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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Taylor Swift, one of the top-selling pop stars of recent years, on Wednesday announced a new album, “Reputation,” to be released on November 10. The 27-year-old singer, who this week has been sharing cryptic videos of a snake showing its fangs, revealed little else about her sixth studio album but said a first single would come out Thursday. She also posted on social media the album’s cover art, with […]
LOS ANGELES, California Reuters) — Morgan Freeman, the versatile actor known for playing gods, presidents and pimps, will be honored with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January. Freeman, 80, whose prolific career spans 50 years and more than 100 movies, will join the likes of past recipients Lily Tomlin, Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke when he gets the honor at a Los Angeles […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world’s highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and female Hollywood stars. Wahlberg, 46, earned an estimated $68 million in 2017 thanks to his pay days for movies “Daddy’s Home 2” and “Transformers: The Last Knight,” according to the Forbes ranking released on Tuesday (August 22). The rapper-turned-actor knocked 2016 leader Dwayne “The […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s leading pop duo TVXQ is returning to the show business after their discharge from the mandatory military duty for the last two years. The duo featuring Max Changmin and U-know Yunho held a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Monday (August 21) as their first media event since Changmin finished his military duty last Friday. Yunho completed his service in April. South Korean men are subject to […]
(Reuters) — “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” starring Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek and Samuel L. Jackson hit gold at the North American box office, with $21.6 million in ticket sales over the weekend (August 18-20), according to boxofficemojo.com. The second place spot went to the horror film “Annabel: Creation” which netted $15.5 million. “Logan Lucky,” Steven Soderbergh’s film about siblings attempting to pull off a robbery at a NASCAR race took third place with $8 million in […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Veteran Hollywood comedian Jerry Lewis, who died Sunday aged 91, perfected a goofy brand of slapstick that endeared him to millions over the course of a career spanning six decades. One of the most popular American entertainers of the 1950s and ’60s, Lewis made his name as the clown behind such quirky comedies as “The Nutty Professor” but also won acclaim as a writer, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — It’s a pop culture moment for the ages: crooner Bonnie Tyler will sing her mega-hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” — on a cruise ship — before an actual total eclipse of the sun. “It’s perfect,” proclaimed a headline on BuzzFeed. The 66-year-old British singer will perform her iconic 1983 power ballad on the Royal Caribbean ship Oasis of the Seas prior to Monday’s eclipse, which will be visible across […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stephen Daldry is in early talks to direct a “Star Wars” spin-off about Jedi master Obi Wan Kenobi, United States media reported on Thursday. There is no script yet and no actor lined up to play the bearded warrior and sage made famous by the late Alec Guinness in the original series of films. Ewan McGregor, who played Kenobi in the much-maligned prequel series, will be an early […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — British actor Daniel Craig has confirmed he will reprise the role of James Bond one last time, ending months of speculation. Craig made the revelation during an appearance on the United States TV program “The Late Show” on Tuesday. Asked by host Stephen Colbert whether he would return as James Bond, Craig responded: “Yes,” to cheers from the audience. Craig has appeared four times as the spy with a taste for […]
VANCOUVER, Canada (Reuters) — A female stunt rider working on the Vancouver set of Deadpool 2 died after losing control of her motorcycle on Monday (August 14), CBC reported. According to witnesses, the motorcycle crashed through the window of the Starbucks in Shaw Tower, near Jack Poole Plaza. Ryan Reynolds, the star of the film, expressed condolences on behalf of the crew to the friends and family of the woman, who was identified by coroners […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is taking her Shondaland production house away from Walt Disney Co’s ABC network to Netflix Inc. to produce new content, the video streaming company said on Sunday (August 13). Rhimes’ move to Netflix comes a week after Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, announced plans to launch its own streaming service and pull Disney and Pixar films from Netflix, starting with releases in 2019. Rhimes is […]
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) — Taylor Swift won a federal court trial on Monday (Aug 14), with the jury awarding her the symbolic $1 she had sought from a Colorado DJ she accused of grabbing her bare bottom during a photo shoot. The eight-member US District Court jury found that radio personality David Mueller had assaulted and battered her during the “meet-and-greet” photo session. The same panel, which deliberated for less than a day, rejected Mueller’s […]
