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Ukraine film captures 'psychiatric disease' of war
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa returns to Cannes Thursday with "The Invasion", a documentary that captures the absurdity of wa...
Danish museum settles dispute with artist over mis...
A museum in Denmark has settled its dispute with an artist after it was presented with blank canvases despite lending him over 70,...
Mad Max, Meryl and #MeToo in strong day for women...
A blood-splattered "Mad Max" heroine, a Meryl Streep masterclass, a #MeToo figurehead -- the Cannes Film Festival showed the progr...
Child mascots and bun towers: Hong Kong keeps isla...
Sporting costumes ranging from Cinderella dresses to Dragon Ball Z outfits, children were hoisted onto metal poles as unofficial m...
Cannes gets rolling with strong day for women on s...
The Cannes Film Festival got rolling on Wednesday with a strong day for female representation, including the new "Mad Max", a Mery...
Streep honoured at opening of drama-filled Cannes...
Meryl Streep was guest of honour at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, unfolding this year against the background...
Grammy-winning sax player David Sanborn dies
Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanborn, whose soaring solos appeared on works by David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen, has died. He...
King Charles III sees red in new portrait
King Charles III on Tuesday unveiled the first completed official portrait of himself since his coronation -- a striking red depic...
Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dead a...
Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known as "Canada's Chekhov" for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, her ed...
Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dead a...
Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known as "Canada's Chekhov" for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, Canadi...
A gloomy season for Ethiopia's 'green gold' at the...
"We call it green gold," says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the w...
$27.7 million Bacon tops New York art auction sale...
A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby's spring sales in New York on Mond...
Greta Gerwig's jury at the Cannes Film Festival
An eight member jury led by Greta Gerwig will decide the winner of this year's Palme d'Or, the top prize of the Cannes Film Festiv...
French court to rule in Polanski defamation trial
A French court will rule Tuesday on whether French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski is guilty of defaming British actor Charlotte L...
Hollywood heads to Cannes as off-screen drama soar...
Hollywood stars jetted into Cannes on Tuesday as the world's most famous film festival gets under way in dramatic circumstances, i...
Celebrities face digital backlash over Gaza silenc...
Celebrities who have remained silent on the crisis in Gaza are feeling the wrath of angry fans wielding the "digital guillotine" t...
US to raise concerns at first AI talks with China
The United States and China will hold their first talks on artificial intelligence on Tuesday, with Washington set to raise concer...
Swiss Eurovision winner Nemo returns to hero's wel...
Nemo was given a hero's welcome on returning to Switzerland after winning the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, being greeted by...
Legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman dies
American B-movie director and producer Roger Corman, best known for hundreds of low-budget films and discovering Hollywood heavywe...
French Miss Africa contests proudly celebrate dual...
The recent scene in a Paris theatre was loud and tumultuous with hundreds of spectators backing their favourites in the Miss Ivory...
'Worse than Covid': UK gig venues sing the Blues
The hall may have been packed when the lights came on at singer Cosmo Sheldrake's gig at "Earth Hackney", but the coffers of the e...
New York gears up for major Spring auctions after...
New York's major auction houses were preparing for the start of their all-important Spring sales on Monday even as Christie's came...
In Tel Aviv, Eurovision fans hope world shows Isra...
Eurovision fans gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday to watch the show taking place in Sweden on big screens said they were hoping voters...
Ireland's Eurovision entry accuses Israeli broadca...
Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug on Saturday accused the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, of a rule break.
Ireland's Eurovision entry shares cryptic post ahe...
Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest entry Bambie Thug on Saturday said a "situation" that required "urgent attention" from show orga...
Swedish police probe 'intimidation' at Eurovision
Swedish police said Saturday they had launched a probe into alleged intimidation at Eurovision after the Dutch contestant was myst...
Eurovision in Gaza's shadow as Israel competes in...
The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday with thousands of protesters expected to culminate a...
Zendaya: a superstar, not a challenger
From film to fashion, former teen actor Zendaya has emerged as one of the few bona fide A-list superstars of her generation, thank...
Beach Boys' Brian Wilson placed under conservators...
Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has been placed under a conservatorship by a Los Angeles judge, following his struggles with demen...
The Palestinian who almost represented Iceland at...
Jerusalem native Bashar Murad was determined to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, but with no option to represent Palestinia...
Eurovision draws street protests calling for Israe...
Thousands of demonstrators, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, marched through the streets of Malmo, Sweden Thursday to pr...
Taylor Swift fever grips Paris at start of Europe...
Taylor Swift-fever struck Paris on Thursday as the highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe with fans excited to...