Diddy allegedly repeatedly sexually abused his former assistant. The woman, who worked for the rapper and entrepreneur for eight years, testified against him in New York court on Thursday. The woman, testifying under the pseudonym Mia, spoke emotionally about the now 55-year-old Diddy’s violent outbursts of anger. “He didn’t accept no,” said Mia, who was […]
Shawn Mendes is going on tour again. Almost three years after canceling his world tour for his mental health, the Canadian singer will give a series of performances in Europe in August. He is also coming to the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. “Here we go, we’re back on the road,” the 26-year-old artist writes on
Kesha will give a concert in the Netherlands again next year. The American singer will perform in AFAS Live in Amsterdam on March 7 as part of her The Tits Out Tour. It is her first Dutch show in thirteen years. Kesha’s last concert in the Netherlands was a performance in Paradiso in 2013. She
The Kenyan writer and academic Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87. He was considered one of East Africa’s greatest intellectuals worldwide. Ngugi passed away in the United States, where he spent the last years of his life. Ngugi was born in Kenya in 1938, when it was still a British colony.
The music of Suzan & Freek was streamed extra often on Wednesday, the day after it was announced that Freek is terminally ill. The duo appears 22 times in the top 200 of most streamed songs in the Netherlands. That is eight times more often than Tuesday. Lichtje Branden (Burning Light) is at the top
Normaal celebrates on Ascension Day that the Achterhoek band first appeared on stage fifty years ago. The members will do so on Thursday with a concert in Lochem, where they also gave their first concert in 1975. Singer Bennie Jolink and then-drummer Jan Manschot already founded Normaal in 1974. The farmers’ rock band, which also
Martial arts, action and emotion come together in Karate Kid: Legends , which can be seen in the cinema from Thursday. A new story with old acquaintances. For example, Vedettes Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio return to the story that started more than forty years ago. In the new film, Li Fong (played by Ben
A.C. Porter has won the Hebban Thriller Prize with his book De erfgenamen. That was announced in the NOS Radio 1 Journaal. Behind the pseudonym is writer and criminal law jurist Arjan Alberts, who has thus stepped out of anonymity. With the political thriller De erfgenamen, Alberts draws inspiration from the stories of ordinary people
The American actor and stuntman Ed Gale has passed away at the age of 61. He is best known for portraying the murderous doll Chucky in three Child’s Play films. According to entertainment site TMZ, Gale died on Tuesday in a hospice in Los Angeles. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Gale had
Free Bird, one of the biggest hits of the American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has received a music video after more than fifty years. The video was released last week rather unnoticed via the band’s YouTube channel. After Sweet Home Alabama, the 1973 release Free Bird is one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s best-known songs. Many music