Taylor Swift wins top prize, announces new album at MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday before she closed out the show with a surprisingly big announcement: Her new album.

Entertainment 29 Aug, 2022

List of winners at the 2020 American Music Awards

A list of the winners at the 2020 American Music Awards, held Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. — Artist of the year: Taylor Swift — New artist of the year: Doja Cat — Collaboration of the year: Dan + Shay and Justin...

Travel Abroad 23 Nov, 2020

Nicki Minaj announces she's pregnant with 1st child

NEW YORK: Nicki Minaj has a new release coming soon: her first child. The rapper took to Instagram on Monday to announce she is pregnant, posting photos of herself with a baby bump. One caption simply read: “#Preggers." She also wrote on...

Travel Abroad 21 Jul, 2020

Sia confuses Nicki Minaj for Cardi B on Twitter, apologises

KATHMANDU: Singer Sia has apologised after being slammed by netizens for confusing rapper Nicki Minaj for Cardi B on Twitter — she has said she made "a buffoon" out of herself. The confusion began when a fan asked the Australian singer if she...

Travel Abroad 14 Jun, 2020

The rise and rise of BTS

Korean pop music began taking its own unique form and shape by 1990s, heavily influenced by American and European pop music styles, especially hip-hop, rap, rock and jazz. K-pop has revolutionised since producing the most prominent K-pop stars and...

Travel Abroad 13 Jun, 2020

Meghan Trainor leaves pain behind and offers fresh new music

NEW YORK: Four years ago, Meghan Trainor won the Grammy Award for best new artist. On the first anniversary of that very win she was literally speechless — under the knife for vocal surgery. It was her second time in the operating room for vocal...

Travel Abroad 30 Jan, 2020

Nicki Minaj's brother sentenced to 25 years to life

MINEOLA: The brother of rapper Nicki Minaj was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home. A judge convicted Jelani Maraj of predatory sexual assault and child endangerment in...

Travel Abroad 28 Jan, 2020

Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of models and a rave

DIRIYAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Supermodels and social media mavens, their makeup artists and hair stylists in tow, posed at a concert in leather pants, chunky sweaters and trendy black combat boots. What was unusual about these Instagram posts was that they...

Women 23 Dec, 2019

The most dangerous celebrity online is revealed

NEW YORK: Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on “Gilmore Girls” and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity firm McAfee on Monday crowned Bledel the most dangerous...

Travel Abroad 22 Oct, 2019

Nicki Minaj stuns fans with retirement announcement: 'Bang Bang'

LOS ANGELES: Rapper Nicki Minaj took fans by surprise on Thursday with an announcement that she was retiring from the music business to “have my family.” Minaj, 36, gave the news to her 20 million Twitter followers, although she had not...

Travel Abroad 06 Sep, 2019

Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to perform in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that hip-hop star Nicki Minaj will perform in the ultraconservative kingdom as it sheds decades of restrictions on entertainment. The female rapper is known for her outlandish, provocative style and hits like...

Travel Abroad 03 Jul, 2019

�Hadestown� captures 8 Tony Awards, including best musical

NEW YORK: “Hadestown,” the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday, including best new musical and handing a rare win for a female director of a musical. Playwright Jez...

Travel Abroad 10 Jun, 2019