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Billie Eilish attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood.

Billie Eilish tour to include three Canadian cities

Jane Stevenson · Postmedia News |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Billie Eilish has announced two dates at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 1 and 2 with tickets available on Friday at ticketmaster.com. Her Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is named after her new album, out May 17. Other Canadian tours dates include ...

Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives for a news conference to promote the movie 'Saint Amour' at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 19, 2016.

French actor Gerard Depardieu to be tried in October over alleged sexual assaults

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried next October for alleged sexual assaults against two women during a 2021 film shoot, the Paris public prosecutor said on Monday. Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has been at ...

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda poses on the red carpet to attend the closing ceremony and the screening of the animated film "Elemental" Out of competition, during the 76th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 27, 2023.

Lily Gladstone returns to Cannes as jury member

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lily Gladstone, the first Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar, will return to this year's Cannes Film Festival as a member of the nine-strong main jury, organizers said on Monday. Gladstone got her Academy Award ...

Mick Jagger of the rock band The Rolling Stones performs, as the band kick off their 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2024.

Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston

Arathy Somasekhar |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a sold-out venue in Houston on Sunday, with people traveling from various cities to watch one of the world's most enduring rock bands amid worries that ...

Hipgnosis logos are seen in this illustration taken, June 28, 2021.

Blackstone beats Concord with $1.6 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs

Reuters |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

(Reuters) -Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, trumping an offer from Concord for the music rights owner of artists such as Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the companies said on Monday. Blackstone's ...

Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 11, 2023.

Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts

Reuters |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |2 min read

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" during its first week of release in the U.S., Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No. 1" on ...

Hipgnosis logos are seen in this illustration taken, June 28, 2021.

Blackstone to make improved bid for Hipgnosis, Sky News reports

Reuters |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |1 min read

(Reuters) - Private equity giant Blackstone is preparing to lodge an improved bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund which owns the music rights of artists including Shakira and Blondie, Sky News reported on Sunday. Blackstone's bid will trump independent ...

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New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban

Jenna Zucker |Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |3 min read

By Jenna Zucker TORONTO -The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament and a women's rights activist, recovering in a hospital bed after surviving an ...

Singer Steven Tyler arrives for the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 14, 2019.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |2 min read

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewis ...

Feb 11, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA;  Recording artist Taylor Swift, looks on before Super Bowl LVIII between Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Taylor Swift beats Beatles in race to 12th UK number one album

Reuters |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday with "The Tortured Poets Department", outselling the rest of the top ten combined and beating the Beatles for the record of fastest artist to rack up 12 UK number one ...

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