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Elissa
Lebanese pop sensation Elissa reveals breast cancer battle in music video
BEIRUT - Lebanese pop singer Elissa surprised fans this week by revealing in a new music video that she had overcome breast cancer, raising awareness of a disease campaigners say can be a taboo topic of discussion in Lebanon."Early detection of breast cancer can save your life. Don't ignore it, face it," 46-year-old Elissa wrote at the end of her video 'To all who love me', released on Tuesday.Elissar Khoury, who performs under the name Elissa, is one of the best known and highest-selling female artists in the Arabic-speaking world, with 13.3 million followers on Twitter.Elissa revealed in her video that she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in December. Interspersed with glittering dance scenes, the video shows her going under a medical scanner and lying...
August 13, 2018

Lebanese pop sensation Elissa reveals breast cancer battle in music video

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'The Meg' chomps up competition at N.America box office
LOS ANGELES - The North American box office was under attack from sci-fi horror film "The Meg" this weekend, industry estimates showed Monday, as it more than doubled the earnings of its closest competitor to claim the top spot.The Warner Bros. adaptation of Steve Alten's "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror" (1997) took $44.5 million in its first weekend in theaters, as viewers rushed to see Jason Statham as a rescue diver who tries to save scientists in a nuclear submarine from a huge, underwater shark attack.Second place went to Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," from Paramount, with $20 million earnings ending a two-week run at the top, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations."Fallout," the sixth stunt-filled edition in the...
August 13, 2018

'The Meg' chomps up competition at N.America box office

Thomas Markle
Thomas Markle fears he won't see royal daughter Meghan again
LONDON - Thomas Markle has not spoken to his daughter Meghan since her star-studded wedding to Britain's Prince Harry and fears she will not contact him again, the Sun newspaper reported on Monday."I don’t expect to see her or hear back from her and that’s OK," the British tabloid quoted him as saying.Former actress Meghan, 37, now the Duchess of Sussex, married Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson and sixth-in-line to the throne, in a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May.However, the immediate build-up to the wedding was overshadowed by her father, a former lighting director for US TV soaps and sitcoms, who pulled out days beforehand after undergoing heart surgery.It also emerged that he had staged photos with a paparazzi photographer which contributed to the...
August 13, 2018

Thomas Markle fears he won't see royal daughter Meghan again

Aretha Franklin
US 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin gravely ill: Report
CHICAGO - Singer Aretha Franklin, a multiple Grammy award-winner star whose legacy stretches back decades, is gravely ill and surrounded by relatives, a reporter and family friend wrote on his website Monday.The 76 year-old "Queen of Soul" Franklin, known for hits such as "Respect" (1967) and "I Say a Little Prayer" (1968), "is gravely ill in Detroit. The family is asking for prayers and privacy," wrote Roger Friedman on the Showbiz 411 website.Franklin, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, last performed in November 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York. Her final public performance was in Philadelphia in August 2017."It was a miraculous show as Aretha was already then fighting exhaustion and dehydration," Friedman wrote,...
August 13, 2018

US 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin gravely ill: Report

Masao Matsumoto, left and and Miyako Sonoda pose with a certificate issued by Guinness World Records after they were given the title of oldest living married couple by aggregate age.
Japanese couple dubbed world's oldest by Guinness
OSAKA - A Japanese couple with a combined age of 208 years are celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary and a Guinness record for oldest living couple. Guinness World Records announced Masao Matsumoto, 108, and Miyako Sonoda, 100, have been awarded the record for oldest living married couple by aggregate age, after they were confirmed to have a combined age of 208 years and 300 days. The couple has five daughters ranging in age from 66 to 77 and13 grandchildren, and are expecting the birth of their 25th great-grandchild before the end of August. Guinness said the oldest-ever married couple by aggregate age were Norwegians Karl Dolven and Gurdren Dolven, who had a combined age of 210 years, 1 month and 34 days when Gudrun died in 2004. - Agencies
August 13, 2018

Japanese couple dubbed world's oldest by Guinness

This handout photo taken from the facebook of Bautista Banares Tere, shows the bride Jobel Delos Angeles, 24, and her groom during their wedding amid a flooded church in Hagonoy town, Bulacan town, north of Manila on Saturday. - AFP
For wetter or worse: Philippine bride defies storm
MANILA - A beaming bride defiantly marching up a flooded church aisle in the Philippines has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoonal rains.Jobel Delos Angeles, 24, married the father of her two children on Saturday as Tropical Storm Yagi and the southwest monsoon brought heavy flooding to the capital Manila and nearby areas, including their home province of Bulacan.In a Facebook video shared over a thousand times, Delos Angeles is all smiles as she walks through brown floodwaters in a white gown and veil before her suited groom clad in flip-flops takes her to the altar."Even if it floods or it rains, nothing can stop me. You only get married once, will you postpone it? I was marrying the man I love," Delos Angeles said by phone."My gown got wet and heavy...
August 12, 2018

For wetter or worse: Philippine bride defies storm

Idris Elba
The name's Idris: Actor Elba fuels Bond speculation
LONDON - British actor Idris Elba fueled speculation on Sunday that he may be named the first black James Bond, with a cryptic tweet."My name's Elba, Idris Elba," he tweeted, echoing the super spy's famous catchline, "The name is Bond, James Bond."The message sent fans into a frenzy of excitement, as rumors abound that Elba may be named to succeed Daniel Craig as the next incarnation of 007.Elba, 45, made his name in gritty US television drugs drama "The Wire" and won a Golden Globe for his role as a murder detective in "Luther", before moving to the big screen.The son of a car factory worker from east London, he is now one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars.He has been in blockbusters such as "Thor", "Pacific Rim"...
August 12, 2018

The name's Idris: Actor Elba fuels Bond speculation

Chen San-yuan, a 69-year-old Feng Shui Master, uses 11 cellphones to play 'Pokemon Go' in a park in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Sunday. - EPA
Retiree mounts 11 phones to bicycle to play 'Pokemon Go'
NEW TAIPEI CITY - A 69-year-old Taiwan man has become a local celebrity after being spotted around the city playing Pokemon Go on 11 smartphones mounted to his bike. Chen San-yuan, aka "Uncle Pokemon," has become well-known to New Taipei City residents after being spotted around town playing the game on 11 smartphones mounted to the front of his bicycle. Chen, who said he sometimes stays out until 4 a.m. hunting for Pokemon, said he became hooked on Pokemon Go after his grandson showed him how to play in 2016. The dedicated player said his habit costs him more than $1,300 each month and he is considering expanding his rig to be able to play on 15 phones simultaneously. - Agencies
August 12, 2018

Retiree mounts 11 phones to bicycle to play 'Pokemon Go'

People dance as a musician plays the trumpet during the Guča Trumpet Festival in the Serbian village of Guca, about 160 km south of Belgrade on Sunday. - AFP
Revelers descend on Serbian town for raucous trumpet festival
GUCA, Serbia - Rowdy brass bands and revelers ruled the streets of the small Serbian town of Guca on Sunday as its annual trumpet festival hit full stride.The four-day affair sees hundreds of thousands of music-lovers from Serbia and abroad descend on Guca, a mountain town of several thousand people that locals say is best described as "quiet" during the rest of the year.Now in its 58th edition, the Guča Trumpet Festival draws the best players of "Balkan brass" - a distinct regional style - to battle it out on stage for prestigious awards.During the day musicians also go table-to-table in restaurants and bars lining the streets, stirring up spontaneous dance parties as they blare their horns for tips."We're very fascinated by the rhythm of this kind of...
August 12, 2018

Revelers descend on Serbian town for raucous trumpet festival

Demi Lovato
Singer Demi Lovato cancels fall tour
LOS ANGELES - As singer Demi Lovato continues treatment after an apparent overdose, Live Nation has announced the cancellation of her fall tour dates."Unfortunately, Demi Lovato has canceled her upcoming Tell Me You Love Me Tour dates in South America, as she is focusing on her recovery," the company said in a statement to CNN.The Grammy-nominated singer was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles earlier this week and has entered an undisclosed rehab facility, said sources close to Lovato.Friends and fans have rallied around the singer since her medical crisis. Lovato thanked them in a recent social media post that also looked ahead."I now need time to heal and focus on my sobriety and road to recovery," she wrote. "I will keep fighting." -...
August 12, 2018

Singer Demi Lovato cancels fall tour

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