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US Supreme Court rebuffs defamation suit against Cosby
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 — The US Supreme Court today for a second time declined to take up a case related to sexual misconduct allegations against Bill Cosby, refusing to consider...
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Want to win an Oscar? Spend millions on the film campaign trail
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 — Making an unforgettable movie is not the only requirement to win the prestigious best picture Oscar. Add millions of dollars for TV and digital ads, plus...
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Paris Hilton says she’s back in the studio (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 — Paris Hilton hinted in a tweet yesterday that she may have new music on the way. The day after her 38th birthday, the socialite star took too Twitter...
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Netflix cancels ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘The Punisher’ shows
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 — There will soon be no Marvel fiction left on Netflix. The streaming site announced in a news release that it is cancelling the two remaining Marvel series...
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A ‘Marvel’ of an adventure ahead for the ‘Captain’
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — Is Captain Marvel ready to take up the mantle of leading the Avengers post-Thanos snap? While it would be nothing short of crazy to bet against a Marvel...
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China sci-fi blockbuster blasts off at the box office
SHANGHAI, Feb 19 — China's first space-age blockbuster is on a trajectory to become the country's highest-grossing movie ever and is being held up as evidence that big-budget...
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Anwar and wife Dr Wan Azizah at ‘OlaBola the Musical’ premiere
PETALING JAYA, Feb 19 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was among the first to watch “OlaBola the Musical” yesterday at Istana Budaya during its opening night. The PKR president,...
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Veteran actor AR Badul recovering from heart attack, receives donation from Finas
PETALING JAYA, Feb 19 — Veteran actor, AR Badul, is recovering following a heart attack and is expected to be discharged from the National Heart Institute on Thursday. In a...
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Queen, Adam Lambert to perform at Oscars
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 — The band will perform at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, the Motion Picture Academy announced on social media today. “Is this the real life? Is...
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Katja Herbers of 'Westworld' to head up new series from 'The Good Fight' creators
LOS ANGELES, Feb 19 — Westworld actress Katja Herbers is to lead supernatural drama Evil, in which a forensic psychologist investigates apparently unexplainable cases of divine...
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Chinese sci-fi film 'The Wandering Earth' sees off competition at the global box office
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 — There’s not much change in this week’s global box office top three. Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth holds on to the number one spot, while The...
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‘I’ll chop your head off while you’re still alive’: Nasyid singer behind flat Earth debate gets death threat
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — Nasyid singer Suhaimi Saad has received a death threat on his personal Facebook page after ruffling the Internet’s feathers with his controversial...
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RM600,000 price tag to Altimet's ultimate farewell concert
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — When Altimet bows out, he does it big time. Word has it that his farewell concert, The Final Altimet Show on Saturday night cost more than RM600,000 to...
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Short of roles for Asians and height, Malaysian Aaron Teoh takes to ‘The King and I’ role with delight
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — Musicals with Asian characters are rare and far in between. Save for the likes of The King and I, Miss Saigon, Flower Drum Song and South Pacific. So,...
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Veteran comedian AR Badul suffers heart attack, warded at IJN
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — Comedian, actor, and director AR Badul was rushed to the National Heart Institute (IJN) after suffering a heart attack yesterday evening. The 70-year-old...
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Shila Amzah confirms pregnancy; happy news duly trends on Weibo
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — Singer-songwriter Shila Amzah announced that she is expecting her first child. She wrote about it in an Instagram post yesterday, ending weeks of...
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Korean superstars BTS set to conquer the world of toys, this time with Funko doll line
PETALING JAYA, Feb 18 — K-pop powerhouse BTS will cement their place in popular culture this April with their very own line of Funko dolls. Seven figurines modelled after RM,...
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Rarer than a Sumatran rhino: A woman composer
PARIS, Feb 18 — Camille Pepin is part of a very rare breed. She is a female composer. Women have conquered space, risen in the military ranks, but some professions remain...
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‘No love scenes’ for Hagler as boxing legend eyes more silver screen action
MONACO, Feb 18 — US boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler may be 64 but he told AFP that age won’t stop him hunting down more roles in action adventure movies. However, there...
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The cyborgs of ‘Alita’ vanquish rivals in US box office
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 — Fox’s new sci-fi spectacle Alita: Battle Angel is dominating US box offices with an estimated US$33 million (RM134.7 million) take this four-day holiday...
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Chicago police seek follow-up interview with ‘Empire’ actor
CHICAGO, Feb 17 — Chicago police have shifted the direction of their investigation into actor Jussie Smollett’s report of a hate-crime assault and are seeking to interview him...
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Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, dead at 85, say reports
NEW YORK, Feb 17 — Lee Radziwill, the socialite and younger sister of former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, died in New York on Friday at the age of 85, US media...
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With ‘Roma’, Alfonso Cuaron reinvents how he makes films
LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 — Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron has experimented before with styles and genres, from space epic Gravity to road trip coming-of-age tale Y Tu Mama Tambien...
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‘Synonyms’ by Israel’s Nadav Lapid wins Berlin filmfest top prize
BERLIN, Feb 17 — Israeli director Nadav Lapid won the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival Saturday for Synonyms about an expatriate in Paris wrestling with his...
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Ong Seong-wu crashes fanmeeting ticketing site
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Former Wanna One member Ong Seong-wu had quite the response to ticket sales for his upcoming fanmeeting in Kuala Lumpur. Within 10 minutes, fans had so...
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Swiss actor Bruno Ganz dies at 77, says agent
BERLIN, Feb 16 — Bruno Ganz, the Swiss actor who gave a masterful performance as Adolf Hitler in Downfall, has died aged 77, his agent said today. Ganz, who died at his...
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Movies from China, Israel tipped for Berlin filmfest gold
BERLIN, Feb 16 — A Chinese epic on the impact of the former one-child policy and an adventurous, sexually explicit Israeli drama about an expatriate in Paris looked to be the...
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Suspects in alleged attack on ‘Empire’ actor released
CHICAGO, Feb 16 — Suspects arrested in connection with an alleged racist and homophobic assault on Empire actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago were released yesterday, police said....
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Mexican actor apologises for racial slur against ‘Roma’ actress
MEXICO CITY, Feb 16 — A Mexican soap opera star apologised yesterday for using a racial slur to describe actress Yalitza Aparicio, whose performance in the critically acclaimed...
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‘Narcos’ star unveils ‘first resistance film’ of Bolsonaro era
BERLIN, Feb 16 — Narcos star Wagner Moura premiered his new movie about a 1960s resistance hero yesterday, calling it the first Brazilian blockbuster to attack state repression...