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News Hour: Pop star Ed Sheeran and grime artist Stormzy made it on to the Mercury prize shortlist, award organizers announced on Thursday, reports Reuters. Other nominees for the prize that will be awarded on Sept....

News Hour: When documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel began looking into drugs in sport, he envisaged pulling off a bold stunt to show how easy it was to cheat anti-doping tests. Little did he know he would...

News Hour: World-renowned indigenous singer Gurrumul has died after a “long battle with illness” aged 46, his management said Wednesday, as Australians hailed his contributions to music. Born blind, the reluctant star never gave any interviews...

News Hour: Extracts from a series of video recordings during which Princess Diana discussed her sex life with Prince Charles are to be broadcast on British television for the first time. Channel 4 has acquired access to videotapes made at Kensington Palace in 1992...

News Hour: Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s attempt to use Latin hit “Despacito” – which means ‘slowly’ – to inject some cool into his controversial new congress has backfired quickly. Maduro’s unpopular leftist government on Sunday promoted...

News Hour: Lionsgate just Published the first teaser trailer for “Jigsaw”, which is the 8th movie of Saw series. Which is one of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time. The Saw movies featured a...

News Hour: The California rock band on Monday released its first statement in the form of a touching letter to the late singer who took his own life. “Dear Chester,” Linkin Park wrote in its tribute,...

News Hour: James Bond is returning to movie theaters in November 2019, producers said on Monday, but they did not say who will play Britain’s most famous fictional spy. Eon Productions and MGM studios said in...

News Hour: Pop singer Justin Bieber on Monday canceled the remainder of his “Purpose” world tour citing “unforeseen circumstances” but gave no specific reasons. The cancellation will affect 14 dates in North America and Asia through...

News Hour: Canadian director Denis Villeneuve had fended off numerous requests to direct big-budget sequels until he was approached to make a follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir sci-fi film “Blade Runner.” “I accepted to do...