NEW YORK — Music star Adele begins her Las Vegas residence on Friday, 10 months after she cancelled the shows at the last minute citing COVID-19 delays. The British singer-songwriter faced online backlash in January for the announcement’s short notice as some fans were already traveling to Nevada for the concerts, called Weekends with Adele.

A NEW YORK jury on Monday ordered Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis to pay $2.5 million in civil punitive damages for raping a publicist in his apartment in 2013, for a combined verdict of $10 million in the case. The verdict came after the same jury on Thursday found Mr. Haggis liable for sexual assault in the civil case and ordered him to pay plaintiff Haleigh Breest $7.5 million in compensatory damages.

DUESSELDORF — Taylor Swift walked away with four prizes at MTV’s Europe Music Awards (EMA) on Sunday, including best video for her 10-minute “All Too Well.”

“I’VE never like been through that kind of roller coaster in just a few hours in that day,” said Korean actress and model Jung Ho-Yeon of the day she won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in Squid Game at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG). It was her first SAG nomination and win.

LOS ANGELES — Marvel Studios adventure Black Panther: Wakanda Forever brought crowds to movie theaters around the globe over the weekend, selling an estimated $330 million in tickets and setting a November record in the United States and Canada.

DISNEY+ will present A Night of Wonder with Disney+ to celebrate the streaming service’s arrival in the Philippines.

BEST known over decades for its silky embroidered nightgowns and loungewear for women, Natori is now expanding into the world of menswear and shoes.

LONDON — French fashion label Christian Dior kicked off the holiday shopping season in London on Thursday, unveiling a Christmas spectacle at Harrods — with tennis star Emma Raducanu presiding over the event.

IN an effort to promote sustainability, Levi’s let people swap their old jeans for new at an event at Glorietta on Oct. 25 as a part of its campaign “Buy Better, Wear Longer”.

SEIKO has released another Philippine Limited Edition Prospex diver’s watch, again relying on the theme of a Philippine icon.

ACTOR Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Friday against the armorer and three other crew members over the deadly shooting on the set of the Western movie Rust, in which a gun that Mr. Baldwin was using during rehearsal killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

GUCCI has launched the Good Game capsule collection that celebrates the connection between the House and the world of gaming.