Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.

Women’s popular culture energy takes middle stage at Sunday’s Grammys

Women are poised to pile up the gold on the Grammy awards on Sunday, reflecting an increase in feminine illustration on pop music charts and record-setting performances at stadium concert events and cinemas. Taylor Swift, SZA and songs from the Oscar-nominated “Barbie” film lead the competitors for the music trade’s highest honors. Jon Batiste is the one man amongst eight nominees for album of the 12 months, the highest Grammy prize.

Chita Rivera, ‘West Side Story’ Broadway star, lifeless at 91

Chita Rivera, the musical theater legend and a number of Tony winner who created the function of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on Broadway in “West Side Story” and different memorable characters, has died on the age of 91. The petite, raven-haired dancer, singer and actress made historical past when she grew to become the primary Hispanic girl to obtain a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in 2002. She additionally obtained the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2009.

Bob Marley biopic brings his message to new generations, son says

Bob Marley’s household hopes a brand new biographical film concerning the celebrity singer, who popularised reggae together with his catchy tunes and religious and socially acutely aware lyrics, will assist revive his legacy. “Bob Marley: One Love” is produced by his spouse Rita Marley and their kids Ziggy and Cedella and government produced by Brad Pitt. Directed by “King Richard” filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green, it sees British actors Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch taking up the problem of bringing Bob and Rita Marley to life on the display screen.

Travis Kelce star of his personal biographical comedian e book

Want to know extra about Taylor Swift’s boyfriend? He would be the topic of a comic book e book popping out shortly.

X lifts ban on Taylor Swift searches after unfold of faux specific photographs

Social-media firm X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday night, after blocking customers from looking for her following the unfold of faux sexually-explicit photographs of the pop singer on the social media website final week. The search has been reactivated and the social media platform “will continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove it if we find it,” Joe Benarroch, head of enterprise operations at X, stated in a press release on Monday

Alec Baldwin to be arraigned this week for ‘Rust’ movie-set capturing

Actor Alec Baldwin shall be arraigned on Thursday in New Mexico after he was charged once more with involuntary manslaughter within the deadly 2021 capturing of a cinematographer on the set of the movie “Rust,” officers stated on Tuesday. A spokesperson for New Mexico’s court docket system stated in an e-mail that Baldwin’s arraignment within the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe could be a digital continuing.

Mosfilm studio turns 100 as Russian cinema plugs hole left by West

Mosfilm, the state-owned big of Soviet and Russian cinema that produced basic movies comparable to “Battleship Potemkin” and “Solaris”, marks its centenary on Tuesday, and its director common says it’s nicely set as much as prosper sooner or later. Karen Shakhnazarov, on the helm of Mosfilm for greater than 25 years, says the standoff between Moscow and the West over the battle in Ukraine ought to profit Russian movie makers.

(With inputs from businesses.)