Arts & Culture

Zendaya attends a photo call for the film “Challengers” at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, April 13, 2024. (AP) — The sexy tennis drama “Challengers” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mi…

Taylor Swift attends a premiere for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 11, 2023. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of “The Tortured Poets Department” during its first week of release in the U.S., Bil…

Members of the group ITZY pose in front of the Manhattan skyline during an interview with Reuters in New York, April 22, 2024. NEW YORK (Reuters) — Members of the K-pop supergroup ITZY are looking to show a new side of themselves as the band takes its “Born to Be” tour to fans around th…

Cast members Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor attend a premiere for the film “Challengers” in Los Angeles, California, April 16, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — When Zendaya first read the script for director Luca Guadagnino’s romantic sports film “Challengers,” she immediately…

(MVA) — Enjoying yourselves at the 25th Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival will be easier than ever this year with the acceptance of credit/debit cards by all food and drink vendors for the first time.  Taste tokens will also still be accepted and may now be purchased at the M…

Recording artist Taylor Swift looks on before Super Bowl LVIII between Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, Feb. 11, 2024. LONDON (Reuters) — Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday with “The Tortured Poets Department,” outs…

People protest against the introduction of the registration and tourist fee to visit the city of Venice for day trippers introduced by the Venice municipality in a move to preserve the lagoon city often crammed with tourists in Venice, Italy, April 25. VENICE (Reuters) —  Venice became the world…

A cameraman films Austrian artist Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Miss Lieser,” last seen in public in 1925, is on display ahead of an auction, in Vienna, Austria, April 24, 2024. VIENNA (Reuters) — Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Miss Lieser,” a painting of a young woma…

Chicken & Beer’s Andrew Estepa, center, with fellow service crewmembers Mariz Sabado, left, and Ivan Banayos. SINCE it opened on Dec. 22, 2023, Chicken & Beer Restaurant in Chalan Kanoa has captured the hearts of the island’s fried chicken lovers. Not only does it serve a variety of g…

A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon is seen at the “Imagine” mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to mark Lennon’s 80th birthday, in New York City, Oct. 9, 2020. LONDON (Reuters) — A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late J…