- Title: FILE: Showbiz and lifestyle news highlights from January to March 2022
- Date: 4th December 2022
- Summary: KRAKOW, POLAND (FILE - MARCH 23, 2022) (REUTERS) CORE CO-FOUNDER AND ACTOR,PENN (C) AND KRAKOW MAYOR JACEK MAJCHROWSK (R) AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) CORE CO-FOUNDER AND ACTOR, SEAN PENN, SAYING: "This is one of the great heartbreaking moments in most of our lifetimes, for the world at large, and it is a crisis for the world at large." Russia banned from Eurovision song contest over Ukraine invasion Russia will be barred from the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the organiser said on February 25, after Ukraine and several other European public broadcasters had called for the country to be expelled. "The decision reflects concern that, in the light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year's contest would bring the competition into disrepute," the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said in a statement. Finland said it would not send contestants to the final if Russia was allowed to participate. Public broadcasters in Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Norway had all urged the EBU to expel Russia. The Eurovision final, one of the world's largest televised events, took place in Turin, Italy, on May 14. KYIV, UKRAINE (FILE - MAY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) EUROVISION SIGN WITH LETTER 'V' IN SHAPE OF HEART IN COLOURS OF UKRAINIAN FLAG, WHEN THE SONG CONTEST WAS HELD IN KYIV IN 2017 FLAGS OF EUROVISION PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES WITH ST. MICHAEL CATHEDRAL IN BACKGROUND KIEV, UKRAINE (FILE - APRIL 2017) (REUTERS) EUROVISION LOGO VARIOUS OF STAGE ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (FILE - MAY 22, 2021) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN FAN SINGING RUSSIA'S CONTESTANT MANIZHA'S ENTRY "RUSSIAN WOMAN"
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- Keywords: 94th Academy Awards ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus Adele postpones Las Vegas concerts indefinitely due to COVID Adele wins big at BRIT awards Amal Clooney Andrew Garfield Andy Cohen Ariana DeBose Arnold Schwarzenegger appeals to Russians on Ukraine BAFTAs Benedict Cumberbatch Berlin Film Festival Bridgerton Season 2 Britney Spears issues cease and desist letter Bruce Willis to retire from acting Cannes bans Russian delegations Cate Blanchett Charithra Chandran Chris Rock slap David Bowie Disneyland Paris celebrates 30th anniversary Dune Ed Sheeran copyright case Eurovision ban for Russia Francis Ford Coppola Gerard Depardieu Golda Rosheuvel Golden Globes Goya Grammy Awards HFPA Hollywood Foreign Press Association Jamie Lynn Spears Jane Campion Jared Leto Jason Momoa and wife Lisa Bonet Javier Bardem Joanna Scanlan Joe Rogan podcast Jonathan Bailey Justin Bieber K-pop kings BTS Karolina Biewleska from Poland was named Miss World 2021 Kerry Washington Kim Kardashian declared officially single Kylie Jenner Lady Gaga Lionel Richie Michael Douglas Michael K. Williams Mission: Impossible Neil Diamond Neil Young to Spotify Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Omicron Oscars Power of The Dog Ringo Starr mural revealed in Liverpool Robert Pattinson Russian invasion Russian rapper Oxxxymiron SAGs Screen Actors Guild Awards Sean Penn in Ukraine Shari Belafonte Simone Ashley Snoop Dogg Sony Music says it acquires Bob Dylan's catalog of recorded music Spanish-Italian film Alcarras wins Golden Bear award Sundance The Godfather 50th anniversary Time Magazine’s list of Women of the Year for 2022 Tom Cruise Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton engaged Troy Katsur Whoopi Goldberg Will Smith journalist Zahra Joya new Batman new David Bowie wax figure
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