Yarra Trams Invites Victorians To Vote On Its Pride Tram Design

Thania Garcia For the first time in history, an all-Spanish-language act is the biggest artist in the world. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — better known as Puerto Rican rap-reggaeton titan Bad Bunny — is dominating the global music market. He has been the world’s most-streamed artist on Spotify for two consecutive years. His fourth studio album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after its release in May and has spent 12 non-consecutive weeks there — that’s three months — making it not only the longest-running Spanish-language album at the top of the chart, but the first to hold the position for that length of time since Drake’s “Views” six years ago. Bunny’s previous albums (including a greatest-hits collection and a collaborative set with Colombian reggaeton powerhouse J Balvin) have been certified three, six, eight, 10 and 24 times platinum in the U.S. alone.

The glitter and glam of the Parramatta Pride Picnic returns next week, Saturday 22 October 2022.Brought to you by ACON, Parramatta Queer Forum, and Proud at Woolworths Group, this will be the Pride Picnic’s 14-year anniversary.Featuring activities for the whole family, The Parramatta Pride Picnic is an event that has assisted in fostering community pride amongst LGBTQI people in Parramatta.As western Sydney’s largest Pride event the Parramatta Pride Picnic promises to be “full of fun and pride.”   There will be community and corporate market stalls as well as all-day entertainment, drag performers, DJs, exhibitions, activations, food and drinks.According to organisers, Trolley’d, a mobile bar company will be there with their “life-size aviation theme’d bar.”Speed dating company CitySwoon, there will also be a “free, fun, flirty & fast pop-up matched speed dating event.”A spokesperson for Woolworths Group said, “As collaborating partner, we’re committed to inclusion and belonging and at Parramatta Pride Picnic we’ll have a family-friendly activation with face painting and more, ideal to glam it up before you can proudly hit our Runway Stage!”Community groups such as Harbour City Bears, Dykes on Bikes, WorldPride Sydney, Rainbow Families, and Bobby Goldsmith Foundation will also be in attendance. This will be the first Parramatta Pride Picnic since 2019 as COVID-19 restrictions caused the cancellation of the picnic in 2020 and 2021.Prior to 2020, the Parramatta Pride Picnic included many LGBTQI community organisations.

Dua Lipa has expressed support for the women of Iran following protests in the nation. The Levitating singer took to Instagram on Saturday to bring attention to the demonstrations, which have been staged to highlight the death of Mahsa Amini. Last month, the 22-year-old passed away in a hospital in Tehran under suspicious circumstances.

Bad Bunny of taking advantage of his home country’s tax breaks.During a recent appearance on Philip DeFranco’s YouTube show, Paul responded to Bad Bunny’s September music video for ‘El Apagón’, which was accompanied by a documentary about inequality in Puerto Rico due to the government’s foreign tax scheme.“Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican living in Puerto Rico who is privately taking advantage of the same tax program that he is publicly condemning,” Paul told DeFranco.“I know this and I see things like this and it hurts. There are local Puerto Ricans who know about this.

Haiti is preparing to seek military assistance from the international community to confront gangs that have blocked the country's principal fuel port, the Miami Herald reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the decision. The government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry plans to make the written request on Friday to allied nations, without specifying where the troops should come from, the Herald reported.

Bad Bunny’s latest music video is a fun ode to Puerto Rico’s beaches and party scene, at least throughout its opening minutes. Afterward, the clip serves as an introduction for a 20-minute documentary that tackles Puerto Rican displacement, and how figures like Logan Paul contribute to this, reaping the benefits of the island while pushing natives out of their homes. In a new podcast, Paul addresses the video, saying that Bad Bunny is “hypocritical” since he’s reaping the same benefits that he is.

Chris Pratt could be the hero of the mushroom kingdom.

but to work with Biden, with Ana Navarro calling him DeSantis’ “daddy.”To kick off the Hot Topics discussion, moderator Whoopi Goldberg called up footage of statements from DeSantis and Biden this week, with the governor saying that he and his team “appreciate the team effort” from the White House, and that together, they are “cutting through the bureaucracy.” At that, Whoopi was thoroughly confused by the idea that a team-up between the two wouldn’t happen, even despite DeSantis’ past criticisms of the president.“I mean, what choice does he have?” Goldberg said. “He can’t stand there while [Biden] is standing there and say, ‘I hate what they did.

President Biden raised a few eyebrows this week, after he said he was “sort of raised” in a Puerto Rican community in Delaware. That included Seth Meyers, who joked on Tuesday that Biden’s words sounded pretty similar to a grandpa’s first encounter with gay people.Biden was in Puerto Rico this week getting a look at hurricane damage when he made his comments, noting that Delaware has a large Puerto Rican population.

Beyoncé has kept fans waiting an unusually long time for a visual accompaniment to her 2022 album Renaissance. The two month gap between the album arriving and some kind of video has ended today with a suitably stylish and dancefloor-orientated video for “Summer Renaissance” dropping on Monday.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader revealed some of the details of his next project at the New York Film Festival during the Q&A for his beautiful and more optimistic new film, “The Master Gardener.”  During the discussion with NYFF’s Dennis Lim and the film’s stars Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver, Schrader said his next film would be about a “trauma nurse working in Puerto Rico.” But as he detailed, in his conversation about “The Master Gardener” and the so-called God’s Lonely Man trilogy that includes “First Reformed” and “The Card Counter,” this vocation, trauma nurse would just be the “occupational metaphor” used to hide what the film is really about.

Organisers of the Scottish Album Of The Year prize have this morning opened up the public voting portion of the search for the very best Scottish album of the last year. Music fans have until Wednesday night to vote for their favourite from the longlist – the winner securing a place on the shortlist, which will be announced on Thursday.“The SAY Award public vote is the chance for music fans to have their SAY in the determination of the shortlist”, say Robert Kilpatrick, Creative Director of awards organiser the Scottish Music Industry Association.

A man appeared in court today charged with the murder in Liverpool of nine -year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Thomas Cashman, 34, of Grenadier Drive, West Derby, Liverpool, was produced from custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court this morning.

Thania Garcia With only one more show left on the docket, Bad Bunny has just about finished the North American leg of his “World’s Hottest Tour.” That title has certainly lived up to its promise, as the Puerto Rican phenom achieved the top-grossing tour of August with this trek, consisting of several stops in the country’s biggest venues. Last night, he pulled out all the stops for the first of two back-to-back shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. He brought out several guests — including the reggaeton pioneer Ivy Queen, who played a medley of her hottest hits — and declared his love for L.A., inciting cheers throughout the night with: “¡Los Latinos in L.A., que se sienta!”

Denzel Curry has confirmed plans to release a new version of his 2022 album Melt My Eyez See Your Future with his 10-piece live band, The Cold Blooded Soul Band. The deluxe edition of the rapper's fifth album is due on Friday, September 30.

Whoa. A father and son have been charged with murder for the death of PnB Rock.

A father and son have both been charged with murder in the shooting of PnB Rock.

Police have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Nine-year-old Olivia was shot in the chest at her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on August 22.