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CORAL GABLES, FLA. -- Bad Bunny is the champion of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking home artist of the year honours and a whopping 10 trophies. Among the awards received Thursday by the urban music superstar were Hot Latin Song of the Year for "Dakiti" and album of the year for "YHLQMDLG. Source

SHEBOYGAN, WIS. -- British actor Tom Felton, known for his portrayal of Draco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" movies, collapsed while playing a celebrity golf exhibition Thursday at the Ryder Cup. Ryder Cup organizers said only that Felton experienced "a medical incident" at Whistling Straits and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Source

Students at Ryerson University will now be able to take a course that delves into two of Toronto's most influential artists in the music industry: Drake and The Weeknd. The course, titled Deconstructing Drake & The Weeknd, will study the artists' careers and lyrics. Source

WARNING: This story contains explicit content and may not be suitable for all readers. NEW YORK -- With the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial nearing jury deliberations, a prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to convict the R&B superstar on federal charges that he used his celebrity as leverage to sexually abuse women, girls and boys for more than two decades. Source

NEW YORK -- WARNING: This story contains explicit content and may not be suitable for all readers.US-R-Kelly, 1st Writethru A prosecutor in closing arguments at the sex-trafficking trial of R. Kelly urged jurors on Thursday to make the R&B superstar "pay" for his alleged crimes, while a defense lawyer told them they've been misled by opportunistic accusers about consensual relationships. Source

TORONTO -- Shawn Mendes is plotting his return to Canadian concert stages as part of a massive 2022 world tour. The Pickering, Ont.-born pop singer raised the curtain Thursday on plans for a 64-date arena tour of North America, the United Kingdom and Europe that includes stops in Vancouver, Edmonton and Montreal. Source

NEW YORK -- Broadway is in need of a boost these days so it has smartly called on one of its most beloved, award-winning stage veterans for help -- Audra McDonald. McDonald has been tapped to host the Tony Awards on Sunday, a telecast which theater producers hope can serve as a splashy advertisement that a post-pandemic Broadway is inching back to normalcy. Source

LONDON -- Roger Michell, the British stage, television and film director whose movies include the hit romcom "Notting Hill," has died. He was 65. Michell's family announced his death on Wednesday in a statement on Thursday. Source

TORONTO -- Canadian fashion model Linda Evangelista, who once dominated the runways alongside peers Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington, says she’s been left "permanently deformed" from a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that she underwent approximately five years ago. Source

Matthew McConaughey is still considering a run for political office. The "Dallas Buyers Club" actor, a native of Texas, said in a recent episode of the "Set? ?it? ?Straight:? ?Myths? ?and? ?Legends" podcast that he's "measuring" the idea after members of the country band Midland said he should run for office in his homestate. Source