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
The NTR should become a task broadcaster with the NOS in the reform of public broadcasting. If that fails, the NTR, together with other broadcasters, must form a broadcasting house, Culture Minister Eppo Bruins writes to the House of Representatives. That the NTR merges with the NOS is the first option, Bruins writes. If the
The Eurovision Song Contest attracted slightly more viewers worldwide this year than last year. This year, 166 million people watched, compared to 164 million viewers a year earlier. The share of young viewers in particular has increased, reports organizer EBU. The average market share – the percentage of all television viewers at that moment –
Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill has sustained a heavy foot injury. The singer crushed his heel when he played with his children, the band reports in a statement. Kings of Leon must cancel the planned performances in Europe next summer. “I will save you the details,” says Followill in a video on Instagram about
PowNed will no longer be prosecuted for broadcasting secretly made recordings of Onno Hoes, the former mayor of Maastricht. The Amsterdam court says that the suspicions against the broadcaster are largely unproven. According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), PowNed had “contributed to the social debate” and “exposed a grievance”. Therefore, the OM also believed
Stuntwoman Devyn LaBella has sued actor and director Kevin Costner. LaBella claims that during the filming of the movie Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, she was forced to film a rape scene that was not in the script. LaBella was the stunt double of Ella Hunt, who plays the role of Juliette in