Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing "unprecedented demand" for tickets.
The new shows announced Thursday are at Heaton Park in the band's home city of Manchester, England on July 16, 2025, at London's Wembley Stadium on July 30 and at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Aug. 12.
Full StoryThe 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival kicked off in Hollywood fashion with the world premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Wednesday evening on the Lido.
To make the sequel, Tim Burton reunited with several key cast members from his 1988 horror-comedy, including Michael Keaton playing the titular ghoul, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder as Lydia, now mother to her own sullen teen played by Jenna Ortega.
Full StoryJust weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris inaugurated the 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday with a nearly four-hour-long opening ceremony in the heart of the city.
Against the backdrop of a setting sun, thousands of athletes paraded down the famed Champs-Elysées avenue to Place de la Concorde in central Paris where French President Emmanuel Macron officially declared the Paralympic Games open.
Full StoryThe 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is about to begin, with major Hollywood films and stars expected in Italy. The festival kicks off Wednesday with the world premiere of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" before it opens in theaters worldwide next week.
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Full StoryOasis, the Britpop band known for timeless hits like "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger," is reuniting for a tour of the British Isles next summer, ending a 15-year hiatus and, presumably, the long-held feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher.
The guitar band will play 14 dates in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland next July and August, Oasis said on Tuesday.
Full StoryJust weeks after hosting the Olympics, the summer of sports in Paris begins its final chapter Wednesday with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
More than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports over the next 11 days.
Full StoryThe notion that online gaming could help players develop charitable habits seemed bold when the anti-poverty nonprofit Comic Relief US tested its own multiverse on the popular world-building app Roblox last year.
As philanthropy wrestles with how to authentically engage new generations of digitally savvy donors, Comic Relief US CEO Alison Moore said it was "audacious" to design an experience that still maintained the "twinkle" of the organization that's behind entertainment-driven fundraisers like Red Nose Day.
Full StoryAhead of Taylor Swift's July 14, 2023, concert in Denver, Aditi Desai, chief marketing officer at the Food Bank of the Rockies, got an unusual call. The billionaire pop star wanted to donate tens of thousands of meals to the nonprofit — a philanthropic effort she had repeated, much like her favorite songs, as she traverses the country on her 52-city Eras Tour.
"I was shocked and then thrilled by the news," Desai said. "When (Swift's representatives) shared the news, they were so kind, letting us know that Taylor wanted to express her gratitude for the work we do in our community every day."
Full StoryJustin Bieber, who rose to international stardom in 2010 with his hit "Baby," has welcomed one of his own with his wife, Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin).
The singer, 30, posted a photo of a baby's foot Friday on Instagram, revealing the child's name as Jack Blues Bieber. The model, 27, reshared the post on Instagram Stories. It's not clear when the baby was born; a representative for Hailey Bieber told The Associated Press on Friday night that no further details were available.
Full StoryBefore he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France, Loubo will be allowed to survive.
Delon, an internationally acclaimed and prolific actor and producer, died Sunday, aged 88, and will be buried on Saturday at his family home in Douchy, south of Paris.
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