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 […]
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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 […]
‘There’s no soul’: Tony Leung weighs in on AI in filmmaking
One of the things Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu-wai likes about acting is the novelty — “you will never repeat the same role”. When it comes to the changes wrought on his beloved cinema by technology like AI, though, there are some things it seems he would rather keep constant. The 63-year-old is president of […]
AI museum brings sights, sounds and smells of the rainforest
The squawks of macaws, the smell of wet earth after rain and a swirl of colors will transport visitors from a Los Angeles museum to the heart of the Amazon rainforest — or rather, an AI version of it. Data collected from those visitors — their movements, their heartbeats and even the temperature of their […]
O’Brien’s royal century reward for sacrificing all for racing
Aidan O’Brien has said some people might think him “weird” as he finds holidays “stressful” but for his wife Anne-Marie he is the most successful racing trainer in the world because “he puts everything he has into what he does”. The 56-year-old Irishman’s efforts have been rewarded with a whole host of landmarks including a […]
O’Brien’s historic 100th Royal Ascot winner has golden glow
Aidan O’Brien became the first trainer to have 100 Royal Ascot winners and appropriately he achieved the landmark in the meeting’s most historic race the Gold Cup, Scandinavia winning a thriller on Thursday. The 56-year-old Irishman also claimed a record-extending 10th Gold Cup as his winner just got the better of last year’s champion Trawlerman in […]
Joyful New York celebrates Knicks with ticker-tape parade
Tens of thousands of New York Knicks fans flooded Manhattan on Thursday for a heavily guarded victory parade, turning the city into a sea of blue and orange to mark their basketball team’s NBA Finals victory. Chants of “Let’s go Knicks” rippled through the dense crowd, made up of some who paid hundreds of dollars […]
Grand Theft Auto VI presales to begin next week
Pre-sales of Grand Theft Auto VI, the feverishly anticipated video game release, will begin on June 25, Rockstar Games said on Thursday. GTA VI, due to be released on November 19 after two delays, is the latest entry in the blockbuster franchise and is set to arrive more than 13 years after GTA V, the […]