Entertainment News Roundup: Miley Cyrus hit 'Flowers' named best-selling single of 2023 in IFPI chart; 'Oppenheimer' steamrolls toward Oscars with SAG Award wins and more
The emotional disco-tinged breakup anthem - in which the singer reminds herself she can buy her own flowers after the end of a relationship - got the coveted IFPI Global Single Award for 2023 just weeks after picking up two Grammys. 'Oppenheimer' steamrolls toward Oscars with SAG Award wins Historical epic "Oppenheimer" picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie's chances to score the best picture trophy at next month's Oscars.
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.
Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting trial set for July
Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of Western "Rust" is set for July 10, a New Mexico judge ruled on Monday. Hollywood has little recorded history of an actor being held criminally responsible for a shooting death during filming.
New money advice from Wyclef Jean just dropped – and it's a rap
As any parent will tell you, teenagers and young adults do not really listen to what you have to say. Nor do they pay much attention to financial firms and their earnest charts and graphs about how much people should be saving for retirement.
Factbox-Winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
The following is a complete list of winners at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday for the best performances in film and television. The ceremony was streamed live on Netflix. FILM
Barbra Streisand bestowed with SAG lifetime award
Actress, singer, movie director and producer Barbra Streisand was honored on Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award in recognition of her prolific career and humanitarian work. The 81-year-old Streisand received SAG's highest award from Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper. She was the 59th recipient of the award, which goes to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession." She was received with a standing ovation and many actors in tears.
Franco-Senegalese director's reckoning with European colonialism wins Berlin's Golden Bear
"Dahomey", French-Senegalese director Mati Diop's film about how returning 26 treasures to Benin, art looted by western powers in the 19th century, sparked a reckoning with colonialism's legacy, won the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear prize for best film on Saturday. The documentary, named after the West African kingdom where the artworks were created before they were looted by a French colonel during his conquest of Dahomey in 1892, looks at the response to the return of some of them from Paris to Benin, of which Dahomey is now part.
Miley Cyrus hit 'Flowers' named best-selling single of 2023 in IFPI chart
Miley Cyrus's hit "Flowers" was named the world's best-selling single in 2023 on Monday, the first time the U.S. singer-songwriter has topped the chart run by industry body the IFPI. The emotional disco-tinged breakup anthem - in which the singer reminds herself she can buy her own flowers after the end of a relationship - got the coveted IFPI Global Single Award for 2023 just weeks after picking up two Grammys.
'Oppenheimer' steamrolls toward Oscars with SAG Award wins
Historical epic "Oppenheimer" picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie's chances to score the best picture trophy at next month's Oscars. The film about the race to build the first atomic bomb took the top honor - best movie cast - handed out by members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union at a red-carpet ceremony in Los Angeles.
Set designer lodges sexual assault complaint against Gerard Depardieu, lawyer says
A formal complaint of sexual harassment and sexual assault has been lodged against Gerard Depardieu by a crew member of a film they worked on together, the complainant's lawyer said, in the latest in a string of allegations against the French actor. The complaint was filed on Friday, lawyer Carine Durrieu-Diebolt said in an e-mailed statement on Monday.
George Michael honoured with UK collectible coin
Late British singer-songwriter George Michael is being honoured with a personalised collectible coin. Britain's Royal Mint said on Monday the new coin, which depicts Michael wearing his trademark sunglasses, pays tribute to the music star's 1987 hit solo single "Faith".
'Oppenheimer' wins again with top film prize at PGA Awards
"Oppenheimer" won the top film prize at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards on Sunday night, keeping up its winning streak ahead of next month's Oscars. The three-hour epic, which takes audiences back to the making of the atomic bomb during World War Two, scooped the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, a day after its cast won prizes at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.
(With inputs from agencies.)