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LONDON,  (Reuters) – American singer Diana Ross expresses her gratitude in new single “Thank You” released today, the title track from her first studio album in 15 years.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Gavin MacLeod, who played a wise-cracking news writer on the classic 1970s U.S.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Award-winning “Pose” star Billy Porter announced he was HIV-positive today, adding that he was healthy and unashamed of having a disease that has long been stigmatised.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – London’s Court of Appeal today refused Johnny Depp permission to challenge a verdict last year that concluded the Hollywood actor was a “wife beater”, meaning his attempt to restore his reputation will shift to U.S.

(Reuters) – Yaphet Kotto, an American actor known for his roles in movies including “Alien” and “Midnight Run” and as a villain in the James Bond film “Live and Let Die,” has died at age 81.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish took the top prizes at the Grammy Awards yesterday but Beyonce was the big winner on a history making night marked by multiple wins for women.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Controversy in India over Amazon’s political drama “Tandav” has put Bollywood and global video streaming giants on edge, prompting a closer scrutiny of scripts for possible offence to religious sentiments in a key growth market.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Drama “Nomadland” and satire “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” won movie honours at the Golden Globes yesterday in a mostly virtual bicoastal ceremony that was marked by impassioned calls for more diversity and the dominance of Netflix.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French actor Gerard Depardieu strongly contests rape and sexual assault charges leveled against him, his lawyer said today, and asked that the associated investigation be allowed to proceed away from the public eye.

LAGOS,  (Reuters) – Indian-Nigerian restaurant owner Hamisha Daryani Ahuja gave up her long-running business to pursue her dream of making movies.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said.

(Reuters) – Christopher Plummer, a patrician Canadian who starred as widower Captain von Trapp opposite Julie Andrews in the blockbuster 1965 musical “The Sound Of Music” and in 2012 became the oldest actor to win an Oscar, has died at 91, his longtime friend and manager said today.

(Reuters) – Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious “Deep Throat” in “All the President’s Men,” has died at the age of 95, the New York Times reported today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died at age 87, CNN reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the family.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The global release of the James Bond movie “No Time to Die” was postponed to October from April, its producers said, another setback for movie theaters trying to rebuild a business crushed by the coronavirus pandemic.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France’s Fine Arts Academy said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Beyonce dominated nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards yesterday in a field that favoured alternative artists over mainstream musicians, topped by a stunning snub for Canadian singer The Weeknd, who called the process “corrupt.”

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Game show host Alex Trebek, who as the brainy quizmaster of “Jeopardy!”

(Reuters) – Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to grace the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Forbidden by her global superstar mother Gloria Estefan from coming out as a lesbian to her grandmother, singer Emily Estefan said she contemplated suicide.