The widower of French screen icon Brigitte Bardot on Saturday slammed as a “joke” the planned auction of hundreds of the late star’s personal belongings organised by her animal welfare foundation. The sale, featuring more than 300 items ranging from portraits and toiletries to a flamenco guitar and a black tutu, is due to take place […]
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Ed Sheeran returns to stage after Palestinian controversy
Protesters and police were expected to greet concertgoers in Philadelphia on Saturday for pop superstar Ed Sheeran’s first show since he became embroiled in controversy set off by his opening act’s pro-Palestinian comments. Rapper Macklemore was booted from Sheeran’s US Loop Tour on Monday after the owners of stadiums hosting upcoming shows objected to his […]
UK actor Naomi Watts honoured at Spain film festival
British actor Naomi Watts is to receive a special honour on Saturday at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, where she declared an unwavering appetite for challenging roles that make audiences think differently. The festival will present Watts with its top prize, the Donostia Award, previously handed to actors such as Gregory Peck, Julia […]
Protesters form human chain at Kennedy Center after Trump threat
Protesters formed a human chain on Friday around the Kennedy Center, the Washington arts hub that US President Donald Trump threatened to demolish unless his name is restored to it. The complex’s main building has been shuttered since Wednesday — temporarily, according to its leadership — while a judge is also reviewing plans for a […]
Kennedy Center: future unclear for iconic Washington arts hub
A national cultural institution for more than five decades, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington faces an uncertain future after President Donald Trump threatened to demolish the building unless his name is restored to it. The complex’s main building has been shuttered since Wednesday — temporarily, according to its leadership […]
Russia labels director of Cannes Grand Prix winner a ‘foreign agent’
Russia on Friday said it had added the director of the Cannes Grand Prix winner “Minotaur”, a grim oeuvre set against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, to its list of foreign agents. Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. It revolves around a mini-oligarch in provincial Russia who comes up […]
Shakira to cap off world tour with Madrid 12-gig run
Shakira will kick off on Friday evening a marathon twelve-concert run in Madrid, bringing an end to both her world tour and the Colombian superstar’s eight-year absence from Spain. The 49-year-old “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” singer will take to a temporary 50,000-seater “Shakira stadium” erected in the south of the […]
Kerry James Marshall: American ‘blackness’ painter celebrated in Europe
He has arguably done more than any living painter to bring black figures into Western galleries, but Kerry James Marshall is still uncomfortable with being seen as a trailblazer on the eve of another major retrospective of his work. “It’s not a reasonable assumption to believe that there were no black people in pictures before I […]
Anti-Assad music star makes triumphant return to Syria
Syrian singer Assala Nasri has made a triumphant return to Damascus with a sold-out concert following 15 years of exile due to her opposition to ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad. Thousands of fans welcomed the 57-year-old, known mononymously as Assala, at a venue in the Syrian capital where she bowed and opened the show with songs […]