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Macklemore explained ‘White Privilege II’ is not a diss towards Iggy or Miley: I’m ‘Implicating Myself’. “That whole verse is me implicating myself,” Macklemore, 32, explained in an interview with Sway in the Morning on Sirius XM Tuesday. “I think a lot of people have misinterpreted it. So it says, Ben, think about it. ‘You’ve exploited and stolen the music, the moment. The magic, the passion, the fashion you toy with. The culture was never yours to make better. You’re Miley, you’re Elvis, you’re Iggy Azalea.”
Atif Aslam and Sonu Nigam were seen celebrating another unique moment in the history of music, but this time in the Sub Asian continent. Aslam who has been enjoying his worldwide tour is all set to perform in India and Qatar next. The duo performed during Sham-e-Dostana in Malaysia and Singapore for thousands of fans. Their first performance together took place in Dubai last year.
Kanye West plans to release his new album at Madison Square Garden on February 11. ‘Waves’ will be released at New York’s Madison Square Garden for his Yeezy Season 3 presentation at New York Fashion Week.
Rihanna’s $9,000 Dolce & Gabbana headphones have already sold out. The singer tweeted a picture in which she is allegedly listening to her eighth studio album which excited legions of her fans online.
Farhan Akhtar and his wife Adhuna, shocked fans last week when they issued a joint statement announcing their divorce after 16 years of marriage. Since then, rumour mills have been rife with conjecture over the reason for the split. Akhtar is currently staying with his sister, the celebrated filmmaker Zoya Akhtar.
With 2016 marking the second year of all-white Oscar nominations, some in Hollywood have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Academy. Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have gone as far to say they will not be attending the annual telecast this February.
In a first for a studio Hollywood release, moviegoers in the U.S. will be able to see a Mandarin-language version of Kung Fu Panda 3 in select US theaters. AMC Entertainment — owned by China’s Dallan Wanda Group — is partnering with DreamWorks Animation and Fox to show a dubbed or subtitled version of the movie in markets where there is a significant Chinese population.
Worldwide rights to slave-rebellion drama The Birth of a Nation, which premiered Monday afternoon in Park City, Utah, to multiple standing ovations, have been picked up by Fox Searchlight at the Sundance Film Festival for record $17.5 million, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Akshay’s Airlift got ‘superb’ reviews on Twitter leaving him overwhelmed. ‘”My Twitter feed has been flooded with #Airlift, so much positivity and love...I couldn’t have asked for more and for sure wasn’t expecting this much hence feeling very overwhelmed. While most of you have written I should do more films like Airlift...I wish I could but honestly films like these come very rarely,” Akshay wrote on Twitter.
Palestinian pop star Mohammed Assaf is to perform at Dubai’s Global Village. The February 5 concert comes as the former Arab Idol’s fame reaches its latest peak, following the recent UAE cinema release of biopic The Idol. —
Compiled by Mariam Nihal
