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The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since May
Hollywood actors start historic walkout
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actors went on strike, joining a stoppage by screenwriters to usher in the industry's biggest shutdown in more than 60 years.The Screen Actors Guild wants streaming giants to agree to a fairer split of profits and better working conditions.Some 160,000 performers stopped work at midnight.Stars Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt left the premiere of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in London as the strike began.The stoppage means the vast majority of US film and TV productions will grind to a halt.The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike starts at midnight Los Angeles time (08:00 BST). Picketing will begin on Friday morning outside the California headquarters of Netflix, before moving on to Paramount, Warner Bros and Disney.The union is also asking for a...
July 14, 2023

Hollywood actors start historic walkout

Rikkie Valerie Kollé poses with her co-competitors after being crowned Miss Netherlands
History is made as first transgender woman crowned Miss Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — A transgender woman has made history in the Netherlands, winning the country’s beauty pageant for the first time.Model Rikkie Valerie Kollé clinched the top title of Miss Netherlands contest on Sunday 9 July in the town of Leusden.Judges commented that the 22-year-old had impressed them with her "iron strong story" and "clear mission".Hailing from Breda in the south of the Netherlands, Kollé is the first transgender winner in the competition's 94-year history.Following the triumph, she qualified to compete in the Miss Universe competition, to be held in El Salvador in December.Kollé is only the second ever openly transgender competitor in the competition's history, after Spanish model Angela Ponce in 2018.Ahead of her win, Kollé spoke about...
July 11, 2023

History is made as first transgender woman crowned Miss Netherlands

Britney Spears
Britney Spears says she was struck by guard in Las Vegas incident
LAS VEGAS — Britney Spears says she was "backhanded in the face" by a security guard protecting French basketballer Victor Wembanyama in Las Vegas on Wednesday.Las Vegas police confirmed they were called to the scene at the Aria hotel regarding a battery investigation, but no arrests have been made.Spears said in a post on social media the incident was a "traumatic experience" she was unprepared for.Wembanyama said he "didn't see what happened", but that someone was pushed.The 19-year-old NBA top draft pick was in Las Vegas ahead of his first Summer League game when he visited a restaurant at the Aria, on South Las Vegas Boulevard, where Spears said she spotted him."I decided to approach him and congratulate him on his success. It was really loud,...
July 07, 2023

Britney Spears says she was struck by guard in Las Vegas incident

Coco Lee performs on stage during Booey Lehoo Concert at National Indoor Stadium on December 17, 2011 in Beijing.
Disney star and pop singer Coco Lee dies at 48
HONG KONG — Singer Coco Lee, who enjoyed pop stardom in Asia in the 1990s and 2000s, has died at the age of 48.Born in Hong Kong, Lee moved to the US as a child and released albums in Mandarin and English.She also voiced the lead character in the Mandarin version of Disney's hit film Mulan, and performed a song from the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the 2001 Oscars.Her sisters said she had been in a coma since a suicide attempt at the weekend.Lee had been suffering from depression for a few years, older sisters Carol and Nancy wrote in a Facebook post.She tried to take her own life at home on Sunday and was taken to hospital, where she died on Wednesday, they wrote.Lee broke into the Mandopop scene in 1994 with two Mandarin albums. Within the next year, she released...
July 06, 2023

Disney star and pop singer Coco Lee dies at 48

Oscar winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray (left) made a documentary on Mukherjee (right)
Blind Indian painter's forgotten scroll found after 100 years
KOLKATA — A 44 foot-long Japanese style handscroll painted by a famous Indian blind artist nearly 100 years ago has resurfaced and gone on public display for the first time in the city of his birth, Kolkata.Benodebehari Mukherjee, born in 1904, was blind in one eye and severely myopic in the other. He lost his vision entirely at 53. Mukherjee, who died in 1980, created trailblazing works as a painter of landscapes and frescos. He was also a sculptor and muralist and came to define modern art in 20th Century India.In July, the scroll - which is just six inches wide - will travel to Santiniketan, the university town founded in West Bengal a century ago by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, where Mukherjee was a student and later a teacher. The scroll, the longest that the artist created,...
July 03, 2023

Blind Indian painter's forgotten scroll found after 100 years

Psilocybin is a key ingredient in magic mushrooms
MDMA: Australia begins world-first psychedelic therapy
SYDNEY — Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for treatment-resistant depression. It will also allow MDMA, known as ecstasy in tablet form, for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The changes come into effect on Saturday, making Australia the first country to classify psychedelics as medicines at a national level.While initial access to the drugs will be limited and costly, many experts and patients are hailing it as a landmark moment.But major health organizations have also urged caution.'Shining again'Marjane Beaugeois was diagnosed with severe depression in 2017. "Within...
July 01, 2023

MDMA: Australia begins world-first psychedelic therapy

Madonna speaks at the Grammy Awards
Madonna postpones world tour after intensive care stay
NEW YORK CITY — Madonna has postponed her world tour after being taken to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) with a serious bacterial infection.According to her manager, the global popstar's infection was "serious" and led to "a several-day stay in the ICU". He added a full recovery is expected.In a statement, Guy Oseary said Madonna's health is improving, but she is still under medical care.Madonna, 64, was expected to launch her 84-date tour next month.She is believed to be receiving treatment at a hospital in New York City, US media reports.The pop icon aimed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her breakout single, Holiday, by embarking on her first ever greatest hits tour.Dubbed the Celebration Tour, this would be the singer's return to arenas...
June 29, 2023

Madonna postpones world tour after intensive care stay

Gustav Klimt’s final masterpiece comes to auction at Sotheby’s in London this June.
Gustav Klimt's final masterpiece breaks European auction record
LONDON — The final work by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has fetched €86 million at auction setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe.Gustav Klimt's final masterpiece has broken the European auction record by selling for £74 million, or €86 million, at Sotheby's in London.The celebrated Austrian symbolist's "Dame mit Fächer" (Lady with a Fan) was expected to go for around €76 million.Described as a "beautiful, rich and alluring portrait of an unnamed woman", the portrait was found on his easel in his studio when he died unexpectedly in February 1918 aged 55.Helena Newman, from Sotheby's, said it was painted during Klimt's artistic prime when he was producing some of his most famous and experimental...
June 28, 2023

Gustav Klimt's final masterpiece breaks European auction record

Julian Sands
Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead five months after California mountain hike
LOS ANGELES — US authorities have confirmed the death of British actor Julian Sands five months after he went missing while hiking in California mountains.The death of British actor Julian Sands has been confirmed three days after human remains where found in the southern California hills where he disappeared five months ago. He was 65.Sands, was an avid hiker and mountaineer, who lived in Los Angeles, He was reported missing January 13 after setting out on a hike near Mount Baldy, east of Los Angeles. The region was hit hard by severe storms during winter.An investigation has now confirmed that human remains discovered in wilderness on Saturday are those of the actor. Authorities say an autopsy has been conducted, but further test results are needed before the cause of death can be...
June 28, 2023

Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead five months after California mountain hike

The Bollywood version features superstars Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani
Bollywood remake of Pakistani pop song divides Indians
NEW DELHI — Indians are reacting sharply to Bollywood's remake of Pasoori, a Pakistani pop song that became a smashing hit in both nations last year.Originally sung by Ali Sethi and Shae Gill, the quirky number featured in Coke Studios Pakistan -- the country's longest-running music show.An Indian version of the song was released to mixed reviews on Monday.Many listeners said they found the rendition unnecessary, but others said they loved the feel of the new version.Titled Pasoori Nu, the remake features in the upcoming Bollywood film, Satyaprem Ki Katha, and stars actors Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani.The song's official music video has been viewed more than nine million times on YouTube since its release on Monday.There had been a lot of excitement around its release —...
June 27, 2023

Bollywood remake of Pakistani pop song divides Indians

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