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Long-term NPO Radio 1 program Plastic will stop from next year

The long-term NPO Radio 1 program Kunststof will stop from 2026. “The makers of Kunststof have taken a great deal of disappointment of the NPO decision to cancel the program on January 1,” writes the NTR. Plastic may be continued in the form of a podcast. “This offers perspective on continuity, but at the same

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Clint Eastwood believes that film industry should be more innovative

Clint Eastwood urges filmmakers to come up with original ideas. The American actor and director believes the film industry relies too much on remakes. “Do something new or stay home,” he says. The filmmaker longs for the past. “When screenwriters wrote films like Casablanca in small bungalows on the studio lot,” says the 95-year-old Eastwood

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Benson Boone gives a concert in Ziggo Dome in November

De Amerikaanse zanger Benson Boone staat op maandag 10 november in de Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. De show is onderdeel van zijn American Heart World Tour. Dat maakte concertorganisator MOJO vrijdag bekend. Boone, bekend van hits als Beautiful Things en Slow It Down, brengt tijdens het concert nummers van zijn aankomende album American Heart ten

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Former assistant bears witness to Diddy about rape and tantrums

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

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Shawn Mendes with a new tour to the Netherlands in August

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

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Kenyan writer and academicus Ngugi Wa Thiong’o (87) died

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.

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Light burning from Suzan & Freek most listened to on Spotify

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

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