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Pictures show a balanced sculpture built during the European Stone Stacking Championships 2019 in Dunbar, Scotland. — AFP
Stone stackers defy gravity at European championships
Dunbar, United Kingdom — Expertly balancing one rock on top of another at the European Stone Stacking Championships, competitors combine skill and artistic creativity to come up with gravity-defying constructions.Now in its third year, the event takes place in the Scottish coastal town of Dunbar, east of the capital Edinburgh.Saturday's competition down on the Eye Cave Beach was all about quantity: the most stones balanced vertically in 30 minutes.Sunday's battle put the emphasis on artistic merit: creating anything from stones or found objects within three hours.The winner receives a trip to the Llano Earth Art Festival in Texas where the 2020 World Rock Stacking Championships will be held."Stone stacking is one of the most ancient art forms. It may go back to the beginning...
April 22, 2019

Stone stackers defy gravity at European championships

US rapper Pusha T performs on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. — AFP
Latin pop has US grooving more and more in Spanish
Indio, United States — Just two years after the lilting mega-hit "Despacito" captivated the globe, Latin stars are cementing their place in the US mainstream, moving beyond scoring a one-off smash to headline festivals and permeate the charts.An unprecedented number of Spanish-language acts are performing at this year's Coachella festival, where a second weekend of shows begins Friday -- a sure-fire sign of their mounting influence in a country where 41 million people claim Spanish as their mother tongue.They are not just guests of top-billed acts or appearing on lesser stages -- stars like reggaeton revolutionary J Balvin and Puerto Rican trap artist Bad Bunny are winning key time slots on their own.And they are singing in Spanish, eschewing the "crossover" label...
April 21, 2019

Latin pop has US grooving more and more in Spanish

Adele (R) and her husband, charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki (2R) attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.  — File photo
Pop superstar Adele splits from husband
London — Global superstar Adele, one of the world's top recording artists, has split from her husband, UK media reported Saturday, citing the British singer's representatives.Pop diva Adele, 30, married charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki in 2016 after five years together. They have a son, Angelo."Adele and her partner have separated," Benny Tarantini and Carl Fysh said in a statement, according to British media."They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always they ask for privacy. There will be no further comment."Adele, who boasts 15 Grammy Awards, is one of Britain's most successful pop exports.With sales topping more than 100 million records, the north Londoner is one of the world's best-selling music artists.Her three studio...
April 21, 2019

Pop superstar Adele splits from husband

Roman Polanski
Polanski sues US motion picture academy for reinstatement
Los Angeles — Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski is suing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, demanding his reinstatement nearly a year after the organization expelled him amid the #MeToo movement.Polanski, who in 1977 pleaded guilty in California to statutory rape, argued in a court filing in Los Angeles that the academy wrongly denied him a hearing when it voted in May to oust him amid the nationwide furor sparked by sexual-abuse revelations against famed producer Harvey Weinstein.The complaint, filed to the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on Thursday, says the academy's board of governors convened on January 26 to re-examine its decision, and confirmed it. Polanski had been a member since 1968."The procedures taken to expel Mr Polanski...
April 21, 2019

Polanski sues US motion picture academy for reinstatement

Rapper Kodak Black
Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges
New York — Rapper Kodak Black was released from custody by the New York State Police on Thursday after being arrested on drug and gun charges while coming across the Canada-US border near Niagara Falls, police said.Black, 21, was stopped on Wednesday evening by US Customs and Border Protection agents at the Lewiston-Queenston International Bridge headed back into the United States from Canada, the New York State Police said in a release. — Reuters
April 20, 2019

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

Cannes Film festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux and Cannes Film festival president Pierre Lescure pose next to the poster of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival during a news conference to announce its official selection in Paris. — Reuters
Zombies to star at Cannes Film Festival, but no Netflix or Tarantino
Cannes — Bill Murray fighting off zombies and an Elton John biopic tracking the singer's early days will be among the highlights at this year's Cannes Film Festival, though Quentin Tarantino's hotly-anticipated latest outing looked set to miss out.Unveiling the line-up for the 72nd edition of the cinema showcase, festival director Thierry Fremaux described the selection as a "romantic and political" mix highlighting a colorful array of characters, from the walking dead to painters and migrants. — Reuters
April 20, 2019

Zombies to star at Cannes Film Festival, but no Netflix or Tarantino

BTS
K-pop phenomenon BTS first Korean act to top UK chart
London, — K-pop sensation BTS scored another record on Friday, becoming the first Korean act to top Britain's album chart.The floppy-haired seven-piece's latest album "Map of the soul: Persona" went straight in at number one, days after their single "Boy With Luv" broke the YouTube record for the most views in 24 hours with 74.6 million hits.The track is also the band's first ever British Top 15 single, charting at number 13 on Friday.The band, known for their boyish good looks and meticulously choreographed dance moves, will play two sold out nights at London's iconic Wembley Stadium, on June 1 and 2.Earlier this year the septet, whose name is short for Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates as Bulletproof Boy Scouts, became the first K-pop band to top...
April 20, 2019

K-pop phenomenon BTS first Korean act to top UK chart

Stjepan Biletic, 71, handcrafts man from Central-Bosnian town of Kresevo, nails miniature horseshoe onto an egg, in his workshop. — AFP
In Bosnia, 'master' blacksmith had to shoe an egg
Kresevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina — To be worthy of the title of master, a blacksmith in Kresevo in central Bosnia had to perform a delicate task -- shoe an egg without breaking it.It's an Easter tradition requiring a blacksmith to decorate an egg shell by nailing on it a miniature iron horseshoe.Now Stjepan Biletic wants to have this ancient know-how recognized by UNESCO as part of the world's cultural heritage."That is the most beautiful gift one can offer to a friend, a neighbor, a girlfriend or wife," the 71-year-old craftsman said.As the Easter holiday approaches, people flock to his small workshop in this village -- population around 5,300 -- almost 80 percent of whom are Catholic Croats.But Biletic works all year long. His shod eggs, which sell for 3.0 to 7.5 euros...
April 20, 2019

In Bosnia, 'master' blacksmith had to shoe an egg

This handout picture taken on Oct. 5, 2018 and released by Nagano Children’s hospital on Friday shows Ryusuke Sekiya being treated at Nagano Children’s hospital in Azumino. — AFP
‘World’s smallest baby boy’ set to go home in Japan
TOKYO — The world’s smallest baby boy, who was born in October in Japan weighing as much as an apple, is now ready for the outside world, his doctor said on Friday.Ryusuke Sekiya was delivered via emergency Caesarean section, after 24 weeks and five days of pregnancy as his mother Toshiko experienced hypertension.At 258 grams (9.1 ounces) he was even lighter than the previous record holder, another Japanese boy who weighed just 268 grams when he was born last year. That baby was discharged from a Tokyo hospital in February.When Ryusuke was born on October 1, 2018, he measured 22 centimeters (8.66 inches) tall, and medical staff kept him in a neonatal intensive care unit.They used tubes to feed him, sometimes taking cotton swabs to apply his mother’s milk to his mouth.Nearly seven...
April 19, 2019

‘World’s smallest baby boy’ set to go home in Japan

British actress Emma Thompson, center, gestures as police surround the pink boat being used as a stage by climate change activists as they occupy the road junction at Oxford Circus in central London on Friday during the fifth day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. — AFP
Emma Thompson joins peaceful climate protest in London
LONDON — Film star Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in central London on Friday to read poetry praising Earth’s bounties, part of a series of protests which have caused transport snarl-ups in the British capital.Organizers Extinction Rebellion have called for non-violent civil disobedience to force the British government to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025 and stop what they call a global climate crisis.The protests did not cause travel disruption on Friday during one of Britain’s main holiday weekends, but police said they have arrested more than 570 people so far this week.Extinction Rebellion has blocked several locations in central London this week after staging a semi-nude protest in parliament earlier this month.“Our planet is in serious...
April 19, 2019

Emma Thompson joins peaceful climate protest in London

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