‘Big Fish and Begonia’ wins at

international animation festival

Chinese animated feature “Big Fish and Begonia,” by directors Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, won the first prize of the full-length film category of the 15th Anilogue International Animation Festival on Sunday.

NBC news chief calls Matt Lauer’s behavior ‘appalling’

NBC News chairman Andrew Lack called Matt Lauer’s behavior “appalling” and vowed to undertake a “thorough and timely review of what happened.” Lack’s comments came in a company-wide email on Friday morning, two days after the organization terminated Lauer.

‘Pokemon’ finds its female lead with Kathryn Newton

Actress Kathryn Newton, who appeared in HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” has nabbed the female lead for Legendary’s live-action movie adaptation of “Pokemon.”

Ed Sheeran overlooked while Jay Z tops nominations at Grammys

Ed Sheeran’s multi-million selling album “÷” has been excluded from the main categories at the 2018 Grammy Awards, surprising many industry observers.

The star was edged out of contention by Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar, who each received multiple nominations.

Beyonce has most-liked Instagram of 2017

When Beyonce posted on Instagram in February that she was pregnant with twins, the singer broke the record for the most-liked photo with 8 million-plus likes in roughly seven hours since the time she posted.

Rihanna gets street named

after her

The people of Barbados can now take a walk down Rihanna Drive.

The 29-year-old singer was honored in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Thursday, as the street she grew up on as a child was renamed after her. (SD-Agencies)

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