June 16, 2022

Middle East bans Lightyear cartoon due to lesbian kissing scene

The upcoming Pixar cartoon Lightyear has been banned from screening in movie theaters because it features a kiss between two lesbian characters. The ban was announced on Monday. Malaysia will also ban the film. It is expected that other Muslim majority nations will follow suit despite the fact that Lightyear is one of Disney’s biggest […]

June 16, 2022

BTS on the brink of mental exhaustion just before Grammy Awards

Korean boy band BTS may have won the hearts of millions of fans across the world with their Grammy performance but one of the band’s stars revealed that they were actually “on the brink of mental exhaustion” at the time. J Hope said that in April, he and band-mate Jungkook had come down with Covid-19 […]

June 16, 2022

Starbucks could be closing its bathrooms soon

Coffee conglomerate Starbucks says it may not allow the public to use its bathrooms anymore. It’s CEO Howard Schultz said that the company may be changing its policy to address the safety of the staff. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says his company might not be able to keep its bathrooms open to the general public. […]

June 15, 2022

Chinese Canadian actor Kris Wu’s trial begins

Chinese Canadian actor and singer Kris Wu’s trial has commenced in Beijing on June 5. Wu was arrested by the police in August 2021 for rape. The allegation was made by ninteeen-year-old influencer Du Meizhu. On June 10, Beijing Court announced that the Beijing Chaoyang court will hear the case for the actor on charges of […]

June 14, 2022

Justin Bieber suffers facial paralysis

Pop singing sensation Justin Bieber revealed on June 11 in an Instagram post that he is suffering from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a rare condition that leaves one side of his face temporarily paralyzed. In an Instagram video, Bieber said the condition has fully paralysed the right side of his face. “It is from this virus […]

June 14, 2022

Netflix announces Season 2 of Squid Game

Netflix announced on June 12 that its superhit Korean series Squid Game will be returning for a second season. It also hinted at what would happen in the second season of the macabre Korean drama. The show’s writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk hinted at a few things that would feature in the second season. He […]

June 14, 2022

Madness and mayhem at European airports this summer

Travel in Europe has become a big challenge of late. In May, the queues outside Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport were so long that KLM halted ticket bookings for four days. Meanwhile airports in London have super long lines with people just waiting but not being able to get to their gates in time resulting in hundreds […]

June 13, 2022

Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao moves to Chengdu, China

Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao recently announced that he has moved to Chengdu, China. Hsiao gushed about China in an interview on the Weibo account of Red Star News  on June 8. Red Star News is the mobile news platform of the Chengdu Economic Daily Newspaper. The announcement of his move took people by surprise and […]

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