McCrory "died peacefully at home surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family", Lewis wrote on Twitter, calling his late wife "beautiful and mighty".

A former star of US reality TV show "The Bachelor," where the male lead dates several female contestants before proposing marriage to one of them, revealed Wednesday that he is gay.

Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth who had been at her side throughout her 69-year reign, died at Windsor Castle on Friday.

The rapper's longtime lawyer confirmed DMX's death to AFP, with a statement from his family saying the artist, born Earl Simmons, died after nearly a week on life support following a heart attack.

"It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," it said in a statement.

Indonesia’s most viral chess match pitted an international grandmaster against a retired bird feed salesman. But there is more to the story. It was also a clash of two competing cultures.

American singer Dionne Warwick, who has reigned as a diva for over six decades, is now using her voice as the 'Queen of Twitter,' spreading joy and poking fun in viral tweets to a new audience.

Sixty years after he became the first person in space, there are few figures more universally admired in Russia today than Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Newton, the daughter of a British lab technician and a Zimbabwean princess, told Vogue magazine the spelling -- which means "beloved" in the African country's Shona language and is pronounced "tan-DEE-way" -- was changed in the credits for her first acting role, in 1991's "Flirting," when she was just 16.

The French-Tunisian social media phenomenon, whose real name is Iteb Zaibet, was arrested in Tunis in July 2019 and sentenced Monday to five years in prison in a separate case for fraud and money laundering, with the equivalent of $6 million seized from his accounts.

"He was, by the time he died, an Irish citizen," the novelist's son Nick Cornwell told the BBC.

The Indonesians turned their ire on Fry, 63, after their team was withdrawn from last week's All England Open because of a coronavirus case on their plane.

Britain's Prince Harry on Tuesday added to a growing portfolio of post-royal jobs, becoming "chief impact officer" at a San Francisco startup that provides mobile-based coaching, counseling and mentorship.

The annual list of the year's most dreadful movies is the one award show no Hollywood star wants to feature in, but Donald Trump's lawyer Giuliani bagged two spots in nominations Friday.

"We're very much not a racist family," William told reporters during a visit to a multi-racial school in a deprived area of east London.

"Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain," the network said in a statement. 

Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday responded to explosive racism claims from her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, voicing deep concern and sympathising with their troubles with royal life.

Prince Harry has come a long way in educating himself about race since his youthful days, when he used an offensive slur against a fellow army cadet from Pakistan and dressed up as a Nazi soldier at a party.

The couple set off a whirl of speculation about the identity of the senior royal who asked how dark their child's skin would be before he was born.

The multi-year partnership would "draw on her ability to inspire people around the world", the company said in a statement, adding that content would also include animation and children's series.

It came after Meghan accused Buckingham Palace of peddling lies about her. It is the latest instalment in a long-running royal soap opera.

"Labor has lost its credibility and its backbone," Michaeli, 54, said.

Explaining the couple's dramatic exit from royal life, Meghan said she was denied help during her mental health crisis, was targeted by lies, and that there was official concern about the skin color of her unborn son.

Speaking on US station CBS late on Sunday, Meghan denied a newspaper story that she had made Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, cry before the wedding and said it was a turning point in her relations with the media.

The explosive claim is the latest salvo in an increasingly heated public relations battle between the British institution and the US-based couple.

Lukas Tumiso is the last man standing in Panti Waluya Sejati Abadi, a nursing home dedicated to former political prisoners in Indonesia. This is the first part of two stories.

His wife gave a moving speech to accept his prize, which was awarded to him over Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Anthony Hopkins ("The Father"), Gary Oldman ("Mank") and Tahar Rahim ("The Mauritanian").

Strands of Gainsbourg's music proved as popular in 1990s US hip-hop -- cropping up in songs by Nas, the Wu Tang Clan and Busta Rhymes -- as they have with his more obvious, singer-songwriter successors of recent years. 

Now, on the 30th anniversary of his death, she is finally letting go, throwing open his home and able to enjoy the flood of tributes coming from artists and fans, young and old. 

From a tracksuited rapper to a bumbling Kazakh TV reporter in a green mankini, Sacha Baron Cohen has made his name with outrageous characters who expose real people's prejudices and hypocrisy.