WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had […]
Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. The pontiff’s “Urbi et Orbi” — “To the City and the World” […]
Mariah Carey thought she was too young to record a Christmas album. The 55-year-old singer is celebrating 30 years since she released her ‘Merry Christmas’ LP and its most famous track, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, but she admitted she was very hesitant about the project when it was first suggested. She recently […]
Michael Bublé’s wife plays his music first thing on Christmas morning even though the singer would prefer to wake up to Bing Crosby. The Canadian crooner’s hits are synonymous with the festive season, with his 2011 covers album Christmas being one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time, as well as one of the […]
Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 80 kilometers from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day, which would top […]
Angelina Jolie “nearly passed out” when she first performed opera in preparation for ‘Maria’. The 49-year-old actress portrays soprano Maria Callas in the biopic and revealed that it gave her a sense of appreciation for the skill needed to perform opera. Angelina told Empire magazine: “I am now a huge fan of opera – I […]
Billie Eilish won’t change her method of recording music for any of her collaborators. The Bad Guy singer has always written and recorded music at home or in a studio with her brother and songwriting partner Finneas and she didn’t want to change her traditional method when she agreed to feature on the remix of […]
Last Christmas you gave them Christmas Number 1…and this year, WHAM! have repeated the trick, landing the Christmas Number 1 2024, making Official Chart history in the process. Today, Official Charts can confirm Last Christmas becomes the first song in chart history to ever clinch two consecutive Christmas Number 1 victories, marking its 40th anniversary […]
Zoe Saldaña is set to receive an honorary prize at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards. The Avatar star will be honoured with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday 2 February. The Guardians of the Galaxy star will be the second recipient to receive the […]
Shakira has revealed how Chris Martin helped her through her split from Gerard Piqué. The Hips Don’t Lie singer parted ways with the Spanish football star in 2022, after an 11-year relationship and two children together. Shakira was left devastated by the break-up, but in a new Rolling Stone profile about the Coldplay frontman, she […]
