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Top Africa film festival opens in jihadist-hit Burkina
Africa's biggest film festival kicked off in Burkina Faso on Saturday with the Sahel nation's long-running jihadist insurgency looming large over the opening night.
Spanish girl, 8, clinches best acting award at Berlin festival
Eight-year-old Spanish girl Sofia Otero on Saturday won the best acting prize at the Berlin Film Festival for her role in the film "20,000 Species of Bees".
Brazilian favela 'shack' wins house-of-year award
At first glance, it is a house like dozens of others in the crowded favelas of Brazil. But this seemingly modest dwelling of 66 square meters (710 square feet), with its exposed brick walls, has just been recognized as the "house of the year" in an international architecture competition.
'A Thousand Splendid Suns' opera spotlights Afghan women
Minutes before Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat entered her first Seattle Opera production meeting for an adaptation of the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns," she learned that her hometown of Herat had fallen to the Taliban.
Inside Pique's Kings League, turning sport to spectacle
A masked La Liga player, a special card to send off an opponent, club presidents taking penalties and Gerard Pique himself opining on a new rule voted for by viewers.
For RV community, giant Carter peanut statue a beacon for home
In Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, a giant roadside statue of a peanut bearing the former president's toothy grin draws carloads of tourists, but for those living in the camper park directly behind it, the enormous caricature signifies home.
Facebook, Instagram roll out paid subscription in Australia, New Zealand
Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free.
Defiant note: Ukrainian tenor sings for his country
For soloist Dmytro Popov, a special concert for Ukraine on Friday at New York's Metropolitan Opera will be a solemn but essential occasion to remind people that one year on, the war is far from over.
Eats, snorts and bereaves: killer 'Cocaine Bear' grips Hollywood
If you go down to the movie theater Friday, you're sure of a big, angry, drug-fueled surprise.
Rihanna to perform 'Black Panther' song at Oscars
Pop superstar Rihanna will perform at the Oscars next month, organizers said Thursday, just weeks after she made her long-awaited -- and visibly pregnant -- return at the Super Bowl.
David Bowie archive to open to public in 2025
A six-decade archive charting pop icon David Bowie's career will open in London in 2025, providing a "new source book for the Bowies of tomorrow", a museum director said Wednesday.
Tens of millions still use Instagram in Iran despite crackdown: Meta
Meta on Thursday said that tens of millions of people in Iran are using Instagram despite government efforts to block the service due to months-long protests.
Killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle jailed for at least 60 years
The man who shot dead Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle on a Los Angeles street in 2019 was jailed for at least 60 years on Wednesday.
Met Opera's 2023-24 season dominated by the contemporary
The prestigious Metropolitan Opera will escalate its turn towards newer productions in its coming season, including with a staging of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X."
Hockney immersive takes plunge into artist's creative process
David Hockney's first immersive show opened to the public in London on Wednesday offering a hypnotic, multi-sensory journey through the artist's decades-long career, from sun-drenched California swimming pools to the Normandy countryside.
Kandinsky work among masterpieces at London auction
A newly restored masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky, "Murnau Mit Kirche II", will be auctioned in London on March 1, alongside a Munch and a Kupka once owned by Sean Connery.
Spain to host first Latin Grammys held outside US
Spain will host the next Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, marking the first time the star-studded event is held outside the United States, officials said Wednesday.
Ukrainian designers send out defiant message from London Fashion Week
Ukrainian designers sent out a defiant message at London Fashion Week Tuesday with clothes made from the neck ties their menfolk no longer wear and butterfly motifs to symbolise the "fragility of life".
Meir would be 'horrified' by Israeli politics today: Mirren
British actor Helen Mirren said Tuesday she thought former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, whom she portrays in a new film, would be "utterly horrified" by the country's current political state.
Daniel Lee makes his mark as Burberry returns to London
British designer Daniel Lee presented his first collection for Burberry in a closely watched show in London late Monday, returning to the luxury brand's roots for inspiration.
Southgate's 'gentle revolution' to be brought to London stage
Gareth Southgate's "gentle revolution" as manager of the England football team is to be immortalised on the London stage in a play starring Joseph Fiennes.
Big Tech defends landmark law in US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider a law that since 1996 has protected tech companies from lawsuits related to content posted on their platforms.
Salman Rushdie attacks Dahl rewrites as 'absurd censorship'
Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations Monday of Roald Dahl's children's books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it "absurd censorship" by "bowdlerising sensitivity police".
Influential Japanese manga artist Leiji Matsumoto dies
Manga master Leiji Matsumoto, whose epic sci-fi stories were highly influential in Japan's comic-book and anime worlds, has died aged 85, production company Toei said Monday.
BAFTA red carpet rolls out for 'All Quiet' and 'Banshees'
A gut-wrenching war movie from Germany and pitch-black Irish comedy were the big winners as British cinema handed out its annual BAFTA awards on Sunday, with less than a month to go to the Oscars.
'Ant-Man' crawls to top of N.America box office
Disney's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" has created an unexpected buzz, taking in an estimated $118 million over a long holiday weekend to dominate the North American box office.
BAFTA red carpet rolls out for foreign films including 'All Quiet'
Germany, Ireland and Chinese martial arts loom large as British cinema hands out its BAFTA awards on Sunday, with less than a month to go to the Oscars.
BAFTA rolls out red carpet for foreign films including 'All Quiet'
Germany, Ireland and Chinese martial arts loom large as British cinema hands out its BAFTA awards on Sunday, with less than a month to go to the Oscars.
'Watched my father die': Tech firms face ire over legal shield
Poring over family photographs, Jessica Watt Dougherty voices anguish over her father's death -- which she attributes to misinformation on an online platform, an issue at the heart of a knotty US debate over tech regulation.
US art fair visitor accidentally smashes $42,000 Koons sculpture
A collector visiting a contemporary art fair accidentally toppled over a small glass sculpture by renowned artist Jeff Koons, shattering it to pieces.
Cambodians celebrate traditional fishing methods at annual ceremony
Running into a thigh-deep muddy lake, villagers in eastern Cambodia used bamboo baskets and nets to scoop up their catch for an annual fishing ceremony where only traditional tools are used.
India lashes out at critics after BBC raids
India's foreign minister on Saturday hit out at "scaremongering" critics who claim the country's democracy is being corroded, singling out billionaire George Soros -- a popular target for right-wing ire.