LIFESTYLE

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood stars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel have publicly backed US actress Blake Lively after she filed a legal complaint against It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni. Ms Lively filed the legal complaint over the weekend against Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to “destroy” her reputation. Baldoni’s […]

LONDON — Nearly three decades after being nominated for an Oscar, British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste is back in the awards race thanks to a tremendous performance in director Mike Leigh’s new drama, Hard Truths. The 57-year-old jokes she feels “older and wider” (rather than wiser) this time around – a line she credits to co-star

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie is notoriously private. But in a new interview with BBC News, the Hollywood star spoke candidly about her experience of working on set with her eldest sons, saying they saw “the pain” she usually hides from them. The actress is starring in a new biopic, titled Maria, about opera singer

LONDON — After years of playing military heroes on screen, Tom Cruise is now one in real life. The “Top Gun” star was honored with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service (DPS) Award during a ceremony in London on Tuesday, which recognized Cruise’s contribution and dedication to the US Navy through his film

LONDON — The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said. Spanning an area of 3,672 square kilometers (1,418 square miles) when measured in August – slightly bigger than Rhode Island – the

MUMBAI — Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement. Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma

LOS ANGELES — Selena Gomez has revealed she is engaged to songwriter Benny Blanco. The actress and singer posted a picture of a large engagement ring on Instagram, with the caption “forever begins now”. It comes after the couple confirmed their relationship last year. Pop star Taylor Swift was among the famous figures to offer

LONDON — A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say. It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017, then popped up several years later near Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean — a distance of at least 13,000 km.

LOS ANGELES — Wicked, Conclave, Anora and The Brutalist are a few of the films expected to pick up Golden Globe nominations, which are announced on Monday. It is the first major film ceremony to announce its shortlists, and will offer some clues as to how the awards race is shaping up. In a year

WASHINGTON — US space agency Nasa has announced a further delay to its plans to send astronauts back to the Moon. The agency’s chief, Bill Nelson, said the second mission in the Artemis program was now due for launch in April 2026. The plan had been to send astronauts around the Moon but not land