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African superstars, Bono in campaign to empower women

LAGOS, Nigeria

African stars joined U2 frontman Bono on Friday in a campaign to use music to help empower women around the world.

Bono and top African male musicians D’banj, Diamond and Banky W announced that they will be included in a remix of the song “Strong Girl,” a rallying cry for women’s empowerment that features top African female talent.

Bono, whose ONE advocacy group is the creative force behind the campaign for women’s empowerment, said music can create awareness and help shift policies because politicians are driven by popular things.

“Politicians in the end have to be elected, and what is popular drives all of their decisions. It’s that simple. So if the subject is popular among the electorate, then it suddenly dawns on politicians that this is a subject they, too, feel strongly about,” Bono told reporters.

Lucy Liu welcomes baby boy Rockwell

LOS ANGELES

There’s a new guy in “Elementary” star Lucy Liu’s life, and he won’t be hard to detect – a bouncing baby boy.

The actress took to Instagram and Twitter on Thursday to reveal that the 46-year-old is a new mom to Rockwell Lloyd Liu, “brought into the world via gestational carrier.” He is her first child, and a publicist said both “are healthy and happy.”

Liu plays Dr. Joan Watson opposite Jonny Lee Miller’s Sherlock Holmes in the CBS crime drama.

Associated Press