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US: Ex-husband Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard for defamation, and a jury found her liable for $10.35 million (S$14.4 million) in damages. Amber’s lawyers have asked a judge to toss out the decision, claiming the evidence against her is lacking and that one of the jurors was not properly vetted by the court. Heard’s attorneys describe the jury’s June 1 …

US: When it came time to wrap up season four of Strange Things, the show took the idea of long-term strategy to heart and capped it off by delivering two nearly four-hour episodes. If that’s a reward for fans or a self-indulgence by the creators, it’s hard to picture many determining that terminating things with season five counts as premature …

US: Stranger Things, Netflix’s sci-fi horror series, is awash in 1980s nostalgia, with Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running Up That Hill topping the 2022 music charts. The Duffer Brothers, the show’s creators, debut Pennhurst Mental Hospital for the Criminally Insane in season four (which is also mentioned in season one). Teenage sleuths Robin and Nancy enter Pennhurst, where they are …

CANADA: Randy Bachman, a Canadian rock singer who has been grieving for his stolen guitar for nearly 50 years, has finally been reunited with the instrument after an alert fan tracked it down in Japan. They say you never forget your first love. He was in Tokyo on Friday for the emotional transfer, 46 years after his beloved orange Gretsch …

US: Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have announced that they are expecting their first child. Ashton made the announcement at a movie premiere on Wednesday night in a sparkling beige dress draped gracefully over her burgeoning baby bump. Hiddleston opted not to attend the ceremony with his new fiancee. While getting ready for the New York City premiere of “Mr. …

US: This comes after R. Kelly was convicted last year on federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking stemming from his long-term efforts to exploit the fame of victims he sexually abused and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Defense attorneys argued that prosecutors’ request …

US: Tom Hanks has confessed that he didn’t expect the iconic “Forrest Gump” bus bench scenes would make it into the final cut when he shot them. In the 1994 film directed by Bob Zemeckis, Hanks played the title character, a man with a childlike innocence and a knack for falling into history. Telling the ReelBlend podcast about his new …

US: In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Hemsworth has spent more than a decade portraying Thor, the god of thunder who wears a flowing blond mane. Hemsworth reminisced about his love for the part in an Instagram video retrospective, and his Marvel teammates applauded him for bringing humor and complexity to the character. “I have adored every single time I’ve …

PHILIPPINES: As imaginative folks, we often get lost in the stories we have read before; we wound up wishing there was a cabinet that led to their world just like the one in Narnia as we’ve grown to love the outlandish characters, the heart-stopping moments, and the carefully crafted world that the author creates.  This is what Taylor Swift does, …

SINGAPORE: Billie Eilish, the Grammy-winning artist’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, will take her to Singapore National Stadium on August 21 as part of the Asian leg.  In a tweet, the 20-year-old announced that she would perform in six Asian cities, beginning on August 13 in Manila and concluding on August 26 in Tokyo. Signing up for Eilish’s email …