NEW YORK – Pop star Lizzo, who built her brand on being a poster girl for self-love but has been hit by employee harassment suits, said she is quitting, tired of being targeted for her looks and character. It was not immediately clear if the 35-year-old Grammy winner meant the music industry, social media, or something…

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars will cap off his upcoming Singapore shows by giving fans an opportunity to party with him up close. The 38-year-old, who will take the stage at the National Stadium on April 3, 5 and 6, is set to make a special appearance at Marina Bay Sands’ Marquee Singapore club on April…

NEW YORK – Once hip hop’s flashy impresario credited with commercialising the genre, Sean “Diddy” Combs has seen his star plunge as federal authorities raid his homes amid sex trafficking accusations and assault lawsuits. The legal pressure and heavily publicised bicoastal operation, which saw armed agents enter his sprawling luxury properties in Miami and Los…

If you missed out on catching Taiwanese band Accusefive’s gig at the Esplanade Concert Hall in 2023, they will be back in town in a big way. The trio, comprising vocalists Pan Yun-an and Tsai Hsin-lun, as well as drummer Richard Lin, will hold their first large-scale concert here at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on…

RIO DE JANEIRO – Madonna will perform a free mega-concert in May on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to close out her Celebration tour, the singer and organisers announced on March 25. Calling it her “biggest show yet”, a statement on the pop icon’s website said the concert is meant as a “thank you to…

LOS ANGELES – U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents have opened an investigation of hip-hop star Sean "Diddy" Combs, searching his properties in Los Angeles and the Miami area, agency officials said on Monday. The inquiry was led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in New York, where a lawsuit was filed against Combs by…

American actress Cameron Diaz has become a mother again at 51. Diaz and her American musician husband Benji Madden, 45, announced the arrival of their second child, son Cardinal, on their Instagram accounts on March 23. “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our son, Cardinal Madden. He is awesome, and we…

Blake Lively has apologised in a now-deleted Instagram Stories post for mocking British royal Catherine’s “Photoshop fails” following her revelation that she has cancer. “I’m sure no one cares today, but I feel like I have to acknowledge this,” the American actress said in a message shared on her Instagram account the same day after…

Jerrod Carmichael says Taylor Swift is his best friend now that she onceinvited him on her private jet to a Kansas City Chiefs football game. The comic, who stars in the new HBO original comedy docuseries “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show,” told Jimmy Kimmel that Swift is smart, interesting and is now his closest pal. Kimmel flashed a picture of Carmichael…

British-Albanian pop star Dua Lipa was in and out of Singapore in 24 hours for a launch event that was part of a global Porsche dealer conference held here on March 20. The 28-year-old shared photographs of her whirlwind visit on her social media accounts on March 21, with the caption: “So fun being back…