Entertainment

Vampire thriller “Sinners” stormed into Oscars history on Thursday with a record 16 nominations, positioning the Warner Bros film as the frontrunner for best picture and pitting star Michael B. Jordan against Timothee Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio as rivals for best actor.

A lawyer for actor Justin Baldoni has urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss actor Blake Lively's lawsuit stemming from their 2024 movie "It Ends with Us,” saying her harassment and retaliation case was built on “petty slights.”

Taylor Swift, 36, will become the second-youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of Stevie Wonder, who was 33 when he was inducted in 1983, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Coca-Cola Arena will mark its 500th event on Friday with a sold-out performance by global pop-rock sensation LANY and a bespoke lighting show that aims to "reflect (on) the scale, ambition and energy of the journey so far and the future ahead".

Young talent have led nominations for the BRIT Awards on Wednesday, with singers Olivia Dean and Lola Young receiving five nods each for Britain's pop music honours.

Louis Vuitton men's designer Pharrell Williams has presented a collection of understated elegance in muted tones on Tuesday to kick off Paris Fashion Week.

Jason Statham is back in action in "Shelter", but the British actor says his latest thriller is powered by his character's emotional arc.

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died, his foundation said on Monday.

TikTok will start rolling out new age-detection technology across Europe in the coming weeks, as the ByteDance-owned platform faces regulatory pressure to better identify and remove accounts belonging to children under 13.

The UAE National Orchestra marked a defining cultural moment with its debut concert, 'The Beginning', held at the Emirates Palace Auditorium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Dave Filoni, a protege of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and a creative force behind hit streaming TV series "The Mandalorian," was named president of Walt Disney-owned Lucasfilm on Thursday.

Britain's Prince Harry is due to give evidence at London's High Court next Thursday in privacy lawsuits brought by him, singer Elton John and several other high-profile British figures against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

For the Japanese action-packed anime film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle," chief director Hikaru Kondo set out to deliver something he'd never seen on screen before: relentless, back-to-back battles inside a demon-filled castle.

Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter Edwin McCain will bring his "I'll Be Tour" to Coca-Cola Arena for the first time on April 12.

"I Swear" star Robert Aramayo, "Sinners" actor Miles Caton and "One Battle After Another" star Chase Infiniti are among the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at next month's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards.

British rock band Muse has cancelled their show at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi due to "unforeseen circumstances", Live Nation said in a social media post.

Filipino indie folk-pop band Ben&Ben are set to bring their rich harmonies and melodies to Global Village on February 7.

Chart-topping K-pop boy band BTS has announced it will embark on a concert tour starting in April after the release of its first new album in more than three years.

Multi-platinum artist Daniel Bedingfield is set to perform live in Dubai for the first time on April 17 at the Bla Bla Tent.

Paramount Skydance has sued Warner Bros Discovery on Monday for more information on a rival $82.7 billion deal with Netflix, escalating a battle to take control of one of the most storied Hollywood studios.

Timothee Chalamet has triumphed in one of the most competitive categories at the Golden Globes on Sunday, taking the trophy for best male actor in a movie musical or comedy for his role as a professional table tennis player in "Marty Supreme".

Dark comedy "One Battle After Another" and "Hamnet," a story about William Shakespeare and grief, claimed the top prizes on Sunday at the Golden Globes, one of the first major events in Hollywood's annual awards season.

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the stars at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, organisers said on Sunday.

Actor Idris Elba faces another crisis in season two of thriller series "Hijack", when passengers on a Berlin underground train are taken hostage during the morning rush hour.

The action-packed political satire "One Battle After Another" and the vampire tale brimming with blues music "Sinners," topped the list of nominees unveiled on Wednesday for Hollywood's Actor Awards.

Docudrama "Giant" brings the story of Britain's former world champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed to the big screen, with Amir El-Masry and Pierce Brosnan portraying the boxer and his trainer.

Elvis Presley fans and tribute artists kicked off their annual journey to the Elvis Festival in the Australian regional town of Parkes on Wednesday.

James Cameron's science-fiction fantasy "Avatar: Fire and Ash" has surpassed $1 billion in global box office proceeds, the director's fourth film to cross that threshold.

Dreaming of taking a tour in a Volkswagen Beetle like in the "Herbie" films, a "Fast and Furious"-style muscle car, or a replica of a "Back to the Future" DeLorean? A French car collector offers just that in a new car museum south of Paris.

A cassette tape recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a never released song, made while they visited Denmark in 1970 will be auctioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

Expo 2020 Dubai’s Public Art Programme has unveiled its first permanent artwork.

A three-dimensional replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture has been revealed at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Italy Pavilion.