Tourists crowded beneath the Door of No Return, an arch built by the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin in memory of those crammed onto slave ships bound for the New World. Benin, which holds a presidential election on Sunday, has in recent years leaned into its painful past to encourage tourism. Once a key departure […]
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Trump administration reveals plans for massive Washington arch
US President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday revealed renderings for a colossal triumphal arch proposed for construction in Washington near some of the nation’s most revered monuments. At 250 feet (76.2 meters) it would pip Mexico City’s Monument to the Revolution by 30 feet, making it the largest structure of its kind in the world, […]
Coachella kicks off with headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Bieber and Karol G
Thousands of fans gathered in the California desert for the hotly anticipated Coachella Festival, which kicked off Friday with pop princess Sabrina Carpenter in the headliner spotlight. The star-studded line-up — which also features headliners Justin Bieber and Colombia’s Karol G — will grace the stage in Indio on two consecutive weekends, kicking off the […]
Michael Jackson fans swarm Berlin for biopic premiere
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans descended on Berlin on Friday for the premiere of a new biopic about the “King of Pop”, undeterred by child sex abuse allegations that continue to haunt the star.”Michael”, in which the singer is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson, is expected to be one of the highest-grossing films of […]
Celine Dion’s Paris concerts promise to spin the money on and on
Celine Dion’s fans are not the only ones excited about the megastar’s new tour in Paris. Hotels, restaurants and shops are hoping for a multimillion-euro boost from concertgoers in the French capital. The 58-year-old Canadian singer announced last month that she was returning to the stage for 16 concerts in the French capital in September […]
Jackson biopic shows franchise thriving despite abuse claims
The release of a new Michael Jackson biopic — 16 years after his death — highlights a robust franchise seemingly immune to the child sex abuse claims that still haunt the “King of Pop.”Film studio Lionsgate is banking on making $700 million in global box office receipts for the feature-length “Michael,” which has its world […]
US box office looking good as cinema owners gather: industry chief
The mustachioed brothers of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and Ryan Gosling’s unassuming teacher-turned-astronaut in “Project Hail Mary” are civilization-saving heroes in their own worlds. But cinema owners here on Earth also feel pretty grateful to them. The two films have drawn stellar audience figures in the last few weeks, pushing the US box office […]
Pioneering US hip-hop artist Afrika Bambaataa dies at 68
Groundbreaking US hip-hop artist and DJ Afrika Bambaataa, known for his 1982 hit “Planet Rock,” has died at age 68, his former record label said Thursday.”With his passing, we reflect on his contributions to the genre and broader culture, which continue to this day,” Tommy Boy Records said in an Instagram post alongside a picture […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks US appeals court to overturn sentence
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs urged an appeals court Thursday to overturn the US hip-hop mogul’s prison term of more than four years for prostitution-related crimes. Combs, 56, was sentenced in October after a salacious trial that detailed the alleged “freak-offs” he organized: sexual marathons involving hired male escorts and his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura and another […]