LIFESTYLE

DUBAI: Chilean Palestinian singer Elyanna made her television debut this week on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The 22-year-old music sensation delivered a medley of hits from her debut album “Woledto,” including “Callin’ U (Tamally Maak)” and “Mama Eh,” the first song performed entirely in Arabic on the show. Her performance featured an ensemble […]

DUBAI: US actress Avantika Vandanapu, known mononymously as Avantika, hit the red carpet at Gold House’s 2024 Gold Gala in Los Angeles in a gown by Lebanese designer Geyanna Youness. Avantika wore a peach gown by Lebanese designer Geyanna Youness in Los Angeles. (Getty Images) The event honored leaders in the Asian-Pacific community and saw Hollywood

LONDON — When retired postman Rodney Holbrook set up cameras to try to find out who was tidying his shed almost every night, he found an unexpected helper scurrying around his workbench. The black-and-white, night-vision footage revealed that a tiny mouse was behind the mysterious tidying, helpfully moving objects left on the workbench into a

LONDON — Zayn Malik’s collaboration with popular Pakistani band Aur has given fans much to celebrate — with many psyched that the British singer is fluent in Urdu. A remake of Aur’s breakout hit Tu Hai Kahan features the ex-One Direction singer providing vocals in Urdu. The original version of the song has more than

LOS ANGELES — TV stars are gearing up for the Emmy Awards, which are happening four months late because of the Hollywood strikes. Nominations were announced in July and the ceremony was originally scheduled for September, but the writers’ and actors’ strikes meant very few nominees would have been able to attend. The event will

ORLANDO — Madison Marsh, a 22-year-old second lieutenant in the US Air Force and master’s student at the Harvard Kennedy School’s public policy program, emerged victorious at the 2024 Miss America pageant in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night. Marsh, representing the state of Colorado, is the first active-duty Air Force officer ever to receive the

LOS ANGELES — Succession, Beef and The Bear are the big winners at the Emmy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. British actor Matthew Macfadyen was named best supporting actor in a drama series, while Jesse Armstrong won the prize for best writing of a drama series. In his acceptance speech, Macfadyen said

LONDON — Some children with cancer are receiving a new type of drug treatment far less toxic than chemotherapy. Arthur, 11, is one of the first to try it, at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, for his blood cancer. His family call the therapy “a little bit of sunshine”, since it worked without making Arthur

NEW YORK — Two Madonna fans are suing the US singer for being late by more than two hours for a show last month in New York, according to court documents. They state the show was meant to start at 20:30 EST on all three nights, but in each case it did not begin until

NEW YORK — A man has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking near Taylor Swift’s New York home. David Crowe, 33, from Seattle, was arrested on Monday after complaints about an “emotionally disturbed male acting erratically”. He was charged with two counts each of harassment and stalking, New York Police Department said. The