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‘All my love, Elliot’: Actor Page comes out as transgender

Published On: December 2, 2020 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of “Juno,” “Inception” and “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans community in Hollywood.

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020

Published On: December 1, 2020 04:53 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The year’s most played artist on Spotify? Globally speaking: Bad Bunny. The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of the year with 8.3 billion streams globally.

Rita Ora says sorry for lockdown-breaching birthday party

Published On: December 1, 2020 02:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press

British singer Rita Ora apologized Monday for breaking lockdown rules by holding a birthday party, saying it was “a serious and inexcusable error of judgment.”

Testing new release strategy, ‘The Croods’ opens to $14.2M

Published On: November 30, 2020 03:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Merriam-Webster’s top word of 2020 not a shocker: pandemic

Published On: November 30, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year.

Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team

Published On: November 30, 2020 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov 30: President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation.

Can't dine out? UK restaurants offer DIY meal kits to survive lockdown

Published On: November 29, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

From fast food to fine dining, some restaurants in Britain are relying on home kits to keep them afloat during lockdown, turning clients into cooks who recreate favorite meals in the comfort of their own kitchens.

Hijab-wearing Somali-US model takes step back from industry

Published On: November 29, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, saying the pandemic slowdown has allowed her to see instances when her desire to maintain a hijab was not properly respected

The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever

Published On: November 29, 2020 02:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press

“No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding.

UK appoints vaccines minister to oversee COVID inoculations

Published On: November 28, 2020 07:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, Nov 28: The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days.

Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week

Published On: November 27, 2020 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 1.7 million copies in North America in its first week, roughly equal to the combined first week sales of memoirs by his two immediate predecessors and among the highest ever for a nonfiction book.

UK judge refuses Depp permission to appeal libel ruling

Published On: November 26, 2020 04:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal against a British court’s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard.

Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K

Published On: November 26, 2020 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press

A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter’s musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction for a total of $495,000

South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail

Published On: November 26, 2020 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov 26: The operator of an online chat room in South Korea was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for blackmailing women, including minors, into filming sexually explicit video and selling them to others.

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

Published On: November 26, 2020 07:26 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov 26: Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year’s World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.

Duchess of Sussex reveals she had miscarriage in the summer

Published On: November 25, 2020 06:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others.

Amid racial reckoning, Grammys honor the Black experience

Published On: November 25, 2020 03:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press

With police brutality continuing to devastate Black families and the coronavirus ravishing Black America disproportionately, the world was driven to the significance of this year’s Juneteenth more than ever before.

BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa react to Grammy noms

Published On: November 25, 2020 03:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Reactions from some of the nominees for the 63rd Grammy Awards:

Uganda death toll after opposition leader’s arrest up to 45

Published On: November 24, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov 24: The death toll from last week’s protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 45, police say, with more than 800 people arrested.

China tests millions amid new virus flare-ups

Published On: November 23, 2020 02:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Nov 23: Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.