SEOUL, April 2 — K-pop megastar BTS has scooped up five trophies at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, one of the American music industry’s awards shows, despite all its members serving in the South Korean military, Yonhap news agency reported. The five awards include the Best Fan Army for the group’s global fan base, BTS … Read more
Advertisement KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The High Court here today ruled that the sacking of former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) manager for participating in political activities in 2016 was unlawful. Judge Datuk Ahmad Bache said this when allowing the legal suit filed by Y. Kohila, 48, as plaintiff against BNM as defendant in 2018. … Read more
HOLLYWOOD, March 11 — Robert Downey Jr yesterday won his first Academy Award, a best supporting actor statuette for his villainous turn in Oppenheimer — a golden moment in a decades-long career of highs and lows, on and off the screen. The Oscar triumph for the 58-year-old American capped a glittering awards season, during which … Read more
LOS ANGELES, March 11 — Cillian Murphy earned his first Academy Award for his portrayal in Oppenheimer of the physicist who led the United States’ development of the atomic bomb during World War Two. The win caps a successful awards season for the 47-year-old Irish actor, who also picked up a Golden Globe, a Bafta … Read more
NEW YORK, March 10 — Kai Bird has just returned from the Jaipur literature festival, where he signed countless copies of his two-decade-old book for hundreds of young Indians who all watched the film Oppenheimer. American Prometheus, Bird’s Pulitzer-winning biography of the father of the atomic bomb, was the basis for the US$1 billion (RM4.7 … Read more
KUCHING, March 10 — Sixteen-year-old Geraldine Su Wei Ting clinched a gold medal in the National Solo category at the Asian Elite Dance Competition (AEDC) Malaysia. The event, which took place in Kuala Lumpur from March 1 to 3, witnessed Geraldine standing out as the sole representative from Sarawak in her category. Founder of Tyng … Read more
LOS ANGELES, March 9 — An ultra-low-budget horror film in which Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go on a brutal killing spree has been named the year’s worst movie by the Razzie Awards. Slasher movie Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, made for less than US$250,000 (RM1.2 million), garnered global headlines and even provoked death threats from … Read more
NEW YORK, Feb 22 — A US judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in Manhattan nearly 50 years ago. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Jeanne Bellino waited too long to sue the 75-year-old Tyler, who has … Read more
Westport, CT, Feb. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Coastal Bridge Advisors, a bicoastal boutique independent Registered Investment Advisor with offices in Westport, Connecticut, and Los Angeles, California, is pleased to announce it has been recognized as a top firm by the Private Asset Management Awards (PAM) and With Intelligence, a leading industry organization focused on recognizing … Read more
SEATTLE, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xealth, the leader in enabling digital health at scale, today announced the release of its trend report, titled “2023 Digital Health Review: Key Wins and Emerging Trends for 2024.” This research includes a deep dive into the thousands of digital health programs that the company has implemented for … Read more
