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Shalini Dore Features News EditorBappi Lahiri, a celebrated Bollywood singer, composer and politician, died Wednesday in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. He was 69.Lahiri had been ailing from various health issues, including sleep apnea.Lahiri’s music popularized disco in the 1980s and ’90s, long after it had left the West, with his music used in films such as “Namak Halal,” “Disco Dancer” and “Commando.”Dressed in his trademark golden chains and glasses, Lahiri was an instantly recognizable figure around Mumbai.

Nearly six million people across the UK are currently claiming Universal Credit with a further estimated five million households receiving additional financial support through Working Tax Credits.

A team from a Scottish paranormal group have captured some incredible footage on Facebook Live from their latest ghost hunt.

West Dunbartonshire council is considering buying a £24,000 oil painting while proposing to charge disabled people for vital services.

A man charged over his alleged involvement in the Greenock firebomb attacks has been left seriously injured after being ‘slashed’ in prison.

James Davidson's conviction has put a stop - for now - to the criminal career of one of Scotland's most notorious drug smugglers.

Actor John DiMaggio has spoken out about his decision not to reprise his signature voice role as foul-mouthed robot Bender and an assortment of other characters in the upcoming revival of cult animated series Futurama for Hulu.

Batman star Michael Keaton has flown into Glasgow via a private jet to film the latest scenes for Batgirl.

BTS will be holding the South Korean leg of their ‘Permission to Dance On Stage’ tour next month.In a statement posted to the fan community app Weverse earlier today (February 16), Big Hit Music announced that the septet will be performing at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium on March 10, 12 and 13. The upcoming shows will mark the group’s first in-person concerts in South Korea after two and a half years, following their ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself (The Final)’ world tour in October 2019.Notably, their March 10 and 13 shows will be streamed online simultaneously, while their March 12 show will be available for “live viewing” in theaters worldwide.

Seth Rogen is taking a not so fond trip down memory lane!

Kate Hudson‘s son Ryder Robinson is going Instagram official with his new girlfriend!

Lizzo looks radiant in red during a date night out in Los Angeles on Monday night (February 14).

Coachella and Stagecoach just made some big announcements about their upcoming music festivals.

Brand new images from HBO’s The Time Traveler’s Wife series have been released.

Ralf Rangnick says Manchester United's wingers were told to attack Brighton's centre-backs in the second-half in a tactic that resulted in the dismissal of Lewis Dunk.

Paul Pogba's knack for effecting games off the bench continued in Manchester United's 2-0 Premier League win over Brighton.

Blake Lively might start wearing her director's cap more often!ET spoke to the 34-year-old actress on the red carpet at Michael Kors' Fall-Winter 2022 show at New York Fashion Week Tuesday night where she spoke about her recent Academy of Country Music Awards nominations and showing up for the beloved designer.«Academy of Country Music was not on my vision board,» Lively admitted about two ACM nominations for producing directing the music video for Taylor Swift's track, «I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version).»As far as what or who she'd like to direct next, Blake's undecided, though she might have another Queen B in mind.«Oh my gosh, I don't know, I don't know. Tell Beyoncé to stop calling me!» Lively joked.On a more serious note, Blake, who attended the show with her sister, Robyn, shared why it was so important for her to be at Kors' show.«I mean honestly, Michael was the first person to invite me to any fashion event, and he always shows up for me, so, I think that's one of the best things you can do in life for people, show up,»  star shared.Blake wowed in a powder blue sequined two-piece bra and skirt set which she paired with a matching blazer jacket, powder blue heels and metallic white clutch. She wore her long, blonde locks down and in loose waves, only breaking her monochromatic look to rock a bold, red lip.It was an important show for Robyn, too, who said she last attended Kors' show three years ago on Valentine's Day.«I couldn't miss it, is just so special for me because I don't get to do this very often, but I did come with you how many years ago, I think it was like three years ago,» she said.

SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major plot points from Tuesday’s Season 1 finale of ABC’s Queens.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorIn their last outings as leaders of ViacomCBS, the executive team led by Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish finally started to sound like they have a solid plan to compete in streaming.On the day ViacomCBS unveiled its corporate rebrand to Paramount, starting as of Feb. 16, the company put on a nearly three-hour virtual presentation for investors that demonstrated how much its operations have been turned inside out to focus on streaming growth opportunities.

Joe Biden is in trouble with black Americans once again. As it was previously reported, Joe Biden came under fire on social media and in the mainstream media after he suggested that black Americans were a monolith compared to Latino Americans.

A 2009 clip of Robin Williams ripping into Joe Biden during a stand-up routine has resurfaced online, and fans are loving it. Just days before Biden came under fire for his remarks about African American and Latino diversity, an old video from Williams' HBO special "Weapons of Self Destruction" was posted to Twitter in which he calls the then-vice president out for his infamous flubs at speaking events.

Just a few months before the 2020 presidential election begins, a 2009 clip of Robin Williams talking about Joe Biden went viral on Twitter. In his HBO Comedy Special, Robin trashed “ramblin'” Joe Biden whom he claimed said the kind of things people with “Tourettes” wouldn’t approve of.

We know Kanye West has hired political operatives to criss-cross key Midwestern states and get him on the November ballot so he can face off against Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

A new report from Mercury News suggests that Kanye West may actually have created his campaign to take votes away from the presidential candidate, Joe Biden, at least according to the Forbes Magazine editor, who famously doesn’t get along with the rapper. As it was previously reported, Kanye is down in the Dominican Republic with his wife, Kim Kardashian.

Kanye West's unlikely White House bid is getting help qualifying for presidential ballots in key states from Republicans around the country, fueling suspicions he's being pushed to run by allies of President Donald Trump hoping to siphon support away from Joe Biden. The rapper qualified for Colorado's presidential ballot on Thursday, after the Secretary of State's office verified that nine electors he submitted are all registered to vote in that state.

30-second video, Williams, who would have turned 69 last month, doesn’t mince words.“There’s always ramblin’ Joe Biden,” said Williams in a stand-up routine. “Joe says s - - t that even people with [Tourette syndrome] go, ‘No.’ ”The resurfaced bit began circulating this week, and it came just days before Biden — the presumptive Democratic nominee — gave a disastrous interview with black and Hispanic journalists.

Cardi B is opening up about her politics.

Ted Johnson In the weeks since Kanye West announced that he was running for president, political reporters have approached his potential candidacy with a bit of caution — not just because he would be a long shot who already missed deadlines, but also over calls by his wife for “compassion” over his mental health.This week, a number of outlets have reported that GOP operatives have been assisting West in his efforts to get on the ballot in states like Wisconsin and Ohio, two states where polls show Donald Trump and Joe Biden are in a tight race.In an interview with Forbes, West did not deny that he was a “spoiler,” given that he does not have a shot at reaching 270 electoral votes.

Kanye West’s unlikely White House bid is getting help qualifying for presidential ballots in key states from Republicans around the country, fueling suspicions he’s being pushed to run by allies of President Donald Trump hoping to siphon support away from Joe Biden.

Meghan McCain has some thoughts on who she wants her family friend, Joe Biden, to pick as his vice presidential running mate in the 2020 presidential election. The 35-year-old conservative co-host of appeared on Wednesday's, and while she wouldn't say if she was voting for Biden, she did share her suggestions for the former vice president's highly anticipated running mate announcement. «I'm not saying who I'm voting for… but I'm not voting for Trump,» McCain said of President Donald Trump, with whom she and her family have publicly feuded.

Meghan McCain has clear thoughts on who she wants her family friend, Joe Biden, to pick as his vice presidential running mate in the 2020 presidential election. The 35-year-old conservative co-host of appeared on Wednesday's where she wouldn't admit to voting for Biden, but did share her suggestions for the former Vice President's highly anticipated VP announcement. «I'm not saying who I'm voting for… but I'm not voting for Trump,» McCain said of President Donald Trump, with whom she and her family have publicly feuded.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAs Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged $280 million in TV advertising through the fall, local station owners Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group told Wall Street they expect a record political ad haul.In separate conference calls with Wall Street analysts to discuss second-quarter results, the top two companies addressed the political stretch run and overall advertising in the months to come.

Joe Biden no longer plans to travel to Milwaukee to formally accept his party's nomination for president and will instead do so from his home state of Delaware, the Democratic National Convention announced Wednesday.

Count Shia LaBeouf as one of Joe Biden‘s celeb supporters!