In March 2020, just weeks into a nationwide shutdown as the coronavirus began wreaking havoc all over the country, Matt Damon and his co-stars from Contagion took to the internet with a series of PSAs for COVID-obsessed Americans. At the time, Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 startlingly accurate film about a fictional devastating pandemic found new popularity...
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Katie Hopkins deported from Australia over quarantine rules
Far-right British commentator Katie Hopkins has been sent home from Australia for bragging about flouting hotel quarantine rules. Ms Hopkins – who has often drawn anger for racist remarks – had entered the country to star in the reality TV show Big Brother Australia. On Friday she posted a video from her Sydney hotel room...
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Britney Spears can hire own lawyer in conservatorship case, judge rules
A Los Angeles judge has said US pop star Britney Spears can choose her own lawyer in the fight to end her controversial conservatorship. The ruling came on Wednesday as Spears addressed a court for the second time in less than a month. Spears demanded once again that her father, Jamie Spears, be removed from...
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Scarlett Johansson says Black Widow ‘goes out on a high note’ as torch passes to Florence Pugh
After roles in films like Ghost World (2001), Lost in Translation (2003) and The Prestige (2006), Scarlett Johansson was already one of the industry’s most in-demand young actresses when she landed the career-altering role of Natasha Romanoff in 2010’s Iron Man 2. In the 12 years since, Johansson has played the fan-favorite Black Widow in...
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Jason Momoa is ‘not a fan’ of going to the gym, so he does these extreme sports instead
On the Jimmy Kimmel Live! NBA Finals pre-game special Thursday, Jason Momoa dialed in from Canada, where he is finishing up production on Season 2 of his Apple TV+ show See. And he broke down the preferred workouts he uses to look like the action star that he is, which, surprisingly, do not involve him...
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton marry over Independence Day weekend
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani celebrated Independence Day by officially coupling up: After weeks of dropping clues, The Voice judges finally tied the knot on Saturday during an intimate wedding celebration at the singer’s Oklahoma ranch. The news comes almost a month after the No Doubt frontwoman revealed that her friends held a surprise bridal...
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Global Pop Group Now United stages livestream concert from the Louvre Abu Dhabi
International pop group Now United staged a successful online show streamed from the Louvre in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The digital gig took place on July 1 and was the band’s first live appearance since their 2019 Dreams Come True tour in Brazil. “As Now United’s popularity continues to grow in all regions of the...
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Justin Bieber sets a boundary with fans waiting outside his apartment: ‘This is my home.’
Justin Bieber set things straight with fans who were waiting outside his New York City apartment. In a video TikTok user @VanessaFex posted on Friday, June 25, the “Sorry” singer walks from a car to his apartment building, to find a crowd of fans are waiting for him outside the entrance. Once he reaches the...
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Britney Spears speaks out against conservatorship at hearing
US pop star Britney Spears has spoken out against her conservatorship at a hearing in Los Angeles. In a rare public testimony, the singer told a court her father controlled her “100,000% and he loved it”. “I am traumatised,” she said, speaking remotely. “I just want my life back.” Jamie Spears was granted control over...
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Duchess Meghan on her book: The story I wrote could really be your story
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said she hopes “any family” will see themselves represented in the pages of her children’s book, “The Bench,” in her first interview since speaking to Oprah Winfrey in March. The Duchess said that “growing up, I remember so much how it felt to not see yourself represented,” in an interview with...