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In 2013, Beyoncé released her self-titled album as a surprise drop. With fans and music enthusiasts up in arms, the Houston native created an uproar worldwide as people scrambled to get a piece of what the Queen was offering. Fast forward to Summer 2022, and Beyoncé dropped her most recent project, “Renaissance.” With heavy influence from vintage dance, house, and disco records — the “Single Ladies” singer, yet again, had the world in a tizzy, ready to consume her music. This time, however, her musical offering came with some questions about the business of her production, and artists like Right...

British Pop Star Hurt On March In Moscow Updated: 07:54, Monday May 28, 2007 Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell have been attacked during a march in Moscow. Trouble broke out when demonstrators tried to appeal against a ban on a gay rights march through the Russian capital. Fairbrass after the attack Fairbrass after the attack Police arrested about a dozen demonstrators and forced them into a bus. The banned march was aimed at marking the 14th anniversary of Russia decriminalising homosexuality. Mr Tatchell was one of several demonstrators punched and kicked by nationalists...

The former senator and "Law and Order" actor Fred Thompson is being mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. Mr. Thompson has said he will keep an open mind about a 2008 campaign. In a recent interview, he blasted the reputation of Mahatma Gandhi, the most overrated man in the 20th century and one whose name now graces a building at James Madison University. Sen. Thompson noted that the anti-war group Code Pink had unveiled a giant paper mache model of Gandhi at one of their peace rallies, so gave this bit of history. "During World War II, Gandhi penned an...

BERLIN: A German mother accused of killing nine of her newborn babies over nearly two decades has told investigators that she cannot remember all of the births, police said Tuesday. In a case that shocked the country and raised troubling questions about social cohesion in a depressed corner of ex-communist east Germany, Sabine H 39, stands accused of murdering the infants soon after giving birth to them between 1998 and 2004. Spokesman Peter Salender of the police in the city of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder on the Polish border said she had shown severe memory gaps during questioning, remembering the births of some...