Culture & Society

  Oscars 2018: The complete list of nominees By Michael Rothman and EMILY SHAPIRO https://youtu.be/mJBH1q8rnjw The big day is here! The 2018 Oscar nominations are in and "The Shape of Water" led the way with a whopping 13 nods,...

'Christ was the first exorcist': priest reports rising demand for the ritual Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome   Mexican priest who is teaching the ancient rite in Rome says it still has a place in the modern Catholic...

The schoolgirl thrash metal band smashing stereotypes in Indonesia By: kate Lamb   Taking Rage Against the Machine and Slipknot as inspiration, three Muslim teenagers are blasting their way into the Asian music scene as Voice of...

Heartbreaker, Tom Petty, dies at 66   Veteran rocker Tom Petty, who fronted The Heartbreakers, suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California and was pronounced dead in the hospital. Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock...

Sigmund Freud and ghost emojis? It must be the arrival of Cher: the musical Rebecca Nicholson   A stage version of the singer’s six decades in showbiz is heading for Broadway. We’ll be in the front row. In...

Bill Cosby: 'Please don't put me on #MeToo'   Molly Redden in New York   Actor makes flippant remark to journalist during dinner in Philadelphia. Retrial scheduled to begin 2 April after July trial ended in hung jury. Bill...

A look into how Hong Kong's famous 'fire dragon' is made   Makers of the ‘fire dragon’ say the humble but resilient materials for the dragon can, with expertise, be sculpted into a mighty creature. Work to...

The 5 Most Famous Escorts of All Time by Dale Harris   If Game of Thrones has taught us anything, it’s that prostituting yourself can lead to ruling the world. This is true in the real world, too....

Disney taps augmented reality for 'Star Wars' toy event The Walt Disney Company said they're sending Star Wars characters into the realm of augmented reality. Fans from 30 countries will be able to use their...

That’s Entertainment in India In India’s entertainment biz, two behemoths dominate: Bollywood and cricket. Things may be about to get a lot more interesting. Digitization, aided by a burgeoning middle class with more money to spend...