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Rose Sets Billboard Record: First Female K-Pop Soloist To Chart 30 Weeks On Hot 100

Rose Sets Billboard Record: First Female K-Pop Soloist To Chart 30 Weeks On Hot 100

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In a landmark achievement, BLACKPINK’s Rosé has become the first female K-pop soloist to have a song chart on the Billboard Hot 100 for 30 consecutive weeks. Her hit single APT., a collaboration with Bruno Mars, currently holds the No. 22 spot, underscoring its enduring popularity in the U.S. music scene.APT. debuted at No. 8 in October 2024 and peaked at No. 3, making Rosé the highest-charting female K-pop soloist in Billboard history. The song’s longevity places it alongside K-pop classics like PSY’s Gangnam Style, BTS’s Dynamite, and Jimin’s Who, all of which have also enjoyed extended runs on the chart.   The track, featured on Rosé’s debut solo album rosie, showcases a fusion of pop, rock, and new wave elements, reflecting her artistic evolution post-BLACKPINK. The accompanying music video, featuring Rosé and Mars engaging in a Korean drinking game, has amassed over 66 million views on YouTube, further cementing its global appeal.  Beyond the Hot 100, APT. has dominated other charts, securing the No. 1 position on both the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. …

Cannes Film Festival 2025 is all about looking at the present through the past | Hollywood

Cannes Film Festival 2025 is all about looking at the present through the past | Hollywood

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The loudest cheer at the 78th Cannes Film Festival was reserved for a new black and white movie about the making of a movie some 65 years ago. Cannes Film Festival competition entry New Wave by American director Richard Linklater is about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s debut film Breathless. Nouvelle Vogue (New Wave) by American director Richard Linklater recreates the scenes of shooting legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s debut feature film, Breathless, in 1960. Cleverly mixing Godard’s radical ideas of filmmaking with famous quotes on art from great minds like Jean-Paul Sartre and Paul Gaugin, Nouvelle Vogue transports today’s movie-goer to the middle of the last century, coinciding with an era of counterculture. Transporting the audience to the past is a unifying theme this year among filmmakers around the world. Nearly half of the movies in the prestigious competition category at the Cannes festival are set in the last century, dating back to times following the First World War, with subtle and sometimes stark warnings of learning from history. Horrors of history Consider these …

‘Every New Wave Comes in Dec’: Expert Take as JN.1 Covid-19 Variant Threatens Holiday Season

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Lineage JN.1 was first found in Luxembourg and as per the latest numbers, it has been spotted in more than 38 countries. (Shutterstock) Dr Saumitra Das, co-chair at INSACOG’s advisory board, told News18.com in an exclusive interaction that the government needs to bump up surveillance at airports and fix the system of Covid-19 testing, once again A growing Covid-19 variant, JN.1, has taken off this holiday season in several countries but there isn’t anything ‘alarming’ in India, co-chair at INSACOG’s advisory board, Dr Saumitra Das, told News18.com in an exclusive interaction. Microbiologist Das, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, said the government needs to bump up surveillance at airports and fix the system of Covid-19 testing, once again. “There is nothing unusual in Covid-19 cases going up and nothing is alarming. The cases are mostly driven by the JN.1 variant which is a sub-lineage of BA2. 86 Omicron,” Das said. Lineage JN.1 was first found in Luxembourg and as per the latest numbers, it has been spotted in more than 38 countries. As …