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LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep on Thursday said her “We’re all Africans” comment was taken out of context, writing in the Huffington Post about the controversy she sparked up amid Holly-wood’s ongoing diversity debate.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pop star Kesha’s former music producer on Monday said allegations that he had raped the singer were lies, and hit back at a “trial by Twitter” backed by some of music’s biggest names over Kesha’s bid to extricate herself from a recording contract.

(BBC) A Mumbai court has cleared veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, 94, in the 18-year-old case of a bounced cheque.

(Reuters) – In a rollercoaster movie awards season with no clear favorite in the Oscars best picture race, there is one sure bet – Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the world’s biggest celebrities, will finally take home the best actor statuette on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Harper Lee, who wrote one of America’s most beloved literary classics, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and surprised readers with a second book about racial injustice in the U.S.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says Bollywood Playback Singer Sunidhi Chauhan will appear Live in Concert on Sunday April 3rd, 2016 at the Guyana National Stadium.

(Reuters) – Hip-hop ruled the Grammys stage on Monday in performances that put racial tension back in the national spotlight and where some of music’s biggest stars failed to deliver, or in the case of Rihanna, failed to show up at all.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy winners on Monday with five wins but was shut out of the night’s top categories as Taylor Swift nabbed album of the year in an upset victory.

(Reuters) – Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, who says he is $53 million in debt, has asked Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion into his “ideas.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – Survival drama “The Revenant” was the top winner at Britain’s biggest movie awards yesterday, taking the best film prize and honours for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Barry Manilow has been rushed back to Los Angeles after a performance in Memphis because of complications from emergency oral surgery this week, a statement on his website said.

BERLIN/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Meryl Streep, the most admired actress of her generation, fueled Hollywood’s diversity controversy yesterday when she said that all of humanity originated in Africa.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese actor Ken Watanabe, an Academy Award nominee for his performance in the movie “The Last Samurai” and lauded in the recent Broadway revival of “The King and I,” is fighting stomach cancer and will have to postpone plans to return to Broadway.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – Hollywood fumbled the ball during a quiet Super Bowl weekend at the multiplexes as new releases such as “Hail, Caesar!”

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – An Oscar-winning filmmaker hopes her latest Academy Award-nominated documentary will help bring tougher laws against honour killings in Pakistan, which account for the deaths of hundreds of women and men each year.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Reuters) – Coldplay was the headline act at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, but it was R&B super stars Beyonce and Bruno Mars who delivered the sizzle for a lively, upbeat performance that paid homage to previous halftime show headliners.

(BBC) An Indian airline has suspended five crew members who let a Bollywood star sing over its public address system – sparking a row on social media.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Maurice White, the founder of R&B funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, died in Los Angeles at age 74, a band spokesman said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,” Idris Elba joked on stage after winning twice at Saturday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, where actors of color claimed a slew of wins amid a furor in Hollywood over the lack of on-screen diversity.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – She may already have won some of the biggest U.S.