Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at ...

The Croatian Navy has commissioned its second Omiš-class inshore patrol craft (IPC), Umag (OOB 32), into service. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held in Split, Croatia on 17 January ...

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Melba Montgomery, a country singer known for her duets with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by her ...

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“I hate to use the word ‘hard-core,’” Mr. Jones once said, “but that’s what Melba is — a down-to-earth hard-core country singer.”Credit...United Artists Ms. Montgomery and Mr ...

Thanks to nearly 300 sunny days a year, Hvar is also abuzz with outdoor events, including the annual Summer Festival, held between June and September to celebrate Croatia's musical heritage.

It comes after Macy Gray snubbed both post-show interviews for The Masked Singer after her elimination, it has been revealed. The US soul singer, 57, was the latest star to be unmasked on the ITV ...

Another The Masked Singer UK contestant has been revealed as the hit ITV competition continues. And though they all blew us away with their singing, sadly, it was time to say goodbye to one of the ...

If any artist embodied a supernova in 2024, it was Chappell Roan. At once flamboyant and introverted, the pop singer from Willard, Missouri (population 6,300) burst into the mainstream with her ...

The Russian baritone stormed the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 1989, and with his flowing grey hair and beaming smile, an international star was born. Hvorostovsky excelled in ...

BIRN reported back in 2017 that Croatia and Montenegro were set to resolve their dispute over ownership of a former Yugoslav military training ship. Eight years on, a deal has yet to be reached.