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Samsung expands partnership with Benow to cover TV, fridge

Around 5,000 offline retailers selling Samsung consumer electronics products have already signed up and more are expected to join in the coming weeks, the South Korean tech giant said.

May 27, 2020

'I'm in love': Tom Cruise confessing his love for Katie Holmes [Throwback]

A throwback to a time when Mission: Impossible movie star Tom Cruise appeared on Oprah Winfrey's talk show and talked about his love for Katie Holmes.

May 27, 2020

Protesters gather at the scene where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Miller

'I can't breathe': Four Minneapolis policemen fired after unarmed 'black man' dies in custody

Four Minneapolis police officers were fired over the death of an unarmed black man seen in a video lying face down in the street, gasping for air and groaning, "I can't breathe," while a white officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.

May 27, 2020

Shocking! Chris Evans almost declined Marvel's offer to play Captain America

Avengers: Endgame movie star Chris Evans opened up about his mental health and anxiety issues that led him to decline the Marvel's offer to play the role of Steve Rogers aka Captain America.

May 27, 2020

America Ferrera loves motherhood

America is best known for her films like "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants" and "Real Women Have Curves".

May 27, 2020

Patrick Graham: There's a gap in Indian market for good, mature horror

For "Ghoul", Graham drew inspiration from Arabic folklore to create shape-shifting, cannibalistic Jinn Ghoul. Now, he has dived into Indian mythology for the web series "Betaal."

May 27, 2020

John Krasinski sells his show "Some Good News" to CBS

John Krasinski defended his decision that had led to some branding him a 'sell out' during an appearance on his The Office co-star Rainn Wilson's Instagram Live series.

May 27, 2020

Jimmy Fallon blackface controversy; talk show host apologises publicly

Reportedly, the talk show host has released an apology after the clip of him in blackface started trending on Twitter.

May 27, 2020

FBI confirms that gunman involved in Texas naval air base shooting acted alone

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now saying that after an intense investigation there wasn't a second person involved.

May 27, 2020

'Potentially misleading': Twitter labels Trump's tweets with a fact check for the first time

Micro-blogging site Twitter tagged two tweets of US President Donald Trump on mail-in voting with a fact-checking warning label. The label was imposed on Trump's tweets posted claiming that "mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent."

May 27, 2020