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Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy has been nominated for the 2023 Grammy Awards. His 6th album 'Love, Damini' shortlisted for the World Album prize. He was also nominated for the Global Song of the Year for 'Last Last' making it his second nomination. The nomination is Burna Boy's 3rd Grammy nomination for the World Album Category following 'African Giant' and 'Twice As Tall' nominated in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
A 1930s painting by Piet Mondrian has sold for $51m in a New York auction, a record for the artist's work. The piece was last sold in 1983 for $2.15m, which is equivalent to $6.4m in today's money. The head of impressionist and modern art where the painting was auctioned, described the purchase as a once in a generation occurrence.
Star of the long-running soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ and father of Jennifer Aniston, John Aniston, , has died at the age of 89. Aniston posted a tribute to her father on Instagram, announcing that he had died on Friday. The official Days of Our Lives account also posted a tribute to the talented member of their television family.
Lewis Capaldi's aching ballad ‘Someone You Loved’ has overtaking Ed Sheeran's ‘Shape of You’, to become UK's most-streamed song of all time. The song has been played 562 million times, counting both audio and video streams. Capaldi celebrated the news by calling himself the king of streaming, saying Sheeran is like a brother to him.
Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100m prize by Jeff Bezos. Bezos announced the award alongside his partner, Lauren Sanchez. Sanchez described Parton as a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay $7.5m in damages after being found liable for raping a woman. Hugging her lawyers after the civil trial in New York, Breest said she was very grateful for the verdict. Haggis denies the allegations and has pledged to continue to fight with his team, to clear his name.
American rapper, Curtis Jackson III, popularly known as 50 Cent, is developing a television series about a con artist, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi. 50 cent shared the news on his Instagram page with a photo of Hushpuppi. Prior to the rapper’s news, Universal Pictures, Will Packer Productions, and Mo Abudu's EbonyLife acquired the rights to the Bloomberg article about Hushpuppi in 2021.  This move got mostly negative reactions from Nigerians.
Nigerian megastar Davido's 'Are We Africans Yet' Atlanta festival has been postponed till November 2023. His management announced the postponement in a statement issued to newsmen. According the statement, the postponement comes in light of the recent family tragedy. It added that in light of the recent painful loss, the festival has been pushed back by 12 months as it is now set to hold on November 18th, 2023.
American filmmaker, Warren Beatty, has been sued by a woman who accused him of allegedly intimidating her into having sex with him in 1973 when she was a minor. Kristina Hirsch in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles superior court claimed she was she 14 at the time. According to the suit, the filmmaker used his role, status, and power to gain access to, groom, manipulate, exploit, and coerce sexual contact from her […]
