GOING to beaches as a child and becoming aware of the concerns for the environment led 17-year-old photographer Ganden Medved-Po to publish a photography book focusing on the ocean.

NEW YORK — R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.

COPENHAGEN — A cassette tape recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a never released song, made while they visited Denmark in 1970 will be auctioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Britney Spears on Monday stepped up demands for the swift suspension of the singer’s father from his role as her guardian, saying he had “crossed unfathomable lines” by reportedly bugging her phone and bedroom.

BALLET Philippines (BP) now has a podcast series called BP Barre Talks where the discussion features ballet and beyond, “bringing to light messages of relevance, hope, and inspiration.”

National Artist for Literature Bienvenido “Bien” Lumbera passed away on the morning on Sept. 28, 9 a.m., due to “complications of stroke,” said his family. He was 89 years old. 

A MUSICAL comedy about a struggling musician, a drama on the difficult realities of immigration, and a detective-style documentary about a Spanish painter’s missing skull are a few stories included in this year’s PELÍCULA Spanish Film Festival, which will be held online for a second year.

AIDS play The Inheritance and musical Moulin Rouge! won the top honors at Broadway’s Tony Awards on Sunday in a four-hour ceremony that promoted the return of live theater and called for better opportunities for Black writers and performers.

THE Tony Awards for Broadway theater were handed out in New York on Sunday after a delay of more than a year caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON — Daniel Craig thought he had wrapped up his tenure as James Bond with Spectre, but the actor says his final fifth outing as the British secret agent in No Time To Die allowed him to fully complete his 007 journey.

THE 2021 EUROPEAN Higher Education Fair (EHEF) goes online once again on Oct. 1 and 2.

COLDPLAY has released the much-anticipated collaboration with BTS, “My Universe,” which was written by Coldplay and BTS and produced by Max Martin.