With relatively few words, she said a lot as she bowed out of the French Open on her terms, reflecting the growing empowerment of athletes.
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Athletes and Mental Health: Naomi Osaka Adds to Conversation
Making herself vulnerable, she joins other noteworthy athletes in pushing the once-taboo subject into the open.
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Why the Grand Slam Tournaments Risked Playing Hardball With Naomi Osaka
Leaders in the game noted that Osaka’s decision to bypass news conferences came as major media organizations had been cutting back on tennis coverage for years, a troubling dynamic for a sport that battles for exposure.
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2021 French Open: What to Watch on Wednesday
Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Serena Williams feature on the first day of second-round matches.
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BTS' 'Butter' soars at the top of Billboard Hot 100; group becomes first act in history to earn three No. 1 debuts on the chart
To simply say that South Korean juggernaut BTS' latest single 'Butter' is a summer bop of the year would be an understatement. After breaking Youtube and Spotify records apart from once again setting new Guinness World Records with the song, BTS has soared high on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The group earns their third solo No. 1 debut on the chart and fourth, overall.
BTS earns the group's fourth No. 1 song, after 'Dynamite', 'Savage Love (Laxed Siren Beat)' and 'Life Goes On.' According to Billboard, "'Butter' earned 32.2 million U.S. streams and sold 242,800 downloads in the week ending May 27. It also attracted 18.1 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending May 30. The song is the 1,125th No. 1 in Hot 100 history, and the 54th to debut at No. 1."
"Butter" is the 1,125th No. 1 in #Hot100 history, and the 54th to debut at No. 1.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 1, 2021
BTS becomes the first act in history to earn three Not. 1 debut on the Hot 100 chart. All the four No. 1 coming their way within 9 months. Billboard reports that this marks "any act's quickest accumulation of four initial leaders since Justin Timberlake a decade-and-a-half ago. Among groups, BTS has landed its first four No. 1s the fastest since the Jackson 5 in 1970."
Among groups, @BTS_twt achieves the fastest run to four #Hot100 No. 1s since the Jackson 5 in 1970.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) June 1, 2021
The song debuts with a record-breaking "289.2 MILLION streams on the Billboard Global 200, the highest ever in the chart's history, previously held by "Life Goes On" (152.5M)." They also become the first group in history to have 7 No. 1 hits on Billboard's Digital Song Sales Chart, with the largest digital sales week of 2021 with 'Butter' (242,800). Interestingly, BTS has gone for all-kill with the song as the song not only debuted atop on Hot 100 chart but also Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US.
The Global 200 top 10 (chart dated June 5, 2021)
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The Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (chart dated June 5, 2021)
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Take a look at the chart unveiled on June 1, 2021.
The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated June 5, 2021)
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All seven members seem to awake in South Korea. They began to post congratulatory messages and dropped group pictures.
???? x7 pic.twitter.com/3o9VDjIU1w
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On May 25, Guinness World Records confirmed that the septet's new single broke the record for the most viewers for the premiere of a video on YouTube with 3.9 million concurrent viewers for its premiere on 21 May 2021. The record was previously held by BTS themselves for their last single 'Dynamite', which had 3 million concurrent peak viewers. Furthermore, the single has broken the record for the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours with 108,200,000 views, which was confirmed by Youtube on May 24. They have also broken the record for the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group.
After three YouTube records, BTS made their way to Spotify. 'Butter' garnered "11,042,335 global streams in just one day, breaking the record for the most streamed track on Spotify in the first 24 hours."
The pop icons debuted the performance at Billboard Music Awards 2021 followed by a second performance at The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and a third performance on the Good Morning America 2021 Summer Concert Series on May 28. BTS recently announced the online live-streaming event BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO, held in celebration of the 8th anniversary of BTS and ARMY.
ALSO READ: BTS pay ode to their previous eras through FESTA 2021 portraits ahead of 8th anniversary
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“He has been having an affair; he would punch me”- Nisha Rawal opens up about her relationship with husband Karan Mehra
On Tuesday morning, reports of television actor Karan Mehra getting arrested following a complaint by his wife actor Nisha Rawal were everywhere. Karan was arrested on the night of May 31 after his wife Nisha filed a complaint against him for domestic violence.
On Tuesday evening, Nisha addressed the media and narrated her side of the story on what their relationship of 14 years looked like. Addressing the media, Nisha said that she finds it “extremely embarrassing” to meet the media in such a way. However, she decided to come clean about the matter as she wanted their son Kavish(4) to know the truth when he reads all this in the future.
“It has been 14 years since our relationship and 9 years to the wedding and a lot has happened during this period,” Nisha said. “The talks of our divorce started a month back when Karan was in Chandigarh. Unfortunately, Karan has been having an affair with another woman which I didn’t know. When I came to know, I confronted him and he admitted to it. He also said that it is serious and that he loves someone else and that their relationship was also physical. The woman is from Delhi and whenever he has been to Chandigarh for the shoot of his new show they would meet and that’s how it started,” Nisha added.
“When I got to know about the affair, I did not react in anger but instead asked Karan to sit and talk about it. That’s when he opened up. The next day, I visited my parents and revealed everything. My mother asked me to work on the relationship. I said that if Karan apologises and expresses interest in working on this relationship then I am okay. I came back from my parent’s house, but there was no change in Karan’s attitude which hinted at him being remorseful of what he did. I put in efforts from my side and even made a group on Whatsapp with me and Karan called the Love Project,” she continued.
"Considering Karan's behaviour in the past 14 years, this is not new. I have been trying to keep his image of goody-two-shoes intact that he has earned with his body of work. We are all actors and this affects careers and we have a baby together as well. Every time Karan used to behave in such a manner he would apologise and promise to not repeat and deep down I wanted to believe him," she said.
“It’s very common of him to hit me. My face would become black and blue and he would punch me as well,” she said. When asked why she tolerated the abuse all these years, Nisha said that she was in love with Karan and still does. She also said that she does not want a father like Karan for her child and added that she feels it is her responsibility to raise her voice against domestic violence.
Talking about the night of May 31 when she filed a complaint, Nisha said, “I lashed out on him about all the feelings that I had bottled up. We spoke and he was visibly upset. When I got up to leave the room, he held my hair and pushed me against the wall. He also held my neck while pinning me against the wall.”
Nisha also showed pictures of her badly bruised to the media.
ALSO READ: Rohan Mehra reacts to Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai co-star Karan Mehra’s arrest
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SCOOP: Saif Ali Khan and Arjun Kapoor’s Bhoot Police sold to Star Network for Rs. 60 crores – Details revealed
Recently, it was revealed that the horror-comedy, Bhoot Police, starring Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Yami Gautam will take a direct to digital route with a premiere on Disney+ Hotstar. The development was even confirmed by the producer, Ramesh Taurani, and one now awaits an official announcement from the team of Disney+ Hotstar. Before the announcement is made, Bollywood Hungama has got some inside details about the deal structure of Bhoot Police.
An informer tells Bollywood Hungama, “The satellite and digital rights of Bhoot Police have been sold to Star Network for a sum in the range of Rs. 60 to 65 crores as compared to the budget of Rs 40 crores. With this deal, the producer, Ramesh Taurani, has made an easy table profit in the range of Rs. 20 to 25 crore with some more income expected from the sale or exploitation of music and other rights.”
In the deal, the digital rights of Bhoot Police have been valued in the range of Rs. 45 crores, whereas the satellite rights have fetched Rs. 15 to 20 crores from Star Network. “Being a horror-comedy featuring reasonably big names, Bhoot Police is expected to do well even on television. Hence, Star Network has got blanket rights around Rs. 60 crore mark,” the informer added.
As reported by Bollywood Hungama before, Disney+ Hotstar had acquired the digital rights of Akshay Kumar horror-comedy, Laxmii for a sum of Rs, 90 crore, spending around Rs. 45 crore more for the satellite rights, resulting in a blanket deal of Rs. 135 crores.
Apart from Bhoot Police, Star Network has also acquired the Priyadarshan comedy, Hungama 2 starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, and Meezaan Jaffrey. We would soon bring out the financial structure and deal of the producer Venus with the streaming platform, Disney+ Hotstar too.
ALSO READ: Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Yami Gautam, Jacqueline Fernandez starrer Bhoot Police to release on OTT
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