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New York, United States | AFP | Americans may love Oprah Winfrey, but most don’t want the chat show queen to run for president, although if she did she would beat Donald Trump, a poll revealed Friday. Winfrey’s rousing speech at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony ignited speculation that the billionaire …

Washington, United States | AFP | Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey’s impassioned Golden Globes speech triggered speculation about her political future. A 2020 presidential race between Oprah and Donald Trump, himself a TV titan, would be the celebrity-political battle of the millenium, made for — and by — television. But …

New York, United States | AFP | Could Oprah Winfrey run for president and beat Donald Trump? The United States was ablaze Monday with speculation that the billionaire talk show queen might be nurturing White House ambitions after an impassioned Golden Globes speech. Winfrey had barely heralded a “new day” following …

  Pallet wood: Creativity, innovation, recycling, pushing boundaries of art Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Good art can be made from anything, regardless of the material used. This is evident in a current exhibition titled `Possibilities: Unspecified qualities of a promising nature’. On show are constructions; abstract and functional …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A Kampala City  socialite Brian Kirumira aka Bryan White  was on Monday granted bail by Makindye Chief Magistrate’s court. Chief magistrate Elias Kakooza ordered Kirumira to pay a cash bail of  sh10 million, deposit his passport in court and never to fly out of …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The organization behind the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday announced $2 million to a journalism consortium and a media rights group as it hoped to combat growing threats to press freedom. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the first gala of the …

  Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  Here are the nominees in key categories for the 75th Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday in Beverly Hills: – FILM – Best film, drama “Call Me by Your Name” “Dunkirk” “The Post” “The Shape of Water” “Three …

  New York, United States | AFP | Music sales grew at a robust pace for a third straight year in the United States in 2017 as listeners kept flocking to streaming outlets, an industry monitor said Wednesday. Analytical firm BuzzAngle Music said that consumption in the world’s largest music …

Washington, United States | AFP | More than 300 top women in Hollywood — from Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence to Emma Thompson and Cate Blanchett — unveiled an initiative Monday to tackle pervasive sexual harassment in workplaces, calling special attention to their “sisters” in less than glamorous blue-collar jobs. …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The latest episode in Disney’s mammothly popular “Star Wars” series has passed the $1 billion mark in worldwide revenues in just three weeks, a Disney spokesperson said Sunday. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is expected to take in an estimated $65.6 million for …