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(Trinidad Express) MOMENTS before reggae singer Reano “Busy Signal” Gordon was due to perform at Saturday’s “Together As One” concert, he was taken to court for failing to repay over US$37,000 due to a local promoter for the past two years.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Grammy-winning R&B singer Rihanna is the first artist to surpass more than 100 million cumulative digital singles, the Recording Industry Association of America said on Wednesday.

Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre was filled to brimming with Kapoors from Bollywood’s First Family on May 10 when veteran actor Shashi Kapoor received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian Cinema.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hollywood A-list couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner on Tuesday announced plans to divorce, a day after their 10th wedding anniversary.

(Reuters) – Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs took a tumble, Janet Jackson made an emotional appearance, and the BET TV network paid tribute on Sunday to campaigners across the United States demanding better police accountability after a troubled year.

(Reuters) – A much-anticipated documentary about the late British singer Amy Winehouse hits cinemas this week amid a dispute between its makers and her father, who has called the film misleading.

(Reuters) – Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, has been moved to hospice care, five months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub, her family said in a statement on Wednesday.

Hollywood composer James Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film “Titanic” and its mega-hit theme song “My Heart Will Go On”, died in a plane crash in southern California yesterday, US media reported.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon at the University of California Los Angeles on Monday, college law enforcement authorities said.

Grenada-born Dt Slinger Francisco, 79, better known as the Mighty Sparrow has been conferred with Order of the British Empire.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – From Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” to “The Lego Movie” and now “Jurassic World,” Chris Pratt is fast becoming Hollywood’s go-to franchise leading man.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Master of the macabre Christopher Lee, who portrayed Dracula in outrageous Hammer Films horror classics but became known to later generations for roles in “Star Wars” and as the wizard Saruman in the “Lord of the Rings”, has died aged 93.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Helen Mirren won her first Tony on Sunday for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” and the lesbian-coming of age story “Fun Home” nabbed the top acting prize for Michael Cerveris and best musical at the 69th Tony Awards.

(Trinidad Express) An emergency hearing before a judge around mid-night on Saturday’s Indian Arrival Day holiday followed the arrest of entertainer Keith “Anthony B” Blair, after a performance at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hulking actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson creates a new save-the-day persona as a rescue pilot in California earthquake thriller “San Andreas,” opening in U.S.

(BBC) Convicted Bollywood star Salman Khan has been granted permission by the high court in Mumbai to travel to Dubai to appear in an awards show.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., (Reuters) – With music, singing and tears, hundreds of mourners in Memphis bade farewell to blues giant B.B.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Acting legend Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, his agent said on Tuesday.

CANNES, France, (Reuters) – French film “Dheepan” won the top Palme d’Or prize for director Jacques Audiard at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival yesterday, crowning a good night for French cinema but a bad one for Italy and actress Cate Blanchett.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – There weren’t as many fireworks at the Memorial Day weekend box office this year as newcomer “Tomorrowland” disappointed with a $32.2 million debut.