Basel will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest after the Swiss border city was chosen Friday to stage the 69th edition of the glitzy annual TV extravaganza. Swiss singer Nemo’s 2024 Eurovision victory gave Switzerland the right to host next year’s event, with a huge global audience guaranteed. Right on the borders with France and...
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Latest entertainment News, Live Updates Today August 9, 2024: Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Switzerland, to receive career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival
Live Welcome to the live updates platform for Hindustan Times. Follow the major news updates, headlines and breaking news stories from the world of entertainment right here. See the latest developments in Bollywood, Hollywood and track the big news stories of the day for August 9, 2024. Latest entertainment news on August 9, 2024: Shah...
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Swiss cities battle to host Eurovision 2025 – or not
Swiss singer Nemo’s 2024 Eurovision victory means Switzerland gets to host the glitzy TV extravaganza next year — though battles are now raging over footing the bill. Zurich, Geneva, Basel, plus Bern in conjunction with Nemo’s hometown Biel, are the four declared candidates to stage the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. The winner should be announced...
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Taylor Swift calls workers mid-concert to help fans battling heatwave in Switzerland
Fans love Taylor Swift and the singer equally looks out for them. During her recent concert in Zurich, Switzerland, Swift asked workers mid-performance to help some people in the audience amid the ongoing heatwave in Switzerland. Swift was performing at an open-roofed stadium, Temperatures soared especially on Tuesday and Swift asked for assistance during her...
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Entertainment News Roundup: Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98; Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere and more | Entertainment
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging. In a statement dated Sunday,...
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Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo returns to hero’s welcome
Nemo was given a hero’s welcome on returning to Switzerland after winning the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, being greeted by a whirlwind of cheers, hugs and clanging cowbells. Nemo Mettler flew into Zurich Airport to be welcomed by several hundred fans, waving flags and banners and chanting the 24-year-old’s name. Nemo won Eurovision 2024...
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Nemo is the first nonbinary winner of Eurovision
Malmo, Sweden: Nemo, representing Switzerland, won the Eurovision Song Contest for The Code, a catchy track in which Nemo raps and sings operatically about their journey to realizing they were nonbinary. The victory – the first for a nonbinary performer and the first for Switzerland since Celine Dion won in 1988 – capped a rocky...