO’s record-breaking fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” stormed back onto the Emmys stage on Monday, winning the coveted best drama series prize on a night full of surprises, including an on-air marriage proposal that stunned the audience. The other big story of the gala, television’s answer to the Oscars, was the huge success of eight Emmys overall for best comedy series “The Marvelous […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Welsh actor Matthew Rhys on Monday won the Emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role in the period thriller “The Americans.” Rhys won over Sterling K. Brown (“This is Us”), Ed Harris (“Westworld”), Milo Ventimiglia (“This is Us”), Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”) and Jason Bateman (“Ozark”). © Agence France-Presse
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Paul McCartney is back on the top of the charts, on Sunday earning his first solo number-one album in the United States in 36 years. “Egypt Station” — a confident 16-track album in which McCartney experiments with a younger rock feel in addition to his classic Beatles sound — marked the first time that he has ever debuted as a solo artist on top of the benchmark US Billboard […]
(Eagle News)–Shane Filan of Westlife has arrived in the country. In a Tweet on Friday, Sept. 13, Filan announced he arrived in time for his shows in Manila on Saturday, Sept. 15, and in Davao on Sunday, Sept. 16. Filan is expected to perform the band’s hits such as “Swear It Again,” “Uptown Girl,” “If I Let You Go,” “World of Our Own,” “You Raise Me Up,” among others. Filan was last in the country in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer who found worldwide fame in the hit movie “Grease”, has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time. The 69-year-old told Australian television broadcaster Channel Seven that doctors had discovered a tumour at the base of her spine. She has since undergone radiation treatment, and is also treating the disease with natural therapies such as the use of cannabis oil. “I’m still […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop punk heroine Avril Lavigne on Thursday announced her first song in five years as she revealed that she was so ill with Lyme disease that she feared death. The Canadian singer and guitarist, who became an international star in the 2000s as one of the most successful women in the hard-charging world of skater rock, said she would release the first song off her upcoming album on September […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Burt Reynolds, the mustachioed heart-throb of 1970s cinema who won acclaim in “Deliverance” and a host of awards later in his career for “Boogie Nights,” died on Thursday, his family announced. The famously suave 82-year-old, a huge box office draw at his peak who had a reputation as a hard-drinking playboy, reportedly suffered a heart attack and died at a hospital in Florida. “It is with a broken heart that I […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)–Late singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the multi-million-selling rock band The Cranberries, accidentally drowned in a hotel bath after consuming alcohol, a coroner ruled Thursday. The singer, who died aged 46, was found in the bath in her room at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on January 15. Coroner Shirley Radcliffe in London ruled that the cause of death was accidental drowning due to intoxication, but found no evidence of injuries or self […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Argentinian composer Lalo Schifrin, best known for his “Mission: Impossible” theme song, is to receive an honorary Oscar along with actress Cicely Tyson and publicist Marvin Levy, the Academy said Wednesday. Also to be honored during the 10th annual Governors Awards on November 18 in Hollywood will be producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, who are married and who will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Award, named after the […]
(Eagle News) — Popular American band Maroon 5 is coming to the Philippines next year. Philippine Concerts said the band will be in the country on March 5, 2019 for its Red Pill Blues Tour. Red Pill Blues is the band’s sixth studio album released in November last year. It includes songs such as “Who I am,” “Moves like Jagger,” among others. Maroon 5 last performed in the Philippines in 2015.
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The US actor who accuses Asia Argento of sexually assaulting him as a teenager said Wednesday that he had been too “ashamed and afraid” to speak publicly against the Italian actress and abuse campaigner. Argento, who shot into the headlines for accusing disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, paid Jimmy Bennett hush money after he claimed that she sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room in […]
