Two paintings by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been recovered a month after they were stolen from a museum in southern France, the town’s mayor said Friday. In September, thieves broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and managed to escape with two works by the French impressionist painter, abandoning two others as they fled.”These two […]
Category: English Entertainment
Saint Laurent designer Vaccarello leaves after glittering decade
Belgian fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello is to leave Saint Laurent after a decade in charge, having overseen a surge in revenues at the French house and a last gold-themed catwalk show that was hailed as one of his best.”Anthony Vaccarello has played a key role in Saint Laurent’s development, helping to strengthen its identity and […]
For exiled Russian director Zvyagintsev, triumph without belonging
Exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s latest film, Minotaur, won the second-highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected to represent France at the Oscars. But despite his triumphant return to filmmaking after a nine-year absence, and with his first feature produced in exile, a sense of displacement still hangs over the filmmaker’s life. […]
Tech scammer Elizabeth Holmes focus of documentary by absurdist Nathan Fielder
The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison. The buzzy film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, out in US theaters October 16, captures the reclusive former executive’s world in […]
Anne Carson’s Nobel literature prize ‘a proud moment for Canada’: PM
Canadian poet Anne Carson winning the Nobel prize for literature is a “proud moment” for the country, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. The 76-year-old’s works feature “wit, imagination, and a style entirely her own,” Carney said on X.”She has brought ancient stories to new audiences and transformed the way we think about literature,” he […]
John Cena and Jessica Biel hit the gas in ‘Matchbox: The Movie’
John Cena spent much of his childhood playing with Matchbox cars, so when the chance came to hit the gas in “Matchbox: The Movie,” he jumped behind the wheel. The action-comedy film, out this Friday on Apple TV, follows the reunion of a group of childhood friends — a gathering that veers unexpectedly when they’re […]
Anne Carson: modern takes on Greek classics
Canadian-born poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her unclassifiable writings about love, desire and despair. A professor of classics with a background in dead languages, literature, anthropology and history, she was described by The New York […]
Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson wins ‘crazy’ Nobel
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson for her modern twists on Greek mythology and antiquity that have inspired new forms of writing. The 76-year-old — who announced in 2024 that she has Parkinson’s disease — was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue […]
Searing AIDS drama ‘Elsinore’ opens London film festival
The searing drama “Elsinore” starring Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott in a true story about an actor dying with AIDS preparing to play Hamlet opened the London Film Festival Wednesday. Directed by Simon Stone (“The Dig”), it raises the curtain on the 2026 festival which showcases 251 films from 88 countries until October 18. Set […]