TikTok Overtakes Facebook to Become 2020’s Most Downloaded App Globally: App Annie
- by Agencies
TikTok overtook Facebook to become the most downloaded app globally in 2020, as per an industry report on mobile trends
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Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86
- by Associated Press
Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.
Like mother and father, Blue Ivy Carter now a Grammy nominee
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Blue Ivy Carter is an official Grammy nominee. When the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2021 Grammys last month, Beyoncé scored a nomination for best music video for “Brown Skin Girl,” which Ivy Carter is credited as a featured artist.
Prince William thanks pandemic workers at Christmas show
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Britain’s Prince William and his family attended a Christmas show in London on Friday night, where he paid tribute to medical staff and other frontline workers for their efforts during the pandemic.
UK homeowner delays sale of home after Banksy mural appears
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Banksy’s latest mural has delayed a homeowner’s plans to sell in England after it recently appeared on the house’s exterior wall.
Nearly went into depression during lockdown : singer Ankit Tiwari
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Singer-composer Ankit Tiwari admits he nearly went into depression amid the lockdown, which started in March as a consequence of Covid-19. He is now wanting ahead to fill in additional positivity in his life.
Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19, says she's 'feeling fine right now'
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Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for the novel coronavirus but is "feeling fine right now," she announced Thursday. Production on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has been paused until January, a Telepictures spokesperson confirmed.
Swiss nightclub, shuttered by COVID-19, reborn as blood donation centre
- by Reuters
A Swiss nightclub shuttered by COVID-19 restrictions has been converted into a temporary blood donation centre, bringing new life to an empty multi-floor warehouse that previously heaved with revellers.
Stars join Cyndi Lauper’s benefit concert for homeless youth
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Taylor Swift, Cher, Billie Eilish, LL Cool J and Dolly Parton are adding their voices to Cyndi Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue the “True Colors” singer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic.
Ang Lee on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ 20 years later
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It’s physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that hovers atop slender bamboo trees in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and not say out loud “Whoa.”
"I have quarantined myself": Kriti Sanon confirms testing Covid positive
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Actor Kriti Sanon on Wednesday said she has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently quarantining at home in Mumbai.
Fans, Ono, bandmates mark 40 years since John Lennon’s death
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Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs Tuesday, the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle’s death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building.
Varun Dhawan tests positive for coronavirus
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Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan has tested positive for coronavirus. Varun took to Instagram on Monday to share that he contracted the virus while shooting for Jug Jugg Jeeyo.
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Divya Bhatnagar dies of Covid-19 at 34
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Popular TV actor Divya Bhatnagar of ‘Yeh Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ fame, who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, died early on Monday at a hospital.
Love match: Tokyo to help fund Japanese AI cupid upgrades-report
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The Japanese government plans to step up efforts to stem the country’s tumbling birth rate by helping to fund more sophisticated artificial intelligence matchmaking systems, media said on Monday.
Clooney honored by MoMA as actor, director and humanitarian
- by Associated Press
George Clooney’s co-stars, friends and collaborators gathered virtually to share anecdotes and praise his contributions as actor, director, humanitarian and colleague -- not to mention Sexiest Man Alive twice over.
Niece says ‘cruel and traitorous’ Trump belongs in prison
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President Donald Trump’s niece says her uncle is “criminal, cruel and traitorous” and belongs in prison after he leaves the White House.
David Lander, ‘Squiggy’ on ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 73
- by Associated Press
Actor David L. Lander, who played the character of Squiggy on the popular ABC comedy “Laverne & Shirley,” has died after a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis, his wife said. He was 73.
With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual
- by Associated Press
This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It’s a frothy, festive run of the year’s final premieres and screenings — all part of a carefully orchestrated dance to court tastemakers and, ultimately, academy voters.
Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows
- by Associated Press
There’s theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan’s shuttered theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, an actor recently read his lines from a huge stage.