Entertainment News Roundup: Raye sets record at Britain's pop music honours; Swifties make pricey pilgrimage to star's only Southeast Asian stop and more

The 30-year-old software engineer, who heads a Philippines group of Swifties, as fans of the singer are known, flew in from Manila on Friday with 17 friends. BRIT Awards: Raye sets record at Britain's pop music honours Singer-songwriter Raye was the big winner at the BRIT Awards, the biggest night in British music, on Saturday, setting a new record for most prizes in one night at the annual ceremony.


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 04-03-2024 03:04 IST | Created: 04-03-2024 02:27 IST
Entertainment News Roundup: Raye sets record at Britain's pop music honours; Swifties make pricey pilgrimage to star's only Southeast Asian stop and more
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Swifties make pricey pilgrimage to star's only Southeast Asian stop

Filipina Charlyn Suizo is in Singapore this week for one reason only: Taylor Swift. The 30-year-old software engineer, who heads a Philippines group of Swifties, as fans of the singer are known, flew in from Manila on Friday with 17 friends.

BRIT Awards: Raye sets record at Britain's pop music honours

Singer-songwriter Raye was the big winner at the BRIT Awards, the biggest night in British music, on Saturday, setting a new record for most prizes in one night at the annual ceremony. Raye won six awards, including for artist of the year, album of the year for "My 21st Century Blues" and song of the year for "Escapism".

Factbox-Winners at the 2024 BRIT Awards

Britain's annual pop music honours, the BRIT Awards, were handed out at a ceremony in London on Saturday. Below is a list of the winners:

Animal rights activists disrupt Victoria Beckham show in Paris

Animal rights activists from PETA disrupted Victoria Beckham's runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Friday. The activists entered the runway as the models were walking down it, holding up placards that read "Viva Vegan Leather" and wearing t-shirts with the message "Turn your back on animal skins," and "Animals aren't fabric," before being escorted away by security.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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