Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton artist who's among the world's biggest stars, scored MTV's artist of the year award Sunday at the annual Video Music Awards.. The artist who dropped "Harry's House" this year also accepted his award for the year's best album via video, before heading back to his own global concert run.
Serena Williams will take centre stage as the US Open gets under way on Monday with the 23-time Grand Slam winner preparing to bid an emotional farewell to tennis.. Win or lose on Monday, Williams won't be departing the US Open stage immediately.
Whether it's in the powerful groundstrokes of players like Coco Gauff or the growing numbers of African-American youngsters surging into tennis camps across the United States each year, Serena Williams' influence will be felt long after she hangs up her racquet.. Blackman said the Williams effect is reflected in the increasing numbers of African-American girls entering USTA tennis camps along with the increasing numbers of black players on the WTA Tour.
New Sony horror film "The Invitation" topped the North American box office this weekend despite extremely weak ticket sales of just $7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.. Its ticket sales dropped 78 percent from its opening weekend, to a fifth-place showing of just $4.6 million.
"Keep dancing," former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted Sunday, lending her personal support to Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, whose taste for partying has drawn global attention.. Marin quickly responded, tweeting back, "Thank you @Hillary Clinton," and including a heart emoji.
Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, a historical association said.. The culinary master -- who joined the presidential mansion's staff in 1979 under Jimmy Carter and worked there until his 2004 retirement during George W. Bush's presidency -- died Friday "following a short illness," the White House Historical Association said on its website.
Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to help Pakistan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people.. Pope Francis, who used a wheelchair during the visit, was due to return to the Vatican early this afternoon.
Since returning to tennis as a mother in 2018, Serena Williams has not ruled the courts with the same dominance she once displayed, but has overtaken her pre-pregnancy mark in one key category: off-court endorsements. . "Williams is arguably the greatest female athlete of all-time, but sponsors have often eschewed" her, Forbes said in 2015, noting that she trailed Maria Sharapova in endorsements for the 11th straight year, despite dominating the Russian tennis star and owning many more titles.
Serena Williams is about to play the US Open which is very likely to be the final tournament of a career which has brought her 23 Grand Slam singles titles and accolade of the greatest player of all time.. It was the sisters' 28th career meeting and ninth in Slam finals.
Serena Williams won the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles at the US Open in 1999 at a New York venue which has witnessed a mixture of highs and lows for the American superstar.. HIGHS 1999 - First Slam title -- Just 17 years old and with white beads in her hair, Williams became the first Black woman to win a Grand Slam title in the modern Open era and just the second in history after Althea Gibson in 1958 to capture a major.
