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Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 3 : Lady Gaga recently vaulted to No. 1 on the Billboard 'Artist 100' dated chart for the first time.

The 30-year-old singer soared to the Artist 100 (November 12) summit as her new album 'Joanne' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 201,000 equivalent album units in the week ending October 27, reports the American entertainment media brand owned by Prometheus Global Media.

Gaga had previously peaked at No. 13 on the 'Artist 100' dated October 1, when lead Joanne single 'Perfect Illusion' debuted at its No. 15 'Hot 100' highpoint.

Before that, the 'Poker Face' singer had reached No. 15 on the 'Artist 100' on October 11, 2014 when her last album before 'Joanne' debuted atop the 'Billboard 200'.

Barbados [West Indies], Nov.3 : T20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite, along with batsmen Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo, has denied central contracts offered by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the 2016-17 international cricket season.

Consequently, the list of centrally-contracted players has now depleted back to 12 after the country's cricket board had increased it from 12 to 15 earlier this January for 2015-16.

The WICB cited no reason as to why Samuels, Bravo and Brathwaite had turned down the contracts,ESPNcricinfo reported.

Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 3 : Looks like Zayn Malik is keeping his romance with Gigi Hadid alive by way of the kitchen.

It turns out the 23-year-old singer and former 'One Direction' member recently revealed that he prepares many of Britain's signature dishes for the Maybelline cover girl, including steak and potato pie, Sunday roast dinner and Yorkshire pudding, reports E! Online.

"Yeah, she likes a good Yorkshire pudding," Malik told in an interview with a popular magazine.

The 'Pillowtalk' crooner described his girlfriend of one year as a "very intelligent woman" saying, "She knows how to carry herself. She's quite classy and that. She's not, like, arrogant in any way, she's confident. She carries it well. She's cool."

London [UK], Nov. 3 : Looks like recent domestic abuse allegations against Hollywood actor Johnny Depp are not cooling off any time soon.

The 53-year-old actor has received tons of backlash on social media for his recent casting in the sequel to J.K. Rowling's ' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' for a secretive role, reports the Daily Mail.

Heard filed for divorce from Depp in May when she appeared in a Los Angeles court with a bruised face. She sought a temporary restraining order against the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star whom she accused of abuse.

While many Potterheads did not appreciate the decision, several fans took to social media to personally message the movie franchise's official account as well as JK Rowling to express their distaste.

New Delhi [India], Nov 3 : India's largest mobile payment and commerce platform Paytm has announced the appointment of Deepak Abbot as its Senior Vice President - Growth Marketing.

Previously, Deepak was working with Times Internet as the head of mobile growth. With over 17 years of work experience in growth hacking, mobile marketing and data analytics, Deepak has also worked as the Chief Product Officer at Reliance Entertainment Digital, General Product Manager at Zapak, UX Consultant at Satyam Computers and Product executive at CyberMedia.

New Delhi [India], Nov 3 : OPPLE, a global integrated lighting solutions company and one of world's Leading LED Lighting brand today announced their 'Become a Millionaire' offer for its customers.

The offer encompasses a special initiative launched by the brand that extends full

amount of benefits to the customers.

Under this limited period offer, the customers purchasing OPPLE products get to take home benefits of the similar price along with a chance to participate in the final draw and become a millionaire, that too without any extra cost.

The buyers can win instant prices of Rs. 30, 50, 100 and 500 respectively, at the time of purchase. Along with this, three buyers stand a chance to win a sum of Rs. 10,000 every month.