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Juice Wrld performs onstage during the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival and Daytime Stage at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this September 21, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Juice WRLD death sends shudder through 'SoundCloud rap' world
NEW YORK — The shock death of artist Juice WRLD has renewed mainstream focus on the "SoundCloud rappers," a hip hop subgenre whose angsty, jagged sound has taken the internet — and the charts — by storm.The unpolished movement takes its name from the Berlin-headquartered platform where its artists launched to fame, a streaming site started in 2007 that lends itself to discovery without the traditional gatekeepers.But once seen as hip hop's disruptors, the scene is increasingly succumbing to a tragic fate: rapper Juice WRLD's weekend death, causes still unknown, was only the latest to strike the subgenre.The DIY site SoundCloud once was rap's Wild West, where wannabe musicians uploaded their rough, often emotionally vulnerable music, promoting it to their...
December 10, 2019

Juice WRLD death sends shudder through 'SoundCloud rap' world

U2 frontman singer Bono speaks to the media during a signing ceremony in Manila on Tuesday. — AFP
Bono: 'No compromise' on human rights in the Philippines
MANILA — U2 frontman Bono said Tuesday there must be no compromise on human rights, in a rebuke of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ahead of the Irish rockers' first Manila concert.The Philippine leader has waged a deadly war on drugs that has claimed thousands of lives.Overwhelmingly backed by Filipinos but condemned by critics who say it is a war crime, the killings by police as well as unknown suspects are the subject of a preliminary inquiry by the International Criminal Court prosecutor.The rock icon, a longtime member of Amnesty International, a critic of Duterte's drug war, said human rights are "critical" which he takes "very seriously"."I would just say you can't compromise on human rights and that's my soft message to the...
December 10, 2019

Bono: 'No compromise' on human rights in the Philippines

Swedish singer Marie Fredriksson of the pop group Roxette performs in Cologne, western Germany, in this March 19, 2011 file photo. — AFP
Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61
STOCKHOLM — The lead singer of Swedish pop duo sensation Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, who shot to global fame in the 1990s with hits like "It Must Have Been Love", has died aged 61 after a long fight with cancer, her manager said on Tuesday.The mother of two, who died on Monday, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002 but went into remission and made a musical comeback a few years later.By 2016, however, the illness had taken its toll and doctors advised her to stop touring.Announcing her death, Dimberg Jernberg Management described Fredriksson as "a wonderful person with a huge appetite for life"."Marie leaves us a grand musical legacy," the company said in a statement."Her amazing voice — both strong and sensitive — and her magical live...
December 10, 2019

Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61

Comedian Bill Cosby leaves after the first day of a sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Bill Cosby loses appeal after sexual assault conviction
NEW YORK — US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving a three and a half year jail term, on Tuesday lost his appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago.Cosby had appealed to Pennsylvania's Superior Court, which issued a 94-page ruling upholding his conviction. He could now take his case to the state's Supreme Court."We are very pleased with today's Superior Court decision affirming the jury's guilty verdict ... as well as the sentence," district attorney Kevin Steele said in a statement."With this decision, it has been affirmed that no one is above the law."The 82-year-old, who shattered racial barriers with his role as a dad and doctor on the hit TV series "The Cosby Show," (1984-1992), was found...
December 10, 2019

Bill Cosby loses appeal after sexual assault conviction

Demonstrators protest the awarding of the 2019 Nobel literature prize to Peter Handke during a demonstration in Stockholm on Tuesday. — AFP
Handke faces protests at Nobel Prize ceremony
STOCKHOLM — Nobel literature laureate Peter Handke faced protests and boycotts over his backing of Serbia during the wars in ex-Yugoslavia as he received his prize at a gala ceremony on Tuesday in Stockholm.The Swedish Academy's pick for the 2019 prize, announced in October, triggered outrage in the Balkans and beyond because of Handke's support for late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.The 77-year-old Austrian author received his award from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony with this year's other laureates, followed by a gala banquet attended by more than 1,200 special guests.The Academy honored Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience".It called him "one...
December 10, 2019

Handke faces protests at Nobel Prize ceremony

Actress Dakota Fanning announces the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday. — AFP
Netflix dominates Golden Globes nominations as 'Marriage Story' scoops 6
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood disruptor Netflix dominated the Golden Globe nominations on Monday as its heart-wrenching divorce saga "Marriage Story" grabbed six nods including best drama, kicking off the race for the Oscars.The streaming giant, which has spent billions to lure the industry's top film-making talent and fund lavish awards season campaigns, trounced the traditional Tinseltown studios with a whopping 17 film nominations."I'm not surprised by the dominance — I'm surprised by how massive the dominance is," Lorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, said at the Beverly Hills ceremony."The announcements this morning are sort of like a coming-of-age of the streaming services.""The Irishman," Martin...
December 09, 2019

Netflix dominates Golden Globes nominations as 'Marriage Story' scoops 6

Jeff Kinney
Great day for losers: Wimpy Kid author gets French medal
PARIS — The Wimpy Kid has finally done good — and his creator Jeff Kinney has even got a medal from France to prove it.The American creator of the bestseller "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books was made an officer of France's Order of Arts and Letters on Monday, an honor also conferred on Nobel laureates T. S. Eliot and Seamus Heaney as well as music megastars such as Bono and David Bowie.As the medal was pinned to his chest, Kinney, 48, said he never expected his stories to become such a cult children's hit, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide and spawning four movies.In fact, the cartoonist said that the misadventures of 12-year-old weakling Greg Heffley was initially aimed at adults nostalgic for their middle-school years.But the geeky loser was quickly adopted...
December 09, 2019

Great day for losers: Wimpy Kid author gets French medal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 28, 2018 Rapper Juice Wrld performs at Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2018 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.    Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who made a name on streaming platforms before breaking out in the mainstream, died on Sunday at the age of 21, US media reported. / AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Bennett Raglin
Rising US rap artist Juice WRLD dies at 21
NEW YORK — Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who earned attention on streaming platforms before breaking out as chart-toppers and social media celebrities, died Sunday at the age of 21, according to local authorities.A spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois confirmed the death of the rapper, born Jarad Higgins, at 3:14 a.m. (0914 GMT). An autopsy has been set for Monday.Police said that a 21-year-old man had suffered a medical emergency at Chicago's Midway International Airport after getting off a private jet.Celebrity news outlet TMZ reported that Higgins had suffered a seizure.Juice WRLD's breakout single "Lucid Dreams," rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018, with his follow-up album...
December 09, 2019

Rising US rap artist Juice WRLD dies at 21

Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts urge Vietnam girls to stay in school
CAN GIUOC, Vietnam — Former US first lady Michelle Obama and Hollywood A-lister Julia Roberts toured a high school in rural Vietnam on Monday, urging a classroom of teenage girls to stay focused on their education to transform their lives.The promotion of girls' schooling has been the cornerstone of Obama's charitable work since her husband Barack Obama left office in 2017 after two terms as US president."When you educate a girl you give them power and a voice and an opportunity to improve their lives and the lives of their family and the lives of their community," Obama said at Can Giuoc high school in southern Long An province in the Mekong Delta.Accompanied by Roberts and Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former US President George W. Bush, Obama encouraged the girls to...
December 09, 2019

Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts urge Vietnam girls to stay in school

Actress Dakota Fanning, left, and Susan Kelechi Watson attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations announcement at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday. — AFP
'Marriage Story' tops Golden Globes nominations with 6
LOS ANGELES — "Marriage Story," Netflix's heart-wrenching divorce saga, topped the Golden Globe nominations Monday with six nods including best drama, kicking off the race for the Oscars."The Irishman," Martin Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic, and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Quentin Tarantino's nostalgic love letter to 1960s Tinseltown, were hot on its heels with five each.The nominations traditionally see the stars and movies destined for awards success start to break away from the competition — the Globes are seen as a key bellwether for February's Academy Awards."Marriage Story" earned nominations for its stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, and for its screenplay, but director Noah Baumbach missed...
December 09, 2019

'Marriage Story' tops Golden Globes nominations with 6

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