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Chinese Artist Pulls Art From Exhibition in Denmark to Protest New Immigrant Law

Jan 31, 2016 08:40 AM EST

World-renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he has withdrawn his artworks from display at two Denmark museums to show his objection to the country's new law that allow the government to strip immigrants of their belongings.

Katy Perry's Concert Outfit Stirs Controversy in China

Soledad Mayo |

Apr 30, 2015 04:40 PM EDT

During her concert in Taipei this week, Katy Perry stirred her audience by wearing a glittery light green dress covered with sunflowers during her performance. Sunflowers just happen to be Taiwan's anti-China emblem during their protests last year, called the "Sunflower Revolution," which, like Hong Kong's "Umbrella Movement," was intended to separate itself from the sovereign rule of the Chinese government.

'Apex Microfossil' Controversy Put to Rest, Discovered to be Minerals

Dino Lirios |

Apr 21, 2015 05:00 AM EDT

Instead, they have the character of peculiarly shaped minerals.

Katie Hopkins Likens Migrants To Cockroaches Angers Netizens

Soledad Mayo |

Apr 20, 2015 09:53 PM EDT

In light of the recent migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean where 700 were believed to have died, Katie Hopkins earned the disapproval of numerous netizens after she compared migrants to "cockroaches" in her latest Sun column.

Zoe Saldana Has Mad Respect for Britney Spears, Calls Auto-Tune Controversy "Mean"

Trisha Cerdena |

Aug 04, 2014 07:54 AM EDT

Zoe Saldana defended and praised her Crossroads costar Britney Spears amidst the singer's auto-tune controversy.

Paramount Deletes Tweet About TMNT Poster, 9/11 Controversy Brought Up

Kat De Guzman |

Jul 30, 2014 08:43 AM EDT

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie is set to be released on September 11 this year in Australia but tweets about the poster caused a negative hype. The poster has been taken down from the social networking site but mixed reactions about it have been tweeted.