16 ❘ entertaiment CONTACT US AT: 8351-9409, [email protected] Thursday January 4, 2018 Lorde BEYONCE, Eminem and The Weeknd will head- line Coachella, promoters announced Tuesday, marking the first time that no rock act will be among the main attractions at the leading festival. Coachella, which has turned into one of the world’s most lucrative and influential festivals since its debut in 1999, takes place in the desert of southern Cali- fornia over two successive weekends in April with identical lineups for each. The festival — running from April 13 to 15 and April 20 to 22 — marks the first concert scheduled by Beyonce since the pop superstar had twins in June with her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z. Beyonce’s appearance is not a surprise. She was due to headline Coachella last year but was replaced with Lady Gaga after Beyonce’s doctors advised her not to perform so late in her pregnancy. She prom- ised at the time to come in 2018 instead. Coachella, whose promoters are fond of splashy headliners, is also the first full concert on the books for Eminem since the top-selling rapper in history released his latest album, “Revival,” last month. The Weeknd, the Toronto R&B singer whose pro- file has quickly grown in the past few years with hits such as “Can’t Feel My Face” and “I Feel It Coming,” has performed previously at Coachella but never as a headliner. The Coachella announcement comes amid grow- ing signs that traditional rock bands are losing their cultural dominance in the United States. Hip- hop for the first time made up the majority of nominations for Album of the Year in the latest Grammys. Despite the headlin- ers, Coachella at other set-times will feature plenty of rock acts, mostly with an indie bent, including The War on Drugs, alt-J, Haim and Portugal. The Man. Other prominent performers include Talking Heads legend David Byrne, who has indicated he plans to release new music in 2018, and Cardi B, the New York rapper who scored a breakaway hit in 2017 with “Bodak Yellow.” (SD-Agencies) Beyonce, Eminem to headline Coachella REALITY TV star and socialite Paris Hilton has revealed she is engaged to actor and model Chris Zylka. Hilton and Zylka, who have dated for two years, became engaged over the weekend while on a skiing trip. Hilton wrote: “I have never felt so happy, safe and loved. He is perfect for me in every way and showed me that fairytales really do exist!” The couple were on a trip to Aspen, Colorado, when Zylka got down on one knee and popped the question. Zylka, who starred in U.S. drama “The Leftovers,” first met Hilton eight years ago. Hilton told U.S. magazine People that the engagement ring is “so gor- geous and sparkling.” (SD-Agencies) Paris Hilton gets engaged THE latest episode in the iconic “Star Wars” space saga finished the year on top of the domestic box office, data confirmed Tuesday, contributing to a second best-ever year for Disney. “The Last Jedi” earned US$66.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend in North America, for a US$531.5 million domestic total since its opening three weeks ago, said industry watcher Exhibitor Relations. Disney announced Sunday that the movie had passed the US$1 billion mark worldwide after just three weeks, and the latest figures cement its position as 2017’s most successful film in North America ahead of another Disney property, “Beauty and the Beast” (US$504 million). It added that its US$6.5 billion global total for 2017 had given the company its second biggest-year ever and the third-largest in his- tory. It is the second consecutive year Disney has surpassed the US$6 billion mark. While “The Last Jedi” ruled in the United States, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” was the number one film globally in 2017, with a worldwide take of US$1.3 billion. Other Disney big-hitters included two Marvel movies “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (US$863.6 million) and “Thor: Ragnarok” (US$848.8 million), and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” (US$794.8 million). (SD-Agencies) Disney celebrates another US$6b year THE longstanding leader of the New York City Ballet, Peter Mar- tins, has retired amid accusations of sexual harassment and abusive behavior by ballet members. Martins, 71, was placed on leave last month pending an investiga- tion. He denied the allegations in a letter to the board announcing his retirement, according to the Associated Press (AP). Martins, a former Danish ballet dancer, had been the ballet’s master-in-chief since 1990. The New York Times recently reported that City Ballet dancers had come forward to allege verbal and physical abuse dating back to 1993. In a statement reported by AP, the ballet’s board thanked Martins for his work but said the investiga- tion into misconduct would con- tinue. In his letter, Martins said he was retiring as the allegations against him had been a “disrup- tion” to the ballet. Martins said he had “co-operated fully” in the investigation. The City Ballet statement quotes chairman Charles Scharf as saying that “the board takes seriously the allegations that have been made against [Martins] and we expect the independent investigation of those allegations to be completed soon.” (SD-Agencies) Ballet chief retires amid abuse claims Eminem Beyonce Paris Hilton (L) and Chris Zylka. Peter Martins
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16 x entertaimentCONTACT US AT: 8351-9409, [email protected]
Thursday January 4, 2018
Lorde
BEYONCE, Eminem and The Weeknd will head-line Coachella, promoters announced Tuesday, marking the fi rst time that no rock act will be
among the main attractions at the leading festival.Coachella, which has turned into one of the world’s
most lucrative and infl uential festivals since its debut in 1999, takes place in the desert of southern Cali-fornia over two successive weekends in April with identical lineups for each.
The festival — running from April 13 to 15 and April 20 to 22 — marks the fi rst concert scheduled by Beyonce since the pop superstar had twins in June with her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z.
Beyonce’s appearance is not a surprise. She was due to headline Coachella last year but was replaced with Lady Gaga after Beyonce’s doctors advised her not to perform so late in her pregnancy. She prom-ised at the time to come in 2018 instead.
Coachella, whose promoters are fond of splashy headliners, is also the fi rst full concert on the books for Eminem since the top-selling rapper in history released his latest album, “Revival,” last month.
The Weeknd, the Toronto R&B singer whose pro-fi le has quickly grown in the past few years with hits such as “Can’t Feel My Face” and “I Feel It Coming,” has performed previously at Coachella but never as a headliner.
The Coachella announcement comes amid grow-ing signs that traditional rock bands are losing their cultural dominance in the United States. Hip-hop for the fi rst time made up the majority of nominations for Album of the Year in the latest Grammys.
Despite the headlin-ers, Coachella at other set-times will feature plenty of rock acts, mostly with an indie bent, including The War on Drugs, alt-J, Haim and Portugal. The Man.
Other prominent performers include Talking Heads legend David Byrne, who has indicated he plans to release new music in 2018, and Cardi B, the New York rapper who scored a breakaway hit in 2017 with “Bodak Yellow.” (SD-Agencies)
Beyonce, Eminem to headline
Coachella
REALITY TV star and socialite Paris Hilton has revealed she is engaged to actor and model Chris Zylka.
Hilton and Zylka, who have dated for two years, became engaged over the weekend while on a skiing trip.
Hilton wrote: “I have never felt so
happy, safe and loved. He is perfect for me in every way and showed me that fairytales really do exist!”
The couple were on a trip to Aspen, Colorado, when Zylka got down on one knee and popped the question.
Zylka, who starred in U.S. drama “The Leftovers,” fi rst met Hilton eight years ago.
Hilton told U.S. magazine People that the engagement ring is “so gor-geous and sparkling.”
(SD-Agencies)
Paris Hilton gets engaged
THE latest episode in the iconic “Star Wars” space saga fi nished the year on top of the domestic box offi ce, data confi rmed Tuesday, contributing to a second best-ever year for Disney.
“The Last Jedi” earned US$66.8 million over the four-day holiday weekend in North America, for a US$531.5 million domestic total since its opening three weeks ago, said industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.
Disney announced Sunday that
the movie had passed the US$1 billion mark worldwide after just three weeks, and the latest fi gures cement its position as 2017’s most successful fi lm in North America ahead of another Disney property, “Beauty and the Beast” (US$504 million).
It added that its US$6.5 billion global total for 2017 had given the company its second biggest-year ever and the third-largest in his-tory. It is the second consecutive year Disney has surpassed the
US$6 billion mark.While “The Last Jedi” ruled in the
United States, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” was the number one fi lm globally in 2017, with a worldwide take of US$1.3 billion.
Other Disney big-hitters included two Marvel movies “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (US$863.6 million) and “Thor: Ragnarok” (US$848.8 million), and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” (US$794.8 million).
(SD-Agencies)
Disney celebrates another US$6b year
THE longstanding leader of the New York City Ballet, Peter Mar-tins, has retired amid accusations of sexual harassment and abusive behavior by ballet members.
Martins, 71, was placed on leave last month pending an investiga-tion. He denied the allegations in a letter to the board announcing his retirement, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Martins, a former Danish ballet dancer, had been the ballet’s master-in-chief since 1990.
The New York Times recently reported that City Ballet dancers had come forward to allege verbal and physical abuse dating back to 1993.
In a statement reported by AP, the ballet’s board thanked Martins for his work but said the investiga-tion into misconduct would con-tinue. In his letter, Martins said he was retiring as the allegations against him had been a “disrup-tion” to the ballet. Martins said he had “co-operated fully” in the investigation.
The City Ballet statement quotes chairman Charles Scharf as saying that “the board takes seriously the allegations that have been made against [Martins] and we expect the independent investigation of those allegations to be completed soon.” (SD-Agencies)
Ballet chief retires amid abuse claims
Eminem
Beyonce
Paris Hilton (L) and Chris Zylka.
Peter Martins
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