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Author Stephen King joined the chorus of critics calling out President Donald Trump for pulling U.S. troops from Syria. Trump’s decision meant abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, who have fought alongside U.S. troops against Islamic State terrorists for the past five years. With U.S. troops out of the picture, the Kurds quickly came under […]

Image copyright Getty Images Pharrell Williams says the controversy surrounding Blurred Lines made him realise some of his songs “catered” to a sexist culture. The singer says at first he didn’t understand why some people saw the lyrics as “rapey”. But he later realised that “there are men who use the same language when taking

Image caption Elton John says he won’t stop making music once his farewell tour ends next year He may have started out singing cover versions on cheap compilation albums, but Elton John went on to become the fifth highest-selling recording artist of all time. He was the first musician to enter the US album charts

Comedian Kathy Griffin, who lost friends and nearly her career for posing with a fake decapitated head of President Donald Trump, lashed out against a fabricated video shown at a Trump resort rally that depicts the president shooting and stabbing members of the media and political foes. Griffin is included in the carnage. Toward the end

Image caption Dafne Keen plays the central character Lyra Ahead of the eight-part dramatisation of the first of Philip Pullman’s best-selling His Dark Materials novels, the BBC’s Sian Lloyd describes her sneak-preview behind-the-scenes set visit earlier this year. Huddled around braziers filled with warm coals or sitting with blankets wrapped over shoulders, close to a

After Bill Murray cameoed in the first “Zombieland,” who you gonna call for the second? How about Bill Murray again … and the rest of the ghostbusters? Writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese told HuffPost a lot of different ideas were kicked around in the 10 years since “Zombieland” premiered, but for various reasons, many

Image copyright Channel 4 Image caption Bill Turnbull discusses living with cancer in his new Channel 4 documentary Staying Alive Broadcaster Bill Turnbull says there should be a “proper conversation” in the UK about the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes. The former BBC Breakfast presenter, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, discusses

A man in Dublin, Ireland, decided to inject a little humor into his funeral Saturday by playing a prank on his loved ones. Shay Bradley, a Defense Forces veteran who died Oct. 8 “after a long illness bravely borne” according to his obituary, shocked then delighted funeralgoers when they suddenly heard his voice shouting from

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have become the first authors to jointly win the Booker Prize for Fiction. Atwood’s The Testaments and Evaristo’s novel Girl, Woman, Other earned each author an equal share of the £50,000 prize. Atwood, 79, is the oldest ever Booker winner, while Evaristo is the first black woman to win. The

K-pop singer and actress Sulli was found dead Monday.  Kim Seong-tae, an official from the Seongnam Sujeong Police Department, told the Associated Press that the 25-year-old was discovered on the second floor of her home in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, near South Korea’s capital, Seoul. Sulli’s manager told authorities the singer hadn’t responded to phone calls for