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Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran rules Spotify in 2017
NEW YORK - English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran dominated Spotify in 2017, with his latest album "Divide" played 3.1 billion times worldwide, the leading streaming service said Wednesday.The ginger-haired pop guitarist was streamed more than any other artist in the year so far - not a surprise, considering his song "Shape of You," the fourth track on "Divide," reigns as Spotify's most streamed song ever.Despite Sheeran's triumph, the Swedish-based streaming service said the larger trends of 2017 included hip-hop, with streams growing 74 percent over an already large base in 2016.Hip-hop star Drake came in second on Spotify in 2017 and rapper Kendrick Lamar was fourth, with R&B singer The Weeknd, a protege of Drake, placing third.Latin music also saw...
December 06, 2017

Ed Sheeran rules Spotify in 2017

This June 2, 2013 file photo shows French singer Johnny Hallyday gesturing as he performs on stage in Bordeaux, southwestern France. - AFP
French rock icon Johnny hallyday dies at 74 after battle with cancer
PARIS - Johnny hallyday, France's biggest rock star for decades and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his pumping pelvis and high-voltage tunes, has died. He was 74.President Emmanuel Macron's office announced his death in a statement early Wednesday, saying "he brought a part of America into our national pantheon."Macron's office said the president spoke with hallyday's family after the news. hallyday had long suffered from lung cancer and had repeated health scares recently that dominated national news.hallyday's glitzy stage aura was clearly fashioned around stars like Elvis Presley and his musical inspiration came from the likes of Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. Yet his stardom largely ended at the French-speaking...
December 06, 2017

French rock icon Johnny hallyday dies at 74 after battle with cancer

John Mayer
Rocker John Mayer undergoes emergency appendectomy
NEW YORK - Rock singer-songwriter John Mayer on Wednesday went into emergency surgery for removal of his appendix, forcing his band featuring former members of the Grateful Dead to postpone a show.The 40-year-old Mayer "was admitted into the hospital for an emergency appendectomy" early Wednesday, a representative said in a statement without further detail.Dead and Company - featuring Mayer along with Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann - postponed a concert scheduled for Wednesday in New Orleans, saying it would be rescheduled.The group has been touring since 2015 when the Grateful Dead, the legendary jam rockers of the hippie era, officially retired. - AFP
December 06, 2017

Rocker John Mayer undergoes emergency appendectomy

Terry Crews
Terry Crews sues agent over alleged groping incident
LOS ANGELES - Terry Crews alleges talent agents at William Morris Endeavor are "knowingly permitted and encouraged to engage in sexually predatory conduct" in a lawsuit filed Wednesday against the agency and one of its top executives.Crews' complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court states the actor and former NFL player was subjected to sexual assault, sexual harassment, gender violence and emotional distress during and after a Feb. 2016 incident in which he says he was repeatedly groped by a talent executive.The lawsuit recounts Crews' allegations that agent Adam Venit groped him at the Hollywood party last year and details the actor's efforts to see Venit disciplined after the incident. Crews complained about Venit to agency chairman Ari Emanuel, and the two men...
December 06, 2017

Terry Crews sues agent over alleged groping incident

Dustin Hoffman
TV host in bitter exchange with actor Hoffman over 'harassment'
NEW YORK - American film star Dustin Hoffman had a tense exchange on Wednesday with a prominent male TV host, who accused Hoffman of responding unsatisfactorily to accusations of sexual harassment.HBO host John Oliver took Hoffman, 80, to task during a debate organized in New York for the 20th anniversary of the film "Wag the Dog."The movie about a presidential sex scandal starred Hoffman as well as Robert De Niro and Anne Heche.A flurry of sexual assault allegations has occurred this year against powerful men in the US entertainment, media and political worlds.Among those also accused was Hoffman. Writing in the Hollywood Reporter, the author Anna Graham Hunter accused him of putting his hand on her buttocks and of making suggestive comments.At the time, she was a 17-year-old...
December 06, 2017

TV host in bitter exchange with actor Hoffman over 'harassment'

People eat herring during the 70th edition of the Vlaggetjesdag (Flags Day) on June 16, 2017 in Scheveningen, to celebrate the new herring season. - AFP
You'll be herring from my lawyer, Dutch fishmongers tell paper
THE HAGUE - Two disgruntled Dutch fishmongers are dragging a national newspaper to court after it accused them of selling "rotten" examples during a nationwide test of the country's favorite snack: Raw, salted herring. Every year from around mid-June, the Dutch consume millions of herring with one of the country's most iconic images featuring a citizen dressed in traditional garb while munching down the small fish. But lawyers "filed a complaint yesterday (Tuesday) for defamation, slander and fraud," against the popular daily tabloid Algemeen Dagblad, said Michael van Basten Batenburg whose client Lon Oosterbroek has been fingered by the AD - one of the most popular Dutch papers - for selling "rotten", "smelly" herring with "muck"...
December 06, 2017

You'll be herring from my lawyer, Dutch fishmongers tell paper

Pamela Wang poses for a photo in Kealakekua, Hawaii, with an avocado she found while on a walk. - AP
'Big as my head': Woman seeks record for huge avocado
KAILUA-KONA - A Hawaii woman is waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records to find out if the massive avocado she snagged is the world's largest. Pamela Wang of the Big Island found the 2.3-kilogram avocado Monday on a walk, the West Hawaii Today newspaper reported."I see avocados every day, and I pick up avocados every day, but this one... it was hard to miss," Wang said. "It was as big as my head." She met up with friends and showed them the enormous avocado. Wang's friends began making inquiries online, uncovering information that indicated that the avocado might just be the largest on record. Wang submitted an application to Guinness and expects to hear back within two months. She had Ken Love, executive director of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers,...
December 06, 2017

'Big as my head': Woman seeks record for huge avocado

Actor Tim Robbins shares a light moment with participants during a drama program that is a part of The Prison Project, in downtown Los Angeles, California.
'Shawshank' star Tim Robbins's real-life prison revolution
LOS ANGELES - With an acclaimed starring role in "The Shawshank Redemption" and an Oscar nomination for directing "Dead Man Walking," Tim Robbins owes many of his career highlights to the prison system.But the 59-year-old Hollywood star's interest in criminal justice and the incarcerated extends far beyond his efforts to win critical approval or awards.Over a decade, Robbins has made a dramatic dent in reoffending rates among Californian prisoners taking part in a drama program that encourages hardened criminals to put on make-up and get in touch with their emotions."We're not in there to make theater with them, we're not there to do plays with them, and we're certainly not there to turn them into actors," he says at a presentation on The...
December 06, 2017

'Shawshank' star Tim Robbins's real-life prison revolution

Crickets being grown for human consumption at Aspire Food Group's facility in Austin, Texas. - Reuters
Grub's up! Climate-conscious foodies swap cows for crickets
LONDON - After watching locals in Malawi snacking on flying termites, British charity worker Shami Radia opened a pop-up restaurant in London with a seven-course menu dedicated to insects.With 400 satisfied customers in five days, Radia and his friend Neil Whippey took the plunge in 2014 and set up Eat Grub, a business selling insect-based foods to major online retailers and supermarkets, including Ocado, Amazon and Planet Organic."We are trying to make people think about what they are doing," said 35-year-old Whippey, a former television sound mixer."If a family of four were to eat one meal with insects per week for a year, it would save 500,000 liters of water," he said, referring to the vast amounts of water needed to produce beef in an increasingly water-stressed...
December 06, 2017

Grub's up! Climate-conscious foodies swap cows for crickets

Veena Patel holds her dogs as she speaks to a reporter at the luxury dog hotel Critterati in Gurgaon, India. The Critterati, South Asia's first luxury hotel for dogs, offers suites at up to $70 a night for pets whose
Hedonist hounds escape the dog's life on India's mean streets
GURGAON, India - Velvet beds, a relaxing spa, 24-hour medical care and non-alcoholic beers imported from Belgium: The life of a pampered pooch in India would leave many humans envious.Critterati, which claims to be South Asia's first luxury hotel for dogs, offers suites at up to $70 a night for pets whose "parents" will spare no expense to indulge their pride and joy.A world away from the daily struggle to survive for India's estimated 30 million strays, breeds such as St Bernards, Labradors and Lhasa Apsos can now enjoy the last word in canine coddling.Chief executive Deepak Chawla opened Critterati in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon to offer the wealthy an alternative to more down-at-heel facilities in India."No decent dog owner would want his dog to stay...
December 05, 2017

Hedonist hounds escape the dog's life on India's mean streets

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