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Since the start of her career, Aya Nakamura has faced setbacks, discrimination and harassment every step of the way. Nakamura is a music superstar. She is the most-listened-to French-speaking artist in the world, and the only woman to feature in the country’s top 20 best-selling albums of 2023. Her 2018 hit Djadja has reached almost 1bn listens on YouTube, and in 2021 her second album surpassed 1bn streams on Spotify. When she announced two concerts at the legendary Bercy arena in Paris last year, tickets sold out in 15…

Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNETYou're likely still in some state of recovery after America's great escape.I refer, of course, to a Super Bowl full of eating, drinking, and other related drama.Also: AI will have a big impact on jobs this year. Here's why that could be good newsIt's worth asking, though, whether you've recovered from discovering just how AI will change your life.Quite a few companies chose the Super Bowl to air their artificially intelligent wares before the maximum possible, suitably vulnerable…

Phil Jackson coached Kobe Bryant to five NBA titles.The former Lakers coach was witness to the multitude of on-court moments that made Bryant a beloved Los Angeles icon.Jackson spoke for 11 minutes Thursday at the unveiling of a statue honoring the late basketball legend outside Crypto.com Arena, concluding with a story about “when I was the proudest of Kobe.”It had nothing to do with Bryant’s on-court heroics.Jackson talked about the time Bryant and several Lakers players appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following their…

Curated By: Shahrukh ShahLast Updated: January 21, 2024, 14:03 ISTFirst Owner of Lotus Eletre E-SUV. (File photo)Launched last year in November, the British car manufacturer offered the vehicle in three variants. The list includes Eletre, Eletre S, and Eletre R.The popular luxury and electric carmaker Lotus kickstarted the business in India last year in November, and has launched the groundbreaking e-SUV Eletre. It was introduced at the starting price of Rs 2.55 crore (ex-showroom), which now has been owned by a Hyderbad…

Selena Gomez opened up about her body image, highlighting how her physique has changed over the last decade. On Monday (January 22), the 31-year-old singer took to her Instagram page to share a story reflecting on how her body has evolved by comparing two photographs taken 10 years apart.Selena wrote to her 429 million followers: “Today, I realized I will never look like this again,” alongside the first image of her, which was taken in 2013 when she was 21. In the snap, the actress wore a zebra print bikini while on…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJohn Travolta has shared his pride in honouring the Duke of Sussex at an aviation awards ceremony, nearly 40 years after sharing a dance with Princess Diana.As well as being the star of films such as Grease and Saturday Night Fever, Travolta, 69, is also an avid pilot and aviation ambassador.On Friday (19 January), the actor hosted the Living Legends of Aviation ceremony in Los…

Daniel Dolomont, Muneeb Azher, Victoria Vaters and C-CORE vice-president of remote sensing Desmond Power are just a few members of the big team behind the Killick-1 cube satellite. (Submitted by Memorial University)A team of students at Memorial University is counting down to blast-off. The group of engineers designed and built their own satellite, with a plan to monitor climate data and sea ice in Newfoundland and Labrador.Named the Killick-1, the cube satellite is about to be sent into space as part of SpaceX's mission…

As It Happens6:31NASA moon mission delays are nothing to worry about, says astronaut Chris HadfieldRetired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says that, from where he's sitting, the Artemis moon missions are coming along just fine.NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying two upcoming missions — including the flight meant to carry the first Canadian astronaut around the moon — due to technical issues with its spacecraft that could pose a danger to the crew.Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in half a century, was…

It’s no secret that former President Donald Trump’s once-rosy relationship with Fox News has soured since his 2020 election loss. On Wednesday, during a town hall event nearly two years since his last live event with the network, Trump professed to hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum how proud he was of facilitating the demise of reproductive rights in America. As previously reported by Rolling Stone, Trump has privately speculated that he could run as a “moderate” on abortion, an idea that becomes laughable in…

The "Sweet Love" icon praised Monét's song “How Does It Make You Feel" and called it a "melodic masterpiece" Victoria Monét, who garnered seven nominations for the 2024 Grammys, has received the ultimate nod from R&B legend Anita Baker. In February 2022 — prior to the release of Monét’s debut studio album, Jaguar II, this summer — the singer took to X (formerly Twitter) to write, “I wanna make a classic love song that Anita Baker would be proud of.” On Thursday, a year and half later,…