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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Fox’s young-adult film “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” dashed past “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” as it opened this weekend in North American theaters, taking in an estimated $23.5 million after a strong showing overseas, website Exhibitor Relations reported. The dystopian sci-fi film, the third and last in the “Maze Runner” series, follows the life-and-death adventures of three young “Gladers,” teens immune to a destructive virus infecting the world. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Bruno Mars on Sunday won the Grammy for Record of the Year for his party anthem “24K Magic,” the first time the funk revivalist has won the US industry’s award for top song on his own. “24K Magic” is the title track of the Hawaiian-born singer’s third album, which revives his mix of fun-loving retro funk but adds touches of 1980s-inspired synthesizers. Winning his fifth award of the night, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — “That’s What I Like,” the steamy ode by Bruno Mars to making love in high style, on Sunday won the Grammy for Song of the Year. Mars shared his fourth award of the night, which recognizes songwriting, with co-writers Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy and Philip Lawrence and his production team The Stereotypes. The single off the 32-year-old Hawaiian-born singer’s third album “24K Magic” returns to his retro style, while […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rapper Kendrick Lamar and pop superstar Lady Gaga opened the Grammy Awards on Sunday with immediate if understated political touches. With a US flag in the backdrop, Lamar launched into a fierce rap at New York’s Madison Square Garden, on a stage full of dancers clad in camouflage. The number then transformed into a frenetic, kung fu-inspired routine in which his troupe fell to the ground as if hit […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — English pop writer Ed Sheeran on Sunday won his third Grammy as he took Best Pop Vocal Album for “Divide,” which was nonetheless shut out of the most prestigious categories. “Divide” won over albums by other major chart-toppers including pop superstar Lady Gaga and rockers Coldplay. Sheeran, 26, had been a favorite leading up to the nominations for the Grammys in light of his past recognition at the awards […]
ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AFP) — UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie urged the UN Security Council to “find a way” to solve Syria’s nearly eight-year war during a tour Sunday of a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. “It is heartbreaking to return to Jordan and witness the levels of hardship and trauma among the Syrian refugees as this war enters its eighth year,” the Hollywood star said at the Zaatari camp. Jolie, a special envoy […]
by Shaun TANDON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Grammy Awards opened Sunday with hip-hop being recognized like never before as rap superstar Jay-Z, who once boycotted the gala as biased, leads the nominations. The music industry’s biggest night, taking place in New York after 15 years in Los Angeles, also looks set to rally behind the #MeToo movement to end sexual harassment, with a number of A-listers wearing white roses […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The latest cover of prestigious US magazine Vanity Fair features an annual photograph of Hollywood’s elite — with a twist. Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Robert de Niro, Nicole Kidman and other stars are grouped for the magazine’s “Hollywood Issue” in a photo lavishly retouched — but forgetting, it seems, to erase an extra leg. “Well…I guess everybody knows now…I have 3 legs,” Witherspoon joked on Twitter. “I […]
by Ola CICHOWLAS Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A Moscow cinema which screened British comedy “The Death of Stalin” in defiance of an official ban has announced that it will stop showing the film after a raid by Russian police on Friday. The culture ministry on Tuesday withdrew permission to screen British director Armando Iannucci’s film, which satirises the death of the dictator after Russian officials labelled it offensive and “extremist”. But Moscow cinema […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — It’s one of the most beloved movies in musical cinema and now Steven Spielberg is giving “West Side Story” a makeover — except this time, he is recruiting Latino talent to play the lead roles. The original film version of Leonard Bernstein’s musical — Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” reimagined in the world of warring New York gangs — came out in 1961, winning 10 Oscars and captivating a generation […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Gangsta rapper turned entertainment icon Snoop Dogg has joined the cast of long-gestating “Star Trek” parody “Unbelievable!!!!!,” the production announced on Thursday. The West Coast hip-hop legend will co-star as Major LeGrande Bushe opposite co-producer Nichelle Nichols, who played communications officer Nyota Uhura in the original NBC series and six of the movies. Snoop — real name Calvin Broadus — will also serve as an executive producer on the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Disney actor Adam Hicks was behind bars on Thursday in connection with a series of early-morning armed street robberies in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, police said. Hicks, 25, who lives in Burbank, is best known for his work on the Disney XD series “Zeke and Luther,” and had roles in other projects made by the studio as well as in 2015 erotic thriller “The Boy Next […]
