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Malaysian actress and entrepreneur Syatilla Melvin blasted for promoting ‘bed-breaking’ sex supplement
PETALING JAYA, Sept 17 — Local actress and entrepreneur Syatilla Melvin is under fire for employing “obscene” marketing tactics to sell her latest product. Syatilla, 29, had...
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Malaysian Tamil film ‘Pulanaivu’ wins Best Crime Thriller Feature Film at Toronto Tamil Film Festival (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Locally-produced Tamil film Pulanaivu has bested a list of many Tamil movies from around the world and won the Best Crime Thriller Feature Film award at...
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Taiwanese actor and host Alien Huang, 36, found dead at home from unknown cause
PETALING JAYA, Sept 17 — Taiwanese actor and TV host Alien Huang has passed away at the age of 36. Taiwan’s state media Central News Agency (CNA) reported that the 100 per...
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Biggie’s crown sells for US$595,000 at hip hop auction
NEW YORK, Sept 17 — A plastic crown worn by rapper Biggie during a photoshoot just days before his murder has sold at auction for US$594,750 (RM2.46 million) in New York. The...
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Samuel L. Jackson teaches swearing to encourage people to vote (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, Sept 17 — Snakes on a Plane, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction... It is hard to keep count of the number of films where Samuel L. Jackson can be heard cursing. Now the...
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Don’t call it the ‘Zoomies’! TV’s Emmy Awards swap high-fives for virtual show
LOS ANGELES, Sept 17 — Television’s Emmy Awards usually provide a night of hugs, high-fives and glamorous stars posing on the red carpet, but the coronavirus pandemic will...
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Kanye West assails music business in video showing man urinating on Grammy
LOS ANGELES, Sept 17 — Rapper Kanye West went on a Twitter spree yesterday, complaining about his contracts with music companies and posting a video depicting a man urinating on...
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Cinema is not ‘comfort food,’ Scorsese warns Covid-hit festival
LOS ANGELES, Sept 16 — Martin Scorsese warned that cinema is becoming “marginalised and devalued” as a “form of comfort food” during the coronavirus pandemic, as he...
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Cardi B files for divorce from rapper Offset
NEW YORK, Sept 16 — After three tumultuous years of marriage, superstar rapper Cardi B filed for divorce yesterday from her husband, rapper Offset, according to court records....
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Wuhan film captures horror and humanity at coronavirus ground zero
TORONTO, Sept 16 — Back in February, when few Americans were aware of a distant and oddly named phenomenon called coronavirus, two Chinese filmmakers strapped on hazmat suits...
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Madonna to direct and co-write a movie about her life and music
LOS ANGELES, Sept 16 — Pop music superstar Madonna will direct and co-write a movie about her life for Comcast Corp’s Universal Pictures, the studio said in a statement...
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Kim Kardashian to freeze Facebook, Instagram accounts to protest hate speech
LOS ANGELES, Sept 16 — Kim Kardashian West yesterday decided to freeze her Facebook and Instagram accounts, as she and other celebrities called on the social media platforms to...
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Wahlberg probes masculinity in ‘Good Joe Bell’, says director
LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 — Mark Wahlberg interrupted his famously punishing daily workout regimen to hone his heartfelt new anti-bullying movie, its director told AFP as the film...
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Actor John Boyega quits Jo Malone over Chinese ad
LONDON, Sept 15 — British actor John Boyega today said he had stepped down as brand ambassador for fragrance company Jo Malone, after he was replaced in an aftershave...
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Namaste Alexa: Amazon signs up Bollywood superstar Bachchan
MUMBAI, Sept 15 — Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be the first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant starting next year, as the...
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South Korean actress dies at 36 after she was found unconscious at home
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — South Korean actress Oh In-hye has died at the age of 36 after she was found unconscious at her home in Incheon yesterday. The sad news of her passing...
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Netflix argues for free speech in court spat with Indian tycoons over ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’
NEW DELHI, Sept 15 — An Indian court’s decision to stall the release of a Netflix Inc series on four Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations “freezes free speech” and...
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Busan film festival cut back, delayed over virus
BUSAN, Sept 15 — The Busan International Film Festival, Asia’s biggest gathering of its kind, will be reduced to a fraction of its usual scale with several sections moved...
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Podcasts are the A-list’s new must-have
LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 — Michelle Obama, Joe Rogan, Demi Moore, Snoop Dogg... It’s hard to keep count of the number of American celebrities branching out into the burgeoning...
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Sorkin launches ‘Chicago 7’ film as spectre of riots looms
LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 — When Steven Spielberg called up Aaron Sorkin and asked him to write a movie about the 1968 Chicago anti-war riots — and the extraordinary trial that...
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HBO/Sky mini-series ‘The Third Day’ experiments with live event
LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 — The Third Day, a new mini-series starring Jude Law, is pushing the boundaries with a daring set-up: a different lead actor for each half, and a live...
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Not so white Emmys: A blip, or real progress on diversity?
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 — From Insecure’s 20-something women to the Muslim-American star of Ramy, Sunday’s Emmy line-up is an unprecedented showcase for people of colour. But...
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Idris Elba talks US racism as 'Concrete Cowboy' rides into Toronto
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 — Its biggest star is British, and its director is white. But Concrete Cowboy, a critically acclaimed new film about at-risk black youths and horse owners...
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Late singer Sandra Dianne’s mother hits back after unkind comment made over daughter’s tragic death
PETALING JAYA, Sept 14 — Sabahan singer Sandra Dianne’s tragic death last Friday has made headlines all over social media. Sandra, whose real name is Alessandra Dianne Ampuria...
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Avengers’ Chris Evans accidentally shares nude photo on Instagram
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Captain America actor Chris Evans accidentally shared a nude photograph with his 6.1 million Instagram followers over the weekend. The US actor had...
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Warner Bros won't share 'Tenet' box office data, angering rival studios
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 — People who closely follow box office earnings have noticed a surprising lack of transparency surrounding ticket sales for Tenet, the US$200...
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'Tenet' hits US$200m globally, despite lacklustre US box office
LOS ANGELES, Sept 14 — Christopher Nolan's Tenet crossed the US$200 million mark globally, even as US cinemas struggle to draw audiences during the pandemic. The time-bending...
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Disney’s ‘Mulan’ opens weak in China with US$23.2m at box offices
LOS ANGELES, Sept 13 — Walt Disney Co’s live-action remake of Mulan pulled in US$23.2 million (RM96.3 million) over the weekend at box offices in China, a slow start for the...
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Israeli top model Bar Refaeli sentenced in tax evasion case
TEL AVIV, Sept 13 — Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was sentenced today to nine months’ community service and her mother was ordered jailed for 16 months for tax evasion on...
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‘Nomadland’ wins top prize at Venice film festival
SEPT 13 — Nomadland by director Chloe Zhao won top prize at the Venice film festival yesterday, the first woman to win the prize in a decade. The film, an ode to American...
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British design revolutionary Terence Conran dies aged 88
LONDON, Sept 12 — Terence Conran, a renowned designer and restaurateur credited with modernising British retail and decor, has died aged 88, his family said today. Conran...
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Attenborough in warning to humanity with new extinction documentary
LONDON, Sept 12 — Renowned TV naturalist David Attenborough, in a new documentary, gives his starkest warning yet for humanity to safeguard species from mass extinction for the...
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US lawmakers quiz Disney CEO over Xinjiang connection to ‘Mulan’
NEW YORK, Sept 12 — A group of bipartisan US lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the company’s connection with “security and propaganda” authorities...