Clive Davis, the music mastermind who championed some of the globe’s biggest names including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Santana, died Monday aged 94. An empathetic executive whose expertise transcended genres, he displayed an uncanny ability to spin talent into gold. Aretha Franklin once called him “the greatest record man of all time.””Clive has the […]
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‘Toy Story 5’ rakes in $160 mn in year’s best opening weekend
Disney’s “Toy Story 5″ romped to the best opening weekend of the year, raking in $160 million in North America, industry estimates showed Sunday, a record for the much-loved Pixar franchise. The sequel, which debuted over Father’s Day weekend, features Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their gang of toys fighting for survival against competition […]
France hosts street music festival despite worsening heatwave
France went ahead with its annual street music festival on Sunday in a boiling heatwave, with a third of the country on red alert and alcohol consumption banned in the streets. In a first, the red alert — France’s highest heat warning — was issued across half the country for Monday, as temperatures under the […]
France presses ahead with street music festival despite extreme heat
France went ahead with its annual street music festival on Sunday in boiling heat, with a third of the country on red alert and alcohol consumption banned in the streets. Every year on June 21, musicians take over France, filling bars, street corners and rooftops as revellers celebrate the start of summer — as measured […]
Red heat alert issued for third of France, alcohol banned at music festival
France issued a red alert for the heatwave across more than a third of the country for Sunday, also banning the consumption of alcohol during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities that day. The ferocious heatwave, which began earlier this week, has disrupted the country, forcing the cancellation of dozens of trains and the […]
Funeral for art giant David Hockney already taken place: publicist
The funeral for David Hockney, the acclaimed British artist who died just over a week ago, has already been held in strict privacy, his publicist said Saturday. Hockney, a hugely influential figure who helped pioneer the 1960s pop art movement and whose paintings have been lauded for decades for capturing the world in brilliant colour, passed […]
Ancient Greek theatre revives legendary Callas opera Medea
Sixty-five years after it last hosted an opera performance, Greece’s renowned ancient theatre of Epidaurus is revisiting the seminal 1961 performance of Medea, headlined by Maria Callas in one of the legendary soprano’s career highlights. Saturday’s one-night, sold-out performance stars Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi, who told AFP she intends to make the role her own in […]
James Burrows, prolific innovator in US TV comedies, dead at 85
US director and television creator James Burrows, who worked behind the scenes on “Friends,” “Cheers,” “Taxi,” and many other beloved comedies, has died, People magazine reported on Friday. He was 85.”We celebrate the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of James ‘Jimmy’ Burrows, who passed away peacefully today surrounded by his loving family,” his family said […]
Sun shines on jockey Lee at Royal Ascot
Last October jockey Clifford Lee came within a “millimetre” of dying when he broke a vertebra in a motorbike crash — on Friday he rode Venetian Sun to victory in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. The 30-year-old Englishman was out of action for five-and-a-half months after the accident with the surgeon saying “he was […]