Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix 2021.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain), won the British Grand Prix 2021, for a record-extending eighth time. The event was held on July 18, 2021, at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. This is the 99th career win of seven times world champion Hamilton and the fo…

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Cannes Film Festival 2021 winners list announced.

The Cannes Film Festival 2021 concluded on 17 July 2021. The jury, presided by Spike Lee, presented the awards at the Closing Ceremony. Julia Ducournau won the Cannes' top prize, the Palme d'Or, for her film Titane, making her the second woman ever to win the award.…

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Rapper Biz Markie, whose 'Just a Friend' became a '90s staple, dies at 57.

Biz Markie, who fortified the humor-and-hijinks school of hip-hop by taking it worldwide with his 1989 hit "Just a Friend," died Friday 16 July 2021 at the age of 57. Markie, whose real name was Marcel Theo Hall, spent his early years in Harlem but moved to Long Is…

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China has launched the world’s largest carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Trading in China’s ETS is a system that would create the world's largest carbon market and It brings China a step closer to achieving President Xi Jinping’s goal of net zero emissions by 2060. China is the world’s largest carbon market and would be twice as big as the EU…

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Filmmakers, activists call for climate efforts in Cannes.

Documentary makers and environmental activists including British teenager Bella Lack on Sunday said they hoped to inspire more efforts on climate change, including through several films with hopeful messages presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The world’s biggest cinema s…

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'Pose' star Mj Rodriguez becomes 1st trans woman up for lead acting Emmy.

Mj Rodriguez has become the first transgender performer to pick up an Emmy nomination in a major acting category. Rodriguez is nominated in the lead drama actress category for her fierce and formidable portrayal of house mother and nurse Blanca Rodriguez on FX's ballroom…

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Veteren Film Director Richard Donner Dies.

Richard Donner, the prolific Hollywood director and producer whose helming credits include some of the most iconic movies of the 1970s and ’80s including the Christopher Reeve-starring Superman, The Goonies and the Mel Gibson-Danny Glover buddy cop series Lethal Weapon, has…

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"Decoding Shankar" won the Best Film Award.

Indian Freelance filmmaker Deepti Pillay Sivan’s most touted documentary, “Decoding Shankar” about the life and career of the celebrated musician Shankar Mahadevan, recently won the Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) at the Toronto International …

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American Actor Will Smith announced his autobiography ‘Will’.

American  Actor, rapper and film producer Will Smith, who revealed the title and cover of his upcoming autobiography "Will". The book, to be published Nov. 9 by Penguin Press. Will Smith is co-writing the book with author Mark Manson, and the cover is designed by N…

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Renowned actor Sando Harris passes away.

Veteran Sri Lankan actor Sando Harris died this morning (June 11), at the age of 58. Reportedly, Harris suddenly passed away at a residence in Havelock Gardens, Colombo. A team of Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) of Colombo Police have also reportedly arrived at the scene to in…

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Tillotama Shome wins best actor award for "Raahgir: The Wayfarers" at UK Asian Film Festival.

Indian Film Actress Tillotama Shome has made everyone proud by winning the Best Actor award at the latest edition of the UK Asian Film Festival. She has won the award for her film Raahgir: The Wayfarers, which is directed by Goutam Ghose. Shot in Jharkhand, the film also star…

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Actress Lakshmi Devy wins prestigious Gold Remy & New York City independent film festival awards.

Indian American actress and filmmaker Lakshmi Devy wins the prestigious Gold Remy Award for Direction at the 54th World fest Houston International Film Festival for her film “When the Music Changes”. Other previous recipients of the Remy Awards are giants of the Hollywood fi…

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Grammy winning American Singer B. J. Thomas Passes away.

Following a battle with stage-four lung cancer, B.J. Thomas, whose musical career endured for over 50 years, died May 29 at his home in Arlington, Texas. He was 78. Thomas was a chart force beginning in the 1960s. He logged 26 hits, including two No. 1s among five top 10s, o…

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‘Tarzan’ actor Joe Lara among 7 killed in plane crash.

Investigators on Sunday 30 May 2021 continued searching for the bodies of seven people believed killed in the crash a day earlier of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including an actor who portrayed Tarzan in a 1990s television series. Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. J…

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American actor Gavin MacLeod died at age 90.

Gavin MacLeod of 'Love Boat' and 'Mary Tyler Moore' fame dead at 90. Gavin MacLeod, a sitcom veteran who played seaman "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy," Murray on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the very different, vaguely p…

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Actress Tawny Kitaen dies at age 59.

Julie E. “Tawny” Kitaen, who famously appeared in several music videos for the rock group Whitesnake in the ‘80s, has died. The Orange County, Calif. coroner’s office, which listed her as Tawny Finley, stated that she died at her home in Newport Beach on Friday morning, but…

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Singer Pink bags Icon Award at Billboard Music Awards.

Pink has been selected to receive the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, which will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 23. Nick Jonas is hosting the show for the first time. Pink, 41, is the 10th artist to receive the Icon Awa…

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US actress Olympia Dukakis dies at age 89.

US actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died aged 89, her family have announced. Her brother wrote she was "at peace" after suffering ill health. Dukakis had a long and distinguished career in theatre, b…

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The 93rd Academy Awards - 2021.

The 93rd Academy Awards was chock full of historic firsts for women and people of color tonight. "Minari" star Yuh-jung Youn became first Korean actress to win for best supporting role while Chloé Zhao took home best director for her critically-acclaimed "Noma…

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Chloe Zhao becomes second woman to win best director at Academy Awards.

Chloe Zhao made history at the Academy Awards in Los Angelese. The 93rd Academy Awards started in Los Angelese on 26 April 2021. The director of “Nomadland” is the second woman to win the best directing award in nearly 100 years. She is also the first woman of color to win t…

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