Kendrick Lamar’s sparse and hard-hitting rap treatise, Damn, is music critics’ favourite record of 2017. The album, which explores the conflicts in Lamar’s personal life, his faith and American society, has topped a “poll of polls” compiled by BBC News. Second place went to SZA’s sensual, intimate and partially-improvised R&B album, CTRL. Pop star Lorde …

The world’s longest glass bridge will open to the public on Sunday in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. The bridge, which stretches 488 meters, is 2 meters wide and hangs 218 meters (about 66 stories) above the valley floor between two steep cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area in Pingshan county. It is paved with 1,077 panes …

They have starred in a huge number of screen projects together over the years, including The Godfather Part II, Righteous Kill and Heat. And cinema icons Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunited once again on Wednesday to film the upcoming crime drama The Irishman in the Bronx area of New York City – with …

Pop star Lady Gaga is swapping touring for a two-year stint in Las Vegas, joining the likes of music divas Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Shania Twain who have recently taken up concert residencies in the entertainment mecca, Reuters reports. Gaga, 31, said on Tuesday she will start a two-year engagement at the 5,300-seat Park …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a massive list of films eligible for the best picture Oscar at next year’s awards ceremony, Variety.com reports. Among the 341 titles are expected awards frontrunners: “Call Me By Your Name,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “The Post,” “Lady Bird,” “Get Out,” “Dunkirk,” “The Shape of …