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US actress Geena Davis accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award onstage at the 11th Annual Governors Awards gala hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Sunday. — AFP
Geena Davis receives honorary Oscar for work against gender bias
LOS ANGELES — Actress Geena Davis urged Hollywood filmmakers to take new steps to address an ongoing gender imbalance in media as she accepted an honorary Oscar on Sunday for her work to promote more women on screen.While equality for women lags throughout US society, it is even worse in film and television, said Davis, the "Thelma and Louise" star who founded a nonprofit research group called the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2004."However abysmal the numbers are in real life, it's far worse in fiction — where you make it up!" said Davis as she accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. "We make it worse."The actress spoke to an audience of hundreds of Hollywood power players at the Governors Awards, an annual black-tie event hosted...
October 28, 2019

Geena Davis receives honorary Oscar for work against gender bias

The combo pictures taken from China's Twitter-like Weibo platform shows mother and the newborn in a Chinese hospital. — Courtesy photos
67-year-old becomes China's 'oldest new mother'
BEIJING — A 67-year-old woman has given birth in China, a hospital said on Monday, with the parents claiming they are the country's oldest couple to conceive a baby naturally.The woman, surnamed Tian, delivered a healthy girl by Caesarean section on Friday, Zaozhuang city's Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital tsaid."The child was bestowed on the two of us by heaven," Tian's 68-year-old husband, surnamed Huang, told Chinese news site guancha.cn.Tian told Jinan Times that she only discovered that she was pregnant when she went to the hospital for a health check, telling the newspaper: "I didn't want it, initially."The hospital said it could not confirm that Tian had conceived naturally as she was already pregnant when it took her as a patient.The...
October 28, 2019

67-year-old becomes China's 'oldest new mother'

Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan wow Indian and Pakistani fans in Riyadh
RIYADH - Indians and Pakistanis were treated to a sold-out concert of Pakistan’s biggest musical stars Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan on Friday in Riyadh.The concert was part of the Riyadh Season which kicked off last Friday with a much-anticipated concert by K-pop boyband BTS.Aslam, a Pakistani playback singer, music composer and actor, has recorded numerous chart-topping songs and is known for his vocal belting technique. Khan is known for his Qawwali music, a devotional music of the Muslim Sufis.The decision was well-received with hundreds of people praising the concert for bringing together Indians and Pakistanis.“Man sitting next to me is from India and we both are enjoying Riyadh season. That's the power of music which transcends beyond boundaries,” Pakistani twitter...
October 27, 2019

Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan wow Indian and Pakistani fans in Riyadh

This file combination photo shows standup comedian Kelly Bachman, left, and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein. — Courtesy photo
Female comedian booed after confronting Weinstein: Reports
WASHINGTON — A female comedian was booed and two women asked to leave after protesting Harvey Weinstein's presence at an event for young actors in New York, reports said.The disgraced Hollywood mogul is currently awaiting trial on charges of sexual assault and has pleaded not guilty.Comedian Kelly Bachman, 27, was performing on Wednesday night in the "Actor's Hour" at a bar in lower Manhattan where Weinstein was in attendance, according to BuzzFeed News.In a video posted on her Instagram account, she referred to the 67-year-old producer as "Freddy Krueger" and "the elephant in the room" during her set."I didn't realize I needed to bring my own mace and rape whistle to Actor's Hour," Bachman said in the video, adding, when she was...
October 25, 2019

Female comedian booed after confronting Weinstein: Reports

Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood poses with her medal after being made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, after an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Windsor, on Friday. — AFP
'Emotional' author Atwood honored at Windsor Castle
WINDSOR, England — An "emotional" Margaret Atwood added to her long list of accolades on Friday as the Canadian author became a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for her services to literature at a ceremony at Britain's Windsor Castle.Dressed in a dark dress, colorful scarf and red hat, the 79-year-old, who wrote the best-selling 1985 dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale", received the honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth, 93."I got a bit emotional. You're really looking at a lot of history and I’m old enough to remember a lot of that history," British media quoted Atwood telling the PA Media news agency after the ceremony."Short form, she was brilliant in the war ... When you see the Queen at her age and her schedule...
October 25, 2019

'Emotional' author Atwood honored at Windsor Castle

Taylor Swift arrives for MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey,  in this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber write new "Cats" song for musical film
LONDON — American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber have written a new song for the film adaptation of hit musical "Cats", which will be performed by ballerina Francesca Hayward in the highly-anticipated movie. "Beautiful Ghosts" will also be sung by Swift, who stars as Bombalurina in her first film role, over the end credits."Cats", which hits cinemas in December, is based on Lloyd Webber's hugely-popular stage musical and features a star-studded cast including Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson and Rebel Wilson.Royal Ballet principal dancer Hayward plays Victoria, a role that has been further developed in the movie, where the actors' faces are seen and their bodies are covered...
October 25, 2019

Taylor Swift, Andrew Lloyd Webber write new "Cats" song for musical film

Samir Ghising
Nepal arrests rapper VTEN for 'vulgar language'
KATHMANDU — Police in Nepal have arrested an up-and-coming rapper for using "vulgar language" in a song, authorities said on Friday, in the latest incident to spark fears over free speech in the Himalayan nation.Several journalists, artists and regular citizens have been arrested for online postings or for expressing their political beliefs since the ruling communist party won power in 2017.Samir Ghising, known as VTEN, "has been arrested for using vulgar languages in his song, which is unacceptable for our society," Sahakul Thapa, a senior police officer, said.His song "Hami yestai ta ho ni bro" ("We are just like this bro"), has been viewed more than 19 million times on YouTube since it was uploaded in June but was taken down after his arrest on...
October 25, 2019

Nepal arrests rapper VTEN for 'vulgar language'

Actress Felicity Huffman exits the courthouse after facing charges for allegedly conspiring to commit mail fraud and other charges in the college admissions scandal at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston in this April 3, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Actress Felicity Huffman released from prison
LOS ANGELES — Actress Felicity Huffman was released from prison Friday after serving 11 days of a 14-day sentence for her role in a scam in which she paid a bribe to help her daughter gain admission to college.Huffman, 56, began serving her sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Oct. 15 and had been set to be released on Sunday.A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons said that the "Desperate Housewives" and "American Crime" star was released early from the low-security facility east of San Francisco under rules that allow inmates to be freed prior to a weekend.Huffman, who is married to actor William H. Macy, was the first of more than 30 parents to be sentenced in an elaborate and wide-ranging scam to help children of the elite...
October 25, 2019

Actress Felicity Huffman released from prison

Rose McGowan
Rose McGowan sues Weinstein for 'diabolical' effort to silence her
LOS ANGELES — US actress Rose McGowan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Harvey Weinstein, his ex-attorneys and a private intelligence agency, alleging they conspired to discredit her when she accused the disgraced movie mogul of rape."This case is about a diabolical and illegal effort by one of America's most powerful men and his representatives to silence sexual assault victims," the suit filed in Los Angeles federal court states."And it is about the courageous women and journalists who persisted to reveal the truth."McGowan was one of the first women to make public allegations about Weinstein's abuse, triggering his downfall in 2017 and the emergence of the #MeToo movement that brought down many other public figures.Her lawsuit targets Weinstein, lawyers...
October 24, 2019

Rose McGowan sues Weinstein for 'diabolical' effort to silence her

This photograph taken on Wednesday shows crabs inside a claw machine at a seafood restaurant in Singapore.   — AFP
Anger at Singapore restaurant 'grab-a-crab' machine
SINGAPORE — A Singapore restaurant Thursday suspended a bizarre promotional stunt where customers use an arcade-style machine with a mechanical claw to catch live crabs after it sparked uproar online.A video of the pink machine, containing the creatures and emblazoned with a picture of a smiling red crab under the phrase "Come and catch me", went viral after being posted this week.Similar to machines where people pick up soft toys, the game sees customers pay Sg$5 ($3.7) to use a joystick to move the claw over the creatures before lowering it to try to grab one.If successful, the customer can have the Sri Lankan crab cooked on the spot free of charge, choose to take it home, or leave it at the House of Seafood restaurant to eat another time.But internet users condemned the game...
October 24, 2019

Anger at Singapore restaurant 'grab-a-crab' machine

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