Author: Arabian Media staff

The fitness community is mourning the loss of Gloria Zamora.  Gloria, a 40-year-old fitness influencer and her business partner Hector Garduno, 43, were fatally shot outside a Southern California restaurant, Zamora’s family told NBC Los Angeles June 24. They both later died in the hospital, succumbing to their gunshot wounds.  The business partners had met, their families told the outlet, to discuss a new project at a sushi restaurant in Fontana, when they were shot in the parking lot. Authorities identified the shooter as Zamora’s estranged husband Thomas Alberto Tamayo Lizarraga, who was later killed by a sheriff’s deputy after…

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Martin Kove has made an official apology to his Cobra Kai co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim for biting her arm at a fan convention this weekend. “I deeply regret and apologize for my actions regarding the incident with Alicia (Hannah-Kim), a genuinely kind and wonderful person who didn’t deserve to be put in this position,” Kove said in a statement to TMZ, sent from Jaffe & Co. Crisis Management. “I’ve always respected her and considered her a highly professional and talented co-worker on Cobra Kai. I was being playful in the moment but went too far and there is absolutely no excuse for…

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It’s hard enough for most artists to find one breakout hit, let alone two surging up the Billboard charts in tandem. But for 19-year-old alt-rock artist born Shane Boose, he’s struck gold in recent months: The piano-forward “Back to Friends” became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry on April 12; and just a week later, he added a second thanks to the pop-leaning “Undressed.” The former single arrived in the final days of 2024 before ultimately accruing its following this spring, while the latter came out as the buzz started to take hold. “‘Back to Friends’ was just starting to…

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Rapido, the bike-taxi platform backed by WestBridge and Shell Ventures, has enabled metro ticketing through its app in partnership with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).In a press statement on Wednesday, Rapido said the move aims to offer a seamless multimodal travel experience in the Delhi-NCR region and expand last-mile connectivity in conjunction with public transit.The integration allows commuters to book Delhi Metro tickets directly on the Rapido app using ONDC’s open protocol. Rapido will also offer other commuter-focused services, including designated pickup zones at metro stations, discounted bike taxi fares for…

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It seems like it’d take an actual wizard to transform a soundtrack recorded in 1939 in mono and on primitive equipment into a score for one of the most immersive, cutting-edge audio systems on the planet. But that was Sphere Studios’ rainbow-sized wish when the company decided to convert The Wizard of Oz into an experience for their high-tech entertainment bubble in Las Vegas. The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will debut on August 28.  The extrapolation of the old film’s visuals to fill the Sphere’s enormous domed screen has drawn much of the attention, and it’s a wizardly feat…

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Whitney Houston’s 1992 The Bodyguard soundtrack extends its lead as the top-certified film soundtrack in RIAA history. On Wednesday (June 25), the album was certified for U.S. shipments of 19 million units. Six other soundtracks have been certified Diamond (10 million or more): the Bee Gees-led Saturday Night Fever (16 million), Dirty Dancing (14 million), Prince & the Revolution’s Purple Rain (13 million), Forrest Gump (12 million), Titanic (11 million) and The Lion King (10 million). Houston holds another singular RIAA distinction: She is the only Black artist with three Diamond albums. Her 1985 debut album Whitney Houston stands at…

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Matt Damon and David Beckham are bringing back their Super Bowl characters “David & Dave” for a new extension of Stella Artois’ brand campaign. The new campaign is called “The Collection,” with the beer brand releasing limited edition beer chalices, one based on each state (“50 States of Stella”). In the new spot, Dave Beckham (played by Matt Damon) shows off his chalice collection to David Beckham… revealing that he is one state short of all 50. “Want to go to Wyoming?” he asks. Watch: “We knew we had something special with ‘David & Dave’ after their official reveal earlier…

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Brandon Lake scores his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart as his new set, King of Hearts, launches atop the list dated June 28. The album simultaneously arrives on the all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 7, granting the singer-songwriter his first top 10. Plus, it opens as his first No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums. The 16-song set, released June 13, earned 37,000 equivalent album units, with 20,000 in album sales, in the United States through June 19, according to Luminate. Both sums are weekly bests for Lake, who co-authored each…

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E.A. Hanks is Tom’s only daughter from his previous marriage to Susan.And while her siblings caught the filmmaking bug, she pursued a different career path.Previously a writer for Vanity Fair, E.A. has contributed to outlets like TIME, The Guardian and The New York Times. She’s also an author, with her book The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road dropping April 8, 2025. According to a description from publisher Simon & Schuster, the book details E.A.’s journey as she “follows the same route as a long-ago road trip with her mother in an attempt to better understand the complicated woman who…

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Social media influencer Brian “The Liver King” Johnson has been reportedly arrested in Austin. According to KXAN and records, Johnson was taken into custody by police on June 24 and charged with making a terroristic threat. Johnson also posted a video (below) that showed him being put into a police car. Police did not say who Johnson threatened. But Johnson has posted multiple videos on Instagram over the last two days about wanting to fight podcast king Joe Rogan. In one video (below), a dancing and shirtless Johnson said: “Joe Rogan, I’m picking a fight with you! … I’ll come…

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