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Netflix pokes fun in Brazil with 'corruption shops'
BRASÍLIA - Brazilian travelers are finding something much more intriguing at airports than the booze and chocolates at duty free: "Corruption shops." The stores popping up in Brasilia and Sao Paulo are a marketing gimmick of Netflix to promote its new series "The Mechanism," which is based on Brazil's so-called "Car Wash" corruption mega-scandal. Looking like real shops - even if nothing is actually for sale - they display golden ankle monitoring bracelets, manuals on how to turn state's witness, and underwear with secret pockets for cash. On the bookshelf, there's "1,001 things to do before you begin house arrest" and a dictionary called "Corrupterminos," or a lexicon of corruption. Netflix has a history of cheeky promotion...
March 31, 2018

Netflix pokes fun in Brazil with 'corruption shops'

SHINee
Dubai to host the biggest K-Pop show in the region
DUBAI - All roads will lead to Dubai in April as the city gets ready to offer a spectacular musical treat to fans of Korean Pop music or K-Pop, as it hosts the biggest ever showcase of iconic K-Pop artists with SMTOWN LIVE, a global performance brand which is making a spectacular entry into the Middle East as part of its world tour.'SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR VI in DUBAI' will perform at Dubai Autism Rocks for around 4 hours from 6 pm on April 6. The performances will include 35 artists with SM's superstars such as KANGTA, BoA, TVXQ!, SUPER JUNIOR, Girls' Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, TRAX, and Henry.SMTOWN LIVE, which started its first tour in 2008, was held in major cities around the world including Seoul, New York, LA, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok and...
March 31, 2018

Dubai to host the biggest K-Pop show in the region

George Blagden
Hollywood's first blockchain movie: An end to piracy?
LOS ANGELES - A few years behind Wall Street, Hollywood is turning to the technology behind cryptocurrency bitcoin to distribute movies in a development hailed as the beginning of the end for piracy.Leading the charge is "No Postage Necessary," a romantic indie comedy about a luckless hacker that is being distributed via peer-to-peer video network app Vevue, running on Qtum, the most advanced blockchain in the world.Jeremy Culver ("An Evergreen Christmas") wrote, directed and produced the release from US production house Two Roads Picture Co., shot on 35 mm film.The movie gets its US theatrical release and worldwide blockchain debut in June and will also be available to buy online using cryptocurrency."We are thrilled to provide movie lovers around the world a...
March 31, 2018

Hollywood's first blockchain movie: An end to piracy?

Glenn Close
Actress Glenn Close aims to reduce mental health stigma
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Actress Glenn Close says she wants to live in a world where mental illness is talked about openly and accepted as a fact of life.The Emmy- and Tony-award-winning actress is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week for a gathering designed to bring awareness to efforts aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness."I'm excited about every aspect of this event. I think for those of us who are coming in to participate it's very exciting, because I really look forward to talking to the students and learning about what they're dealing with," Close said during an interview Saturday at the University of Michigan. "There's a lot of anxiety, depression, and stigma on campuses. I think kids are really, really open and ready to talk about...
March 31, 2018

Actress Glenn Close aims to reduce mental health stigma

Sikka Art Fair 2018: An exhibition of Saudi art and culture
Saudi GazetteDUBAI - “Saudi House” by the culture-focused initiative Tamashee hosted a variety of exhibitions and activities at Sikka Art Fair 2018 under one roof, including Tamashee, a collaborative initiative for emerging artists in the fields of calligraphy, pottery, Islamic art and photography, and an exhibition of works produced by Saudi artists.“This is the first time at Sikka Art Fair wherein we had a full house dedicated only to Saudi artists. Saudi female artists played a huge part in creating this exhibition. Almost 70 percent of the artists were actually women,” said Mohammed Kazim the co-founder of Tamashee.The works of art that were showcased in the “Saudi House” explored Saudi culture and even society. One of the art pieces called “Why?” by Mashail Faqeeh...
March 28, 2018

Sikka Art Fair 2018: An exhibition of Saudi art and culture

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Upbeat reviews as Trump-voting 'Roseanne' returns to TV
NEW YORK - Hit working-class sitcom "Roseanne" returned to US television screens Wednesday after a two-decade hiatus, winning generally positive reviews in a sharply polarized America with a title character who is now a pill-popping, Trump-voting grandma.ABC aired the first two episodes of the award-winning show's 10th season - back for the first time in 21 years with actress Roseanne Barr in fine fettle as the eponymous blue-collar matriarch of the Conner clan.Roseanne and husband Dan, played by John Goodman, are getting on in years, and are on a long roster of medication, which they share to save on cost."If you're not happy, I have no chance of being happy," quips Dan, handing the anti-depressants to Roseanne.Daughter Darlene is back at home as an unemployed,...
March 28, 2018

Upbeat reviews as Trump-voting 'Roseanne' returns to TV

Beyonce
Biter-gate: Tiffany Haddish reports somebody nipped Beyonce
NEW YORK - The speculation is wide, the rumors numerous and the denials firm. The crime? Somebody allegedly bit Beyonce on the face at a party in December.How do we know this? Because Tiffany Haddish told us so, more specifically, GQ magazine in a profile released Tuesday. She didn't nail the culprit but set off Beyonce's fans on social media and a whole lot of internet sleuthing. The mystery has a hashtag: #WhoBitBeyonce.The latest nugget came Wednesday when TMZ reported sources it did not identify by name as saying Haddish spilled the tea. They said it was partygoer Sanaa Lathan. She got the hive treatment - swarms of bee emojis - until she finally denied it on Twitter. - AP
March 28, 2018

Biter-gate: Tiffany Haddish reports somebody nipped Beyonce

Fetty Wap
Rapper Fetty Wap hosts supermarket charity event
PATERSON, N.J. - Rapper Fetty Wap handed out gift cards to families at a New Jersey supermarket just in time for Easter.The Record reports the Paterson native visited his hometown Wednesday for a giveaway at ShopRite in Center City Mall. Marie Sweeney-Tevis, ShopRite's director of public relations, says the organization was excited for the opportunity.Fetty Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, says he's fortunate to be able to help people now considering his upbringing. The rapper posed for pictures with eager fans and joked that he might land a couple Easter dinner invitations.Fetty Wap is no stranger to giving back. He's donated turkeys for Thanksgiving each year in Paterson since 2015.The rap star says he'll always support his hometown. - AP
March 28, 2018

Rapper Fetty Wap hosts supermarket charity event

Adea Shabani
Police: Dead boyfriend suspected in model's killing
LOS ANGELES - Detectives believe an aspiring model and actress from Macedonia who had been missing for more than a month was killed and dumped in a shallow grave in Northern California, police said Wednesday.The model's boyfriend, who was engaged to another woman and killed himself after a police chase last week, is suspected in her death, Los Angeles Police Capt. Billy Hayes said at a news conference. He said an autopsy on Thursday would confirm whether the body is that of 25-year-old Adea Shabani.She was last seen leaving her apartment in Hollywood with her boyfriend, 33-year-old Chris Spotz, on Feb. 23.Los Angeles police found what's believed to be her body on Tuesday some 690 kilometers away in a shallow grave by a creek in the Spenceville Wildlife Area.Through an attorney,...
March 28, 2018

Police: Dead boyfriend suspected in model's killing

Candidate for New York governor Cynthia Nixon responds to a question during a news conference on Mondayin Albany, New York. — AP
Cynthia Nixon blasts Cuomo as ‘bully,’ ‘wannabe Republican’
ALBANY, New York — Actress Cynthia Nixon blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a bully and a “wannabe Republican” on Monday during her first visit to Albany since announcing her bid for New York governor.The “Sex and the City” star and public education advocate criticized the two-term governor for not doing enough to ensure equal opportunities for poor and minority students. She also faulted Cuomo’s effort to combat government corruption and said that while he touts himself as a progressive, he’s governed as a member of what she called Albany’s “old boys’ club.”“We’ve all seen it: Andrew the bully. He bullies other elected officials. He bullies anyone who criticizes him,” Nixon said. “It reminds me of the behavior we see from Donald Trump every day. My experience has...
March 27, 2018

Cynthia Nixon blasts Cuomo as ‘bully,’ ‘wannabe Republican’

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