Tag: AFP
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‘Game of Thrones’ movie in early development
Could the dragons of Westeros finally be coming to the big screen? At least one “Game of Thrones” movie is in very early stages of development, trade outlets The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported Thursday. The original HBO “Game of Thrones” television show became a global cultural phenomenon during its eight-season run from 2011-2019, garnering…
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Argentine police raid hotel where Liam Payne fell to death
Argentine police raided on Wednesday the Buenos Aires hotel where former One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from his third-floor balcony, a police source told AFP. Police officers from the special investigations and technology divisions were sent to the Casa Sur Hotel by the prosecutor’s office “to seize elements of interest for the…
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Ariana Grande concert attack survivors win UK harassment case
Two survivors of a deadly 2017 suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert in northern England in 2017 won a harassment claim on Wednesday against a former television producer who claims the attack was a hoax. Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve sued Richard Hall for harassment and data protection breaches over his assertions in several…
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Fans gather to mourn Liam Payne’s death at UK and other vigils
Fans mourning Liam Payne’s death turned out across Britain and beyond at organised vigils Sunday, with at least 1,000 gathering in central London to pay tribute to the former One Direction star. It came four days after Payne died aged 31 following a fall from the balcony of his Buenos Aires hotel room, prompting an…
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Let ‘Emily in Paris’ remain in Paris, Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Wednesday he hoped that Netflix’s hit series “Emily in Paris” would remain centred on the French capital rather than move to Rome. The fourth season of “Emily in Paris”, currently streaming, takes events to the Italian capital where the show’s star, played by Lily Collins, seeks…
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New ‘Joker’ film, a dark musical, tops N.America box office
Warner Bros.’ “Joker: Folie a Deux,” a dark new musical Batman spinoff, earned an estimated $40 million over the weekend to top the North American box office, industry watchers reported Sunday. But that was far behind the $96.2 opening of the original “Joker” in 2019, a movie that earned Joaquin Phoenix a best-actor Oscar and…
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Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance
Palestinian activist Issa Amro on Thursday accepted the Right Livelihood prize — considered by some an alternative Nobel — for his “nonviolent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation” in the West Bank, the jury said. Amro was born in the city of Hebron, a flashpoint West Bank city where roughly 1,000 Jewish settlers live under heavy…
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Coldplay ticket scalping fiasco sparks backlash in India
British rock band Coldplay’s upcoming tour of India has triggered a police investigation and dismayed fans after scalpers bought up cheap tickets to resell online for more than $1,000 apiece. Thousands of music fans tried and failed to buy tickets for three concerts scheduled in financial hub Mumbai next January, sold by popular Indian online…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sued for alleged 2001 rape
A woman who alleges Sean “Diddy” Combs drugged and violently raped her, filming the assault so he could sell it for the titillation of others, said Tuesday she was suing the rapper. Thalia Graves held a tearful press conference in Los Angeles, in which she said the emotional and mental pain from the 2001 attack…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with racketeering, sex trafficking
Superstar rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Tuesday to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and was ordered to remain in custody pending a trial. Combs, 54, was arrested by federal agents in New York on Monday evening and accused in a just-unsealed three-count criminal indictment alleging he sexually abused women and coerced them…