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9 September, 2024
Taylor Swift presents the award for best country album to Beyonce for Cowboy Carter during the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
Fame and celebrity

Update | Beyoncé wins Grammy for best country album; 2 wins for Sabrina Carpenter

Singer looks shocked as Taylor Swift announces win for Cowboy Carter. Sabrina Carpenter wins best pop album, Chappell Roan best new artist.

United States

Late US president Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for best audiobook

Fame and celebrity

Who is Steve Aoki’s wife and soon-to-be mother of his baby, Sasha Sofine?

Fame and celebrity

Meet Pebe Sebert, mum of Kesha, hit songwriter and once a would-be pop star

Her pop-star aspirations were derailed when her husband dumped her and she resorted to drug abuse to dull the heartbreak … but Sebert has managed to turn her life around.

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Pebe Sebert has backed her daughter Kesha through the toughest of times. Photo: @pebeinsta/Instagram
Artificial intelligence

How the Beatles are up for a Grammy with an AI-assisted release

AI was used to produce the new Beatles song Now and Then – although not as a creative tool, only to clean up the muddy original sound.

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Why the Grammy award for best new artist is given to established artists

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy award for best new artist have released dozens of albums between them, and numerous hits.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet the four members of Il Divo, Simon Cowell’s classical crossover group

Il Divo shot to fame in 2004 with their compelling pop-classical tunes and operatic voices – now, more than two decades later, their legacy continues, despite the death of an original member

Il Divo’s current lineup features David Miller, Sébastien Izambard, Urs Bühler and Steven LaBrie. Photo: @ildivo/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet the reggae-star grandson of Bob Marley, singer-songwriter YG Marley

Doo Wop (That Thing) singer Lauryn Hill’s son YG Marley is continuing the legacy of his mother and his reggae titan grandfather Bob Marley with hits including ‘Praise Jah in the Moonlight’.

Fame and celebrity

Marianne Faithfull, voice of Britain’s Swinging 60s, dies at 78

The ‘As Tears Go By’ singer was nominated for a Grammy, inspired The Rolling Stones, dated Mick Jagger and survived drug addiction and Covid.

Video gaming

John Williams taught video game composer patience. The rest was up to him

For music composer Olivier Deriviere, whose games include Assassin’s Creed IV and South of Midnight, being a gamer gives him an edge.

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French video game music composer Olivier Deriviere, who has worked on games including Assassin’s Creed IV, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Streets of Rage 4 and Dying Light 2 Stay Human, works in his recording studio in Malakoff, on the outskirts of Paris, on January 14, 2025. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet OG Wonder Woman Lynda Carter’s lookalike daughter, Jessica Carter Altman

The lawyer-turned-singer, who married her Bumble app date in 2023, draws inspiration for her music from personal experience, including the loss of her father four years ago.

Original Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter is very close with her daughter Jessica Altman. Photo: @jessica.carter.altman/Instagram
Billie Eilish

The nonconformist watches of Billie Eilish, from Casios right up to Rolexes

It’s no surprise that the award-winning singer, known for her boundary-breaking style and music, should bring that rebel-without-a-cause approach to her watches.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Izabel Araujo, now into her second decade of dating NSYNC’s Joey Fatone

Learn the story behind Joey Fatone and Izabel Araujo’s first date at Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights – and about a love story that has blossomed ever since.

Ukraine war

Ukrainian folk band fights back against Russia in their own special way

Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha ensemble takes their country’s traditional folk music across the world to combat Russian cultural ‘assimilation’.

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Nina Garenetska of the Ukrainian folk music quartet DakhaBrakha performs on stage at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris, France on January 22, 2025. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

The legacies of authors Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, explored in a new book

Highlighting their unique styles and influences, the book lays bare their starkly contrasting personas and yet similarly enduring impact.

Young Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. Photos: The Huntington Library*, Handout
Celebrity children

Meet Harlow Madden, granddaughter of superstar Lionel Richie

Although rarely in the public eye, the 17-year-old granddaughter of the ‘All Night Long’ singer is a dead ringer for her mother, who’s always going to her for beauty tips

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Passion and schmaltz in Hong Kong chamber music festival finale

Titled ‘La Belle Epoque’, the finale of the 2025 Beare’s Premiere Music Festival brought out the best from an acclaimed line-up of musicians.

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Japan

Fuji TV bosses resign as advertisers pull support over Masahiro Nakai sex scandal

The scandal, which included a non-disclosure agreement and allegations of a cover-up, has shaken the Japanese entertainment industry.

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Outgoing Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi Minato reacts during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on January 27, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet Lauren Alaina’s ‘normal’ husband, Cam Arnold – who works in insurance

Country music singer Lauren Alaina has confirmed she’s expecting a baby with her husband Cam Arnold, after first teasing the news in the music video for her new song ‘Those Kind of Women’.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Kim Turnbull, the young model and DJ who’s dating Romeo Beckham

First connected with the Beckhams’ second-born son in November of last year, Turnbull has made a name for herself at elite fashion events including Paris Fashion Week.

Celebrity children

Meet Leo Reilly, Hollywood actor John C. Reilly’s TikTok-famous son

The son of Wreck-It Ralph actor John C. Reilly has carved out his own career thanks to TikTok, some plum modelling gigs, and a handful of viral musical hits – here’s what else you need to know about him

John C. Reilly’s son Leo Reilly has made a name for himself completely independent of his dad’s fame. Photos: @greatamericanfolkshow; @loveleo/Instagram
Sexual harassment and assault

Rocker Marilyn Manson won’t be charged after sex assault investigation

Prosecutors say the domestic violence allegations are too old and there is insufficient evidence to prove the assault charges.

Marilyn Manson performs during the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, in November 2019. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Tickets for Jay Chou concerts at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium sell out in flash

Fans trying to buy tickets online for June shows at new 50,000-seat stadium hit with wait of more than hour, with website later updating to say they were sold out.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park passes biggest test yet as 63,000 join drill

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says 80 per cent of crowd dispersed within 20 minutes.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet ex-Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre, wife of Harry Connick Jr

The pair met at a hotel pool in LA in 1990 and married 4 years later; Goodacre is the daughter of famed sculptor Glenna Goodacre and was a sought-after model in the 80s and 90s.

Harry Connick Jr and wife Jill Goodacre; Goodacre in her modelling days. Photos: @harryconnickjr/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is Miley Cyrus’ brother Trace – and why is he worried about their dad?

The co-founder of the band Metro Station laments he can ‘barely recognise’ his famous father, who seemed to stumble through his set at Trump’s inauguration day Liberty Ball.

Who is Miley Cyrus’ brother Trace, and why is he worried about their dad? Photos: @tracecyrus/@billyraycyrus/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Who is Bob Dylan’s media-shy photographer and editor grandson, James Dylan?

Bob Dylan’s grandson has worked with clients including Chloé and Tod’s, and his magazine has featured model Gabbriette Bechtel – who’s engaged to Taylor Swift’s ex, Matty Healy.

Wellness

The Omad diet keeps Bruce Springsteen fit at 75. Would it work for you?

Eating one meal a day is an extreme version of intermittent fasting, and has potential benefits but also downsides, doctors say.

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