ABBA reunites to receive top Swedish royal honor
The four members of iconic Swedish pop group ABBA reunited on Friday (May 31) to receive one of the country's top honors, the Royal Order of Vasa, during a ceremony in the royal palace in Stockholm.
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Will Smith performs on bus at 'Bad Boys' film premiere
Hollywood actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up for a fourth installment of their action franchise, "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." Smith arrived on a double decker bus on Thursday (May 30) to the premiere of the film.
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Grammy winner Arooj Aftab speaks about new music
Arooj Aftab, the first Pakistani artist to win a Grammy, says she used night as the theme for her new record ‘’Night Reign,’’ released on Friday (May 31).
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Daisy Ridley on conquering her fears for new film
Daisy Ridley realized she had to conquer one of her fears to truly embrace her role as Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. “I’m scared of open water,” Ridley told Reuters. Ederle's accomplishments and story are not well-known, something the Disney-produced film 'Young Woman and the Sea' is aiming to change.
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Mbappe takes top Globe Soccer Awards Europe honor
French soccer star Kylian Mbappe won the Best Men's Player prize at the Globe Soccer Awards Europe ceremony in Sardinia, Italy on Tuesday (May 28).
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Spanish fan shows off Taylor Swift ‘sanctuary’
Roberto Santos stands out among other "Swifties" for his decades-long devotion to American pop icon Taylor Swift and a plethora of gifts the Spaniard has received from her team in recognition of that - enough to fill up an apartment room he calls a sanctuary. This report was produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Unpublished Bob Dylan lyrics set for auction
Bob Dylan's recently discovered, unpublished handwritten lyrics are set to be auctioned off by Lion Heart Autographs in an online event scheduled for June 5.
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Nicki Minaj briefly detained at Amsterdam airport
American rapper Nicki Minaj on Saturday (May 25) canceled a show in Manchester, England, after she said she was held by police at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on allegations of possession of soft drugs. Vanesse Chan reports.
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RuPaul's Drag Race winner wows in homecoming performance
Nymphia Wind, the first East Asian to take the crown in the competition series "RuPaul's Drag Race" wowed hundreds of spectators in a homecoming performance in Taipei on Saturday (May 25). Alvin Chang, the events organizer, said it would have been "held stealthily" in the past.
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Judge denies Alec Baldwin bid to drop 'Rust' shooting case
A New Mexico judge on Friday (May 24) rejected Alec Baldwin's bid to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge for the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, opening the way for an unprecedented trial of a Hollywood actor for an on-set death. Ryan Chang has more.
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Griffon mix Kodi takes home Cannes' top dog prize
There was lots of tail-wagging and face-licking as Kodi, this year's winner of the Palm Dog, the canine equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, went up to receive his red collar on Friday (May 24), for his performance in French comedy "Dog on Trial." Critic and jury member Anna Smith said the film takes a "profound look at the way that we domesticate dogs."
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New Indian film brings women's issues to Cannes
The first Indian film to compete in the Cannes Film Festival for 30 years brings women’s issues in India to international screens. This report produced by Freddie Joyner
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'Super Size Me' director Morgan Spurlock dies -reports
Morgan Spurlock, the U.S. documentary filmmaker who rose to fame with "Super Size Me," has died from complications from cancer, various media outlets reported on Friday (May 24), citing a family statement. He was 53. This report is produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Tom Holland stars in new adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet'
British actor Tom Holland is back on stage in London's West End, starring as Romeo in a new production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Chris Hemsworth receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Australian heartthrob Chris Hemsworth was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (May 23) and his A-list co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Anya Taylor-Joy were on hand to show support.
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'Beating Hearts' cast brings joy to Cannes red carpet
The Cannes Film Festival spotlight turned on French actors Adele Exarchopoulos and Francois Civil on Thursday (May 23) evening as the duo appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of "Beating Hearts" ("L'amour Ouf"). The actors were joined on the red carpet by the film's large ensemble cast and director Gilles Lellouche.
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DOJ sues to break up Live Nation, Ticketmaster
The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists.This report produced by Freddie Joyner.
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Paris unveils podium for the 2024 Olympics
Paris 2024 unveiled the podiums for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in front of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday (May 23).
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Does OpenAI's chatbot sound like Scarlett Johansson?
Scarlett Johansson has accused OpenAI of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded "eerily similar" to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified the voice belongs to a different actress and said he was removing the voice from the company's products out of respect for Johansson. Here’s what the new model, called GPT-4o, sounded like during a live demo on May 13.
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Princess Diana's fashions set for auction in US
The preview of “Princess Diana’s Elegance & A Royal Collection” was held at New York’s Carlyle Hotel on Wednesday (May 22). “This is the biggest auction that's taken place since Diana herself did an auction in 1997,” said Martin Nolan, co-founder and executive director of Julien’s Auctions.
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Argentina's Milei belts out heavy metal at book launch
Argentine President Javier Milei looked more like a rock star than an economist-turned-politician on stage on Wednesday (May 22) night, as he belted out his version of the song "Panic Show," by Argentine band La Renga, ahead of the launch of his latest book "Capitalism, Socialism and the Neoclassical Trap."
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Chris Pratt turns into 'Garfield' the cat in new film
Chris Pratt has played a space adventurer (Guardians of the Galaxy), a dinosaur wrangler (Jurassic World) and a mushroom-loving Italian mechanic (Super Mario Bros). Now he's adding a cat to the list, playing the lazy, food-obsessed, sarcastic orange cat Garfield in 'The Garfield Movie'.
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LA police probe Matthew Perry's death
Los Angeles homicide detectives and federal agents are investigating how "Friends" star Matthew Perry obtained the high dose of the powerful prescription drug ketamine that was found in his body and determined to have caused his death, police said. Alex Cohen produced this report.
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Timothee Chalamet immortalized at Madame Tussauds London
Madame Tussauds London has unveiled what it says is the first-ever wax figure of actor Timothee Chalamet.
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John Lennon, Prince guitars among items at NY auction
Previously lost guitars owned by Prince and John Lennon, and dresses worn by Amy Winehouse, the Spice Girls and Britney Spears, are among nearly a thousand items from rock and roll history to go on auction at the end of the month.
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