The Los Angeles Dodgers have officially announced that Shohei Ohtani has been signed to a 10-year contract with the team. The beloved baseball player, who has been compared to the legendary Babe Ruth, signed a historic $700 million contract with the team, which marks the biggest payday in baseball history. Salary details were left out of the official press release, but we...
Taylor Swift's concert film sold US$123.5 million (S$169 million) worth of tickets around the world over the weekend, slightly less than early box office estimates, distributor AMC Theatres said on Monday (Oct 16). AMC had projected on Sunday that the global total for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour would reach US$126 million to US$130 million in sales...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to name a street intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of the morality police in Iran nearly a year ago sparked months of nationwide protests there. Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is home to an Iranian...
Boy wizard Harry Potter is headed to streaming television in a new series based on the beloved books by author J.K. Rowling. Warner Bros Discovery announced the series on Wednesday (April 13) as part of the company's plans for its Max streaming service, which combines HBO Max with unscripted programming from Discovery. The seven Harry Potter books have...
Paul Sorvino, who played the role of gangster Paulie Cicero in classic mob movie Goodfellas, has died at the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor said on Monday. Sorvino, also known for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerreta on TV series Law & Order in the 1990s, worked in film and television and on stage for...
On Tuesday (May 25) three students were shot and wounded outside an elementary school in Washington DC. A day earlier, three teenagers were shot as they left their high school in Philadelphia. Last week, there were three shootings at high school graduations in Michigan, Louisiana and Tennessee. Gunfire at US schools is at a record high, with a...
Malaysia has long been a dumping ground for the world’s plastic waste. Having previously become the leading alternative destination for plastic scrap after China banned the importation of waste, Malaysia is now sending back the waste to its country of origin. In the latest update, Malaysia is now set to send back the latest shipment of waste...
Beyonce and Megan Thee Stallion.Reuters and Instagram/theestallion Megan Thee Stallion, Beyonce and Billie Eilish were among the early winners on Sunday but K-Pop band BTS were defeated in their bid to win a first Grammy award. BTS lost in the best pop duo or group performance against Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande for their single “Rain on...
Some 4.1 per cent of adults tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study of Los Angeles County residents, health officials said on Monday (April 21), suggesting the rate of infection may be 40 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. The serology tests, conducted by University of Southern California researchers on 863 people indicate...
