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Comedian Carol Channing poses at the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California, in this file photo. — Reuters
Carol Channing, Broadway's 'Dolly,' dead at 97
LOS ANGELES — Carol Channing, who won over audiences with a giddy, guileless charm in trademark roles in "Hello Dolly" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," died on Tuesday at the age of 97, her publicist Harlan Boll said.Channing died of natural causes at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, after having suffered multiple strokes last year, Boll said.In a career that spanned seven decades, the saucer-eyed, raspy-voiced musical-comedy star never shook her associations with matchmaker Dolly Levi from the 1964 Broadway musical "Hello Dolly!" or gold digger Lorelei Lee in Anita Loos's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."Still, unlike many stars who are linked strongly to the characters they have played, Channing was pleased to be identified with Lorelei, as...
January 16, 2019

Carol Channing, Broadway's 'Dolly,' dead at 97

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Rihanna poses as she arrives at the world premiere of the film
Rihanna sues dad to keep hands off her Fenty trademark
LOS ANGELES — Rihanna has sued her father for trading on her Fenty brand name and suggesting that a business venture he set up in 2017 is associated with her.The "Diamonds" singer, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, filed a lawsuit in US federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday accusing Ronald Fenty and two business partners of fraud and false advertising over his Fenty Entertainment talent and production company.The Barbados-born Rihanna, who uses the Fenty trademark to sell cosmetics, lingerie and sneakers, asked the court for an injunction to stop her father using the Fenty name, and an unspecified amount of damages.The lawsuit said Rihanna had "absolutely no affiliation" with Fenty Entertainment and yet the company was misappropriating her name and...
January 16, 2019

Rihanna sues dad to keep hands off her Fenty trademark

Director Spike Lee attends the premiere of Universal Pictures'
Spike Lee joins The Killers for protest video over planned wall
LONDON — Rockers The Killers have teamed up with film director Spike Lee to make the music video for their latest song, "Land Of The Free", a protest against President Donald Trump's planned wall on the US-Mexican border.The "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcom X" director was given full creative rein to make the video for the track, which the Las Vegas band describes as "a heartfelt lament inspired by current events and recent national tragedies in the United States".Lee filmed the video at the end of 2018 around the border, capturing scenes of migrant families as they headed towards "the land of the free", the group said.It shows migrants of all ages making the journey and at times facing off with security forces.Lee, who last week was...
January 16, 2019

Spike Lee joins The Killers for protest video over planned wall

Alicia Keys attends Variety's Power of Women: New York at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City in this file photo. American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys will host the Grammy Awards next month, she announced on Tuesday. — AFP
R&B star Alicia Keys to host 2019 Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES — American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys will host the Grammy Awards next month, she announced Tuesday, one year after the gala came under fire over diversity concerns.Keys — herself a 15-time Grammy winner — will be the emcee for music's biggest night, which this year features a diverse slate of women and hip hop artists as leading contenders."I know what it feels like to be on that stage, and I know what it feels like to be proud of the work that you've put in and to be recognized for it," Keys said in a video posted on social media."I feel like it's the perfect opportunity for me to give the light back and lift people up — especially all the young women that are nominated," she added. "To me, it feels like sister...
January 16, 2019

R&B star Alicia Keys to host 2019 Grammy Awards

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, watch a dance troupe perform at the Hive, Wirral Youth Zone, during their visit to Birkenhead, northwest England on Monday. — AFP
Meghan reveals she's six months pregnant — media
BIRKENHEAD, England — Meghan Markle, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, told royal well-wishers on Monday she was six months pregnant but the royal couple do not know the gender of their first baby, British media reported.Former US actress Meghan and Harry married last May and announced in October that they were expecting their first child in the Spring of 2019 but gave no specific details.During a chat with some of the large crowd that turned out for their visit to Birkenhead in northern England on Monday, Meghan, 37, revealed she was six months pregnant, suggesting the latest addition to the British royal family would be due sometime in April.However, Meghan and Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, do not know whether the future seventh-in-line to the throne will be a boy or a girl...
January 16, 2019

Meghan reveals she's six months pregnant — media

FILE PHOTO: 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., 21/01/2018 - Actor Morgan Freeman accepts the Life Achievement Award from actress Rita Moreno. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
US actors accuse Oscar body of intimidation over awards presenters
LOS ANGELES — The largest actors union in the United States on Monday accused the organizers of the Oscars of trying to intimidate celebrities not to present at rival award shows.In an unprecedented statement, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) accused the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of "graceless pressure tactics."The 160,000-member union said it was responding to widespread reports in Hollywood that the Academy was pressuring actors not to appear or present at award ceremonies other than the Oscars, which take place on Feb. 24.The SAG statement was issued as the Academy is still without a host for the Oscars just six weeks ahead of the ceremony and is looking for big name presenters to draw in viewers.Organizers of the Oscars, the last in a long round of...
January 16, 2019

US actors accuse Oscar body of intimidation over awards presenters

Faith Rodgers reads a statement to reporters with attorney Gloria Allred during a news conference regarding allegations of sexual misconduct relating to musician R Kelly, in New York, January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Woman suing R. Kelly says singer threatened her
NEW YORK — A woman who sued R. Kelly accusing the American R&B star of sexual battery, knowingly infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease, and false imprisonment says he has threatened her.High-profile women's rights attorney Gloria Allred told reporters on Monday that her client Faith Rodgers, 20, faced "efforts to intimidate and retaliate" from Kelly after she filed the lawsuit now pending in New York's Supreme Court.And just after Rodgers testified in the documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" that aired this month, her lawyers say Kelly, 51, and his team created a Facebook page — which the social media giant removed within hours — in an effort to discredit his accusers including Rodgers, posting "private" photos of her.Rodgers' team...
January 16, 2019

Woman suing R. Kelly says singer threatened her

Rajkumar Hirani
Top Bollywood director Hirani denies sexual assault allegations
MUMBAI — Renowned Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a subordinate over a period of six months in 2018.Hirani, known for feel-good, comedy films that have grossed record numbers at the Indian box-office, was named in a Huffington Post India story on Sunday.It quoted an unnamed woman, nearly 30 years younger than Hirani, who alleged the 56-year-old director sexually assaulted her on more than one occasion. In a statement late on Sunday, Hirani denied all allegations."I want to very strongly state that this is a false, malicious and mischievous story being spread with the sole intention of destroying my reputation," Hirani said in a statement sent to journalists by his publicist.Reuters was unable to reach him directly for further...
January 16, 2019

Top Bollywood director Hirani denies sexual assault allegations

Serena Williams
Serena made sure baby's first doll 'Qai Qai' was black
MELBOURNE — Serena Williams says she made sure the first doll her daughter Alexis Olympia received was black, and her second one will be white as she teaches a message of "love for each other".The tennis great, in Melbourne in her bid to win a 24th Grand Slam title, is married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian with their first child born in late 2017.Williams, 37, said she rarely came across black dolls when she was growing up and wanted to make sure her baby had one."Qai Qai is a doll I got for her. I wanted her to have a black doll," she said. "Growing up, I didn't have that many opportunities to have black dolls. And I was just thinking, like, I want her first doll to be black."And her heritage, obviously she's mixed, she's Caucasian and...
January 16, 2019

Serena made sure baby's first doll 'Qai Qai' was black

Afghan singer finds fame as Trudeau's double
KABUL — An Afghan talent show contestant's striking resemblance to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned him into an unlikely celebrity in the war-torn country — and potentially given him the winning edge.Abdul Salam Maftoon, a wedding singer from a village in the remote and impoverished northeastern province of Badakhshan, had never even heard of his more famous doppelgänger until a judge on the popular television music contest Afghan Star pointed out the uncanny likeness.Slightly built with a long face and dark brown hair and eyes, Maftoon, 29, hopes the flattering comparison to the politician widely rated as one of the sexiest leaders in the world will bring him more votes on Afghanistan's version of American Idol."People have forgotten my name and now they...
January 14, 2019

Afghan singer finds fame as Trudeau's double

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