Entertainment News Roundup: Singer Rihanna expecting first child with rapper A$AP Rocky; BTS singer Jimin hospitalized for appendicitis, tests positive for COVID-19 and more

Lay died of natural causes in a nursing facility near his Chicago home on Saturday, said independent blues label Alligator Records on its website on Monday. Spotify shares rebound after Joe Rogan apology, Citigroup upgrade U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized and pledged more balance on his show amid a backlash against COVID-19 misinformation on the streaming service that wiped more than $2 billion off its market value last week.

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

Singer Rihanna expecting first child with rapper A$AP Rocky

Pop singer Rihanna announced she is expecting her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky through photos released on Monday of the couple smiling, holding hands, and revealing a visible baby bump. Photographer Miles Diggs posted on his Instagram account an image with the caption "SHE IS!"

BTS singer Jimin hospitalized for appendicitis, tests positive for COVID-19

Jimin, a singer and dancer with the K-pop group BTS, has tested positive for coronavirus and also underwent surgery for acute appendicitis, his management agency Big Hit Music said on Monday. Jimin, whose full name is Park Ji-min, went to hospital on Sunday after suffering from sudden abdominal pain along with a mild sore throat, Big Hit Music said in a statement.

Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner. Thousands of people, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to propose candidates.

Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86

Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died at age 86. Lay died of natural causes in a nursing facility near his Chicago home on Saturday, said independent blues label Alligator Records on its website on Monday.

Spotify shares rebound after Joe Rogan apology, Citigroup upgrade

U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized and pledged more balance on his show amid a backlash against COVID-19 misinformation on the streaming service that wiped more than $2 billion off its market value last week. On Monday, investors appeared to shrug off the controversy that hurt shares last week, as Spotify's stock price jumped 12%after brokerage Citigroup raised the stock rating to "buy" from "neutral" saying the Swedish company would be able to improve its advertising business.

Cast of 'Pam & Tommy' say sex tape saga is an 'ode to bravery'

Pamela Anderson sprints across the beach in her red Baywatch lifeguard suit, exactly as you remember. Tommy Lee snarls into the camera with all of the bad boy magnetism that seemed to burn off the pages of every tabloid. But the cast of "Pam & Tommy" - an eight part series that looks into the sex tape scandal of TV star Anderson and heavy metal rocker Lee - say the show is more than just a romp through 1990s nostalgia.

Riz Ahmed brings personal fears to screen in 'The Long Goodbye'

British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed and director Aneil Karia take viewers on a disturbing dystopian journey in their short film "The Long Goodbye", inspired by personal fears about rising intolerance and discrimination in the world. Set in suburban Britain, the film follows a south Asian family as its members prepare for a wedding. Their world is turned upside down when a group of white armed men violently bursts into their home.

Science podcaster calls Spotify's support of Joe Rogan a 'slap in the face'

The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other podcasts carried by parent company Spotify. The announcement by Wendy Zukerman builds on protests by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and others against Spotify's Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. They say Spotify is not doing enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.

Can 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Catch 'Avatar's' Domestic Box Office Record?

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is the box office juggernaut that can't be caught. The comic book adventure, starring Tom Holland as Marvel's favorite teen web-slinger, opened in theaters in December and spent every weekend except one as the top movie at the domestic box office. This weekend proved to be no exception. Now in its seventh weekend of release, "No Way Home" has again secured the No. 1 spot over holdovers, including "Scream" and "Sing 2," capping off a particularly quiet January at the movies.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, 30, found dead after fall from building

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who worked as an entertainment correspondent for the television show "Extra," was found dead after falling from a Midtown Manhattan apartment building, police said on Monday. Kryst fell from the Orion Condominium about 7 a.m. ET on Sunday, the New York City Police Department said. A police spokesperson told Reuters on Monday the death was being investigated as a suicide.

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