Reese Witherspoon and French content group Mediawan on Tuesday said they were buying Hello Sunshine, the women-focused production company the Hollywood star founded before she sold a majority stake in it in 2021. Witherspoon launched Hello Sunshine in 2016 to “change the narrative for women” and how they were represented in the media. The company […]
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No lights, no friends: Cuban youth grapple with loneliness
With frequent power cuts transforming Havana into a ghost town, young Cubans are struggling to get their kicks, many resorting to games of dominoes with strangers to pass the time. Most of 24-year-old Melanie Tejeda’s friends have left the US-blockaded island nation, and only five of the 43 students who started an acting program with […]
Ex-gang leader sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac murder
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted for years of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. The sentence, which will likely see him die in custody, comes […]
Novelist Thelyson Orelien denies AI use, admits plagiarism ‘mistakes’
A top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer who was accused of using AI to write his breakthrough debut novel denied the allegations Tuesday in his first detailed response to the scandal, while acknowleding past plagiarism “mistakes”. Thelyson Orelien, 38, was accused of using artificial intelligence to write his French-language novel about migration “C’etait ca ou mourir” (“It Was […]
‘Ink’ director Danny Boyle slams Trump’s Truth Social ‘lies’
At the UK premiere of the drama “Ink” following the makings of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle criticised US President Donald Trump’s tendency to dismiss things as “fake news”. On the red carpet at the London Film Festival on Monday, Boyle told AFP the film sees the “first seeds of the […]
Van Gogh work unseen in public for 60 years on show in Hong Kong
Hundreds of people queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh painting on public display for the first time in six decades. The Dutch artist’s “Chataigniers en fleurs” (“Chestnut Trees in Blossom”) was on show in Hong Kong ahead of its November 18 auction in New York, where it is […]
US actor Selma Blair charged with assault after alleged flight altercation
US actor Selma Blair was charged with assault on Monday after an alleged altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City, according to court documents. The “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions” star was detained at John F Kennedy Airport after her Delta Air Lines flight landed late Sunday following reports of a […]
Late superstar Anita Mui’s ashes missing in Hong Kong
The ashes of late pop superstar Anita Mui, once dubbed the “Madonna of Asia”, have gone missing from a monastery in Hong Kong, police said Tuesday. The diva of Cantopop — a popular music genre sung in the Cantonese language — died from cervical cancer aged 40 in 2003 after selling millions of records. Mui’s […]
‘Breaking Bad’ actor RJ Mitte dead: representatives
RJ Mitte, the young actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. in the award-winning TV series “Breaking Bad,” has died, his representatives told AFP on Monday. He was 34. The cause of death for the actor, who lived with cerebral palsy, was not immediately revealed.”It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic […]