But despite the group’s huge pop achievements this year, BTS were shut out of the major Grammy categories, something RM may have been alluding to when he said he still felt Korean artists faced an “invisible wall,” during a press conference Sunday (per The Korea Herald). “We secured the AMAs’ artist of the year and a Grammy nomination, which means a lot to an artist,” he said. “Still, I feel ...

Trends Reporter, HuffPostThe former White House doctor who raved about Donald Trump’s “excellent” health to a skeptical public is now claiming that the disturbing new COVID-19 variant omicron is nothing but a midterm election ploy by the Democrats.

Welcoming about 3,000 delegates on-site or online, Ventana Sur takes place as COVID-19 still warps major meets worldwide.

Breaking News Reporter, HuffPostEvidence “strongly” suggests that the new omicron coronavirus variant has an advantage in transmissibility over other variants and that it may also evade immune protection, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday, while urging people to get vaccinated before there are documented cases of the variant in the U.S.

A family in lockdown. Keira Knightly recently revealed that she, her husband and their young children have all been diagnosed with COVID-19. The celebrated actress was recently interviewed by Stella magazine while promoting her upcoming horror comedy Silent Night, and she mentioned that she's currently in quarantine with her family, battling the illness.

Writing what she knows! Taylor Swift is notorious for penning personal tunes about her high-profile relationships, but how do her exes feel about being her muses?The Grammy winner has been using her love life as inspiration since her self-titled debut dropped in 2006, featuring hits “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops on My Guitar.” More than 10 years later, when she rereleased 2012’s Red, Swift had a ...

Trends Reporter, HuffPostSixty-one passengers on two Friday flights from South Africa to the Netherlands tested positive for COVID-19, Dutch officials said Saturday.On Sunday, public health officials confirmed that at least 13 were cases of the omicron variant.

Black Friday has come and gone, but many Cyber Monday sales are available early. If you haven’t yet started your holiday shopping, now’s the time. With shipping delays and other COVID restrictions expected to make holiday shopping even more complicated this year, there’s no shortage of savings events to take advantage of in the process.

LONDON (AP) — WHAT IS THIS NEW COVID-19 VARIANT?South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. It’s unclear where the new variant first emerged, but scientists in South Africa first alerted the World Health Organization and it has now been seen in ...

It’s unclear when Taylor Swift will rerelease Speak Now, but Us is going “Back to December” early in honor of the Grammy winner’s rerecordings.When Swift was working on her third studio album, she had been linked to Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner and John Mayer. Her relationship with her Valentine’s Day costar has been long rumored to be the inspiration behind the album’s second single.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried Saturday to contain a new variant of the coronavirus that has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by vaccines.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent.

Wonderwall.comOh, the 2000s! Throughout the decade, we saw many female singers rise to fame — like Natasha Bedingfield, who celebrates her 40th birthday on Nov. 26, 2021! Back in 2004, Natasha released her debut album, "Unwritten," which sold more than 2.3 million copies around the world. The album's title track — which many of us remember as the theme to MTV's "The Hills" — earned her a Grammy ...

Reporter, HuffPostThe White House announced Friday that it will begin restricting travel from South Africa and seven other countries on the African continent starting Monday in light of the newly identified omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Bad news -- possibly REALLY bad news -- there's a new COVID variant that has some countries in a panic ... a variant that may make the vaccine WAY less effective.

Bryan Adams announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time a month and has been hospitalized as a result. The Canadian singer is in Italy to promote Pirelli's 2022 calendar that he photographed. In Instagram photos he shared Thursday, he sat in a room after being tested and then sat in an ambulance at the Milan Malpensa airport.

MILAN (AP) — Bryan Adams tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on Thursday, ahead of the unveiling of the 2022 Pirelli calendar that he photographed.The Canadian rock ’n roller disclosed the positive test in an Instagram post that included a photograph of him in a room after being tested and then sitting in an ambulance, being taken for a more reliable PCR test. He ...

Senior Reporter, HuffPostA new variant of the coronavirus has been found in South Africa, troubling scientists who say the strain has a high number of mutations and is likely already sparking a jump in new cases around Johannesburg.

Face masks will once again be mandatory in French cultural venues as Europe faces a fifth wave of COVID-19 cases.

Getting festive! Thanksgiving celebrations were back in full swing in 2021 after many stars chose not to spend the 2020 holiday with extended family and friends amid the COVID-19 crisis.After a year without spectators, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off the festivities for many — including Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, who worked the event on Thursday, November 25.