Kiran Seth, founder of Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth, speaking to mediapersons in Anantapur on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R.V.S. PRASAD Patronage to Indian classical music is drastically reducing and less than 5% of school students in the country pursue any form of art, said founder of Delhi-based … Read more
Anand Deverakonda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya in director Sai Rajesh’s Telugu film ‘Baby’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A contemporary romance to evoke nostalgia is how director Sai Rajesh describes his new Telugu film Baby, starring Anand Deverakonda, Vaishnavi Chaitanya and Viraj Ashwin. Expected to release in theatres in the first quarter of 2023, the film … Read more
Participants at the sip and paint session in a cafe in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Cafes and eateries of Visakhapatnam are turning out to be a lot more than a place to grab an espresso or cappuccino. From spaces to bond and connect, entertainment centres to art hubs and a platform to learn … Read more
CNN — Global pop sensation Blackpink have been chosen as Time magazine’s 2022 Entertainer of the Year, making the four-woman band the second K-pop artists to earn the title, after BTS in 2020. Selected by YG Entertainment, a big South Korean record label that screens performers for star quality and trains them intensively, the quartet … Read more
CNN — Adam Sandler will always Chris Farley. More than twenty years after Farley’s death, Sandler still gets sad when he sings the “Chris Farley Song,” a song he wrote for his late friend and comedian, who died in December 1997 of a drug overdose at age 33. Sandler told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast … Read more
CNN — There’s a reason why Christine McVie was considered the heart of Fleetwood Mac. The band’s keyboardist, who died Wednesday after a brief illness at the age of 79, was also the writer of some of the group’s most beloved songs. Here are just five of those tunes: This one is tied to some … Read more
CNN — Throughout the various personal turmoils for which the members of Fleetwood Mac are known, one relationship buoyed the band for decades: the friendship between its two frontwomen, Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks. McVie joined the band in 1970 during one of its early lineup changes and for years was its only woman. When … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN — Electronic music, strobe lights, glittered faces and hundreds of thousands of people in mixed-gender gyrations are all part of a new kind … Read more
CNN — The music of the night will continue for eight weeks longer than expected. The Broadway musical “The Phantom of the Opera” announced in September that it would be closing in February because of declining ticket sales, but plans have changed. On Tuesday, the show’s producer, Cameron Mackintosh, announced the show will now run … Read more
CNN — Actress and singer Irene Cara, an Oscar and Grammy winner best known for the theme songs of “Fame” and “Flashdance” in the early ’80s, has died, her publicist said. She was 63. “Please share your thoughts and memories of Irene,” Judith Moose said in a tweet announcing the singer’s death. “I’ll be reading … Read more