Spotlight

Published June 1, 2019

Spice Girls re-release their Greatest Hits album on vinyl

British girl group Spice Girls have re-release Spice Girls — The Greatest Hits as a limited-edition amid of their reunion tour.

The Spice Girls shared their photos on Instagram. The album is a picture disc featuring photos of Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm throughout the years. According to Billboard, the Spice Girls will release 2,500 copies of the vinyl album. Greatest Hits initially debuted in November 2007. The album features 15 songs, including “Wannabe,” “Say You’ll Be There,” “Spice Up Your Life” and “Viva Forever.”


Justin Bieber and YouTube partner for secret 2020 project

Justin Bieber has joined forces with YouTube for a new project that will be released in 2020.

YouTube made the announcement, keeping details about the project and its partnership with Bieber under wraps.

It “promises to be one of the most talked-about YouTube originals ever,” Youtube chief business officer Robert Kyncl told.

Bieber famously got his start on YouTube with videos of the singer helping him get discovered and turned into a global pop star. Bieber has amassed 44.5 million subscribers to his YouTube channel and has earned 19 billion views.


Keanu Reeves’ in new Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 is giving fans a first glimpse of Keanu Reeves’ character; the Pixar and Walt Disney film released a new trailer featuring the 54-year-old actor as the voice of Duke Caboom.

Woody (Tom Hanks) and Bo Peep (Annie Potts) meet Duke, a stuntman motorcyclist toy, during their quest to retrieve Forky (Tony Hale). Duke later makes a risky jump with Woody on the back of his bike.

Toy Story 4 is directed by Josh Cooley and is slated to open in theatres on June 21.


Whitney Houston’s estate announces new projects

Whitney Houston’s estate has announced plans to start a hologram tour and release music of unreleased tracks, among other projects related to the late singer.

Houston’s estate is run by executor Pat Houston, who married the singer’s brother Gary. Her brother Michael and mother Cissy are the only other beneficiaries.

Pat said in an interview that the estate has signed a deal with Primary Wave Music Publishing to bring the projects to life. Other planned projects using Houston’s likeness include a Broadway musical, a Vegas-style spectacle and branding deals. Houston died at the age of 48 in 2012 after accidentally drowning in a hotel bathtub.

Published in Dawn, Young World, June 1st, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

Controversial timing
Updated 05 Oct, 2024

Controversial timing

While the judgment undoes a past wrong, it risks being perceived as enabling a myopic political agenda.
ML-1’s prospects
05 Oct, 2024

ML-1’s prospects

ONE of the signature projects envisaged under the CPEC umbrella is the Mainline-1 railway scheme, which is yet to ...
No breathing space
05 Oct, 2024

No breathing space

THIS is the time of the year when city dwellers across Punjab start choking on toxic air. Soon the harmful air will...
High cost of living
Updated 04 Oct, 2024

High cost of living

There will be no let-up in the pain of middle-class people when it comes to grocery expenses, school fees, and hospital bills.
Regional response
04 Oct, 2024

Regional response

IT is welcome that Afghanistan’s neighbours are speaking with one voice when it comes to the critical issue of...
Cultural conservation
04 Oct, 2024

Cultural conservation

THE Sindh government’s recent move to declare the Sayad Hashmi Reference Library as a protected heritage site is...