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It’s been quite a few weeks since fans first spotted Taylor Swift cheering on her new boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, at a football game. The “Anti-Hero” singer wore his team’s colors and signature red lip to the event, which was her first of the season. Her appearance at the game caused a social media uproar and led to his jersey sales skyrocketing 400%, according to Page Six. But he wasn’t the only one to be affected.
In a new interview, Angelina Jolie has opened up about her very public divorce from Brad Pitt. The actress said that she has not been herself for the past decade as she has dealt with so many things, including undergoing surgery to reduce her risk of breast cancer and a bitter custody battle with her ex. She added that she would have gone “under in a darker way” without her six children for support. Jolie has been in a tumultuous
Pop superstar Taylor Swift rocked concert stages, cinemas, local economies — and even the Earth – in 2023. She did so in a year that exploded her stardom threefold with old and new albums, an international stadium tour that flattened Ticketmaster’s infrastructure, and an award show that made her the most famous woman ever. Now, the 33-year-old is Time’s Person of the Year for 2023, and in an interview with the Crimson periodical, she opens up about her rise to
Milans La Scala launched its opera season on Thursday with a new production of Giuseppe Verdis Don Carlo. Riccardo Chailly conducted a star cast in a drama that reflects the composer’s mastery of late maturity, including Rene Pape, Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Elina Garanca, and Luca Salsi. The opera is based on a play by German writer Friedrich Schiller, a revolutionary and political activist in the 1790s. It depicts the tragic conflict between a king, his son, and his lover.
After launching a record-shattering global tour and becoming the world’s most-streamed musical artist in 2023, Taylor Swift notched another accolade on Wednesday when Time magazine named the mega pop star its “Person of the Year.” Capping her remarkable year, Time hailed the singer as a symbol of female strength and an advocate for those with no voice. The Person of the Year award has been handed out since 1927. Traditionally, the Person selected is someone who has a significant impact
A Japanese version of Christopher Nolan’s nuclear controversy drama Oppenheimer will screen next year, a local distributor said on Thursday. The launch had been in doubt amid criticism that the film, which is set during the Manhattan Project, largely ignores the devastation of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This event led to more than 200,000 deaths, according to some estimates. Since its July opening, Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer” has grossed over $950 million globally. But it
South Korea’s YG Entertainment Inc (122870. KQ) said on Wednesday that all four South Korean K-pop girl group BLACKPINK members have renewed their contracts with the label, sending shares in the company up by nearly a third. YG had been uncertain whether BLACKPINK would renew its seven-year exclusive contracts with the label. The firm’s shares had fallen by over a fifth this year before the announcement. The YG-owned music agency, which also owns the South Korean football club FC Seoul
Vanessa Hudgens is soaring into a new chapter in her life. The ‘High School Musical’ star, 34, tied the knot with her fiance Cole Tucker on Saturday, December 2, in Tulum, Mexico, sources confirm to PEOPLE. The couple announced their engagement in February of this year and shared photos from a Paris trip and a bachelorette party that accompanied the announcement. The “Say OK” singer and the Colorado Rockies player, 27, have been together since late 2020 when they first
When Henry Kissinger quotes one of your jokes, you know you’ve made a mark in pop culture. Such is the case for singer Dionne Warwick, comedian Billy Crystal, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper and actress Queen Latifah, and opera star Renee Fleming, who was celebrated Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, the top U.S. honor for achievements in the arts. Gloria Estefan hosted the 46th annual gala, which will be televised on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. Honorees gathered
Andrew Haigh’s reinterpretation of Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel All of Us Strangers won this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) on Sunday, taking home seven awards, including Best British Independent Film and Best Director. The Searchlight title, starring Andrew Scott as a screenwriter grappling with the death of his parents, won accolades for its liminal tone and ability to tap into the surreal. It had already won four prizes in the BIFA craft division for editing, cinematography, music supervision, and