Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton artist who’s among the world’s biggest stars, scored MTV’s artist of the year award Sunday at the annual Video Music Awards. …
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Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration
Turkish Pop Star Jailed Over Joke About Religious Schools
Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The …
your ads here!‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols’ Ashes Headed for Solar Orbit
The late actress Nichelle Nichols, best known as Lieutenant Uhura on “Star Trek,” will become the latest member of the 1960s television series to be memorialized by having some of …
your ads here!Big Name Entertainment Buyers Attend Africa’s Biggest Film, TV Market Since Lockdown
Big name entertainment providers like Netflix, Showmax and Paramount have been meeting African content creators this week at the Fame Week Africa conference in South Africa. The three-day conference, which …
your ads here!Christie’s to Auction Microsoft Co-Founder’s $1B Art Collection
Christie’s announced plans on Thursday to auction the art collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which it estimated to be worth more than $1 billion. The November sale of …
your ads here!Exhibition Explores Vibrant History of Black Filmmaking
African Americans have been involved in filmmaking since the early days of the movie industry. A new exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures explores that vibrant history, much …
your ads here!Chinese Censors Change Ending of Latest ‘Minions’ Movie
Censors have altered the ending of the recent animated film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” for its domestic release in China, social media users across the country noticed over the …
your ads here!Friends, Fellow Writers Rally, Read for Rushdie
Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie’s behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after …
your ads here!London Exhibit Marks New Era for African Fashion
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is hosting an exhibition of African fashion that organizers say is the largest of its kind. The landmark exhibit — named simply “Africa …
your ads here!Wolfgang Petersen, Blockbuster Filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ Dies
Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air …
your ads here!Serena Williams Falls in Generational Clash Against Raducanu in Cincinnati
Rising teenager Emma Raducanu came out on the winning side of a generational clash against tennis icon Serena Williams with a 6-4 6-0 win in their first-round meeting at the …
your ads here!Looters Helped Return Stolen Antiquities to Cambodia, Researchers Say
After an extensive joint investigation by the United States and Cambodia, about 30 Cambodian cultural artifacts were returned to their homeland. As VOA’s Chetra Chap reports, it turns out that …
your ads here!Medical Investigator Rules Baldwin Set Shooting an Accident
The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator following …
your ads here!Film Academy Apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars
Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy …
your ads here!Scotland’s Police Investigate Threat Made to JK Rowling After Rushdie Tweet
Scotland’s police said Sunday they are investigating a report of an “online threat” made to the author JK Rowling after she tweeted her condemnation of the stabbing of Salman Rushdie. …
your ads here!Tehran Unveils Western Art Masterpieces Hidden for Decades
Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric, …
your ads here!Salman Rushdie Remains Hospitalized; Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized on Saturday with serious injuries a day after he was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, while police sought to …
your ads here!Praise, Worry in Iran After Rushdie Attack; Government Quiet
Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for …
your ads here!Reviving Mexico’s Groundbreaking Muralism a Century Later
A painter in orange overalls touches up the image of a hand holding a rifle while an artist perched on scaffolding painstakingly places bits of colorful ceramic in a mosaic …
your ads here!Film About Disabled Man Provokes Criticism of Chinese Government
Chinese state media has stopped promoting a short film that depicted the everyday struggles of a disabled man in rural China and drew tens of millions of views before prompting …
your ads here!Famed Japanese Fashion Designer Issey Miyake Dies at 84
Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan’s biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ black turtlenecks, has …
your ads here!Nigerians Praise London Museum’s Decision to Return Precious Artifacts
The 72 artifacts that the Horniman museum agreed to return include 12 of the famous Benin Bronzes – symbolic of the ancient Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria. The museum said …
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