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South Korea’s BTS snags first ever Grammy nomination for a K-Pop band
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean boy band BTS on Tuesday snagged the first ever Grammy nomination for a K-pop band, taking the worldwide sensation a step closer to winning the music award....
Nov 24, 2020
Beyonce leads 2021 Grammy nominations with nine nods
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce led nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards on Tuesday with nine nods, followed by Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and rapper Roddy Ricch, who got six apiece. Swift and British s...
Nov 24, 2020
‘Happiest Season’ spotlights LGBT love in Christmas rom-com
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Happiest Season," out on Hulu on Friday and starring Kristen Stewart, breaks the mold as a romantic comedy about a lesbian couple set around the holidays. Stewar...
Nov 24, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell quarantined after jail staff member tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell has been quarantined after staff tested positive for coronavirus at the jail where she is awaiting trial on charges she aided late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abus...
Nov 24, 2020
The Weeknd, with bandaged face, picks up American Music Award win
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian musician The Weeknd, wearing a face bandage, picked up the first of eight potential American Music Awards on Sunday in a show held in Los Angeles amid...
Nov 22, 2020
‘Freaky’ Repeats as Winner at Quiet U.S. Box Office With $1.2 Million
By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Body-swap horror comedy "Freaky" repeated as the winner of a seriously subdued U.S. box office with $1.2 million at 2,057 locations in North America. The Un...
Nov 22, 2020
Temple kissing scenes stir trouble for Netflix India
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian state on Sunday asked police to investigate after a member of the country's ruling party objected to scenes in the Netflix series A Suitable Boy, in which...
Nov 22, 2020
Romantic comedy, veteran actress win big at Chinese-language ‘Oscars’
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - 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 Sat...
Nov 21, 2020
Back with new Afrobeat album, veteran musician Bockarie asks for better Sierra Leone
By Cooper Inveen FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leonean musician and activist Emmerson Bockarie is no stranger to controversy, having received death threats from all ends of the country's political spect...
Nov 20, 2020
K-Pop’s BTS marks year of the pandemic with ‘BE’ album, and single ‘Life Goes On’
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - 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 Sunda...
Nov 20, 2020
