Fans of British rock band Oasis gathered in Venice on Saturday ahead of the premiere of a behind-the-scenes film about the group’s reunion tour last year, with the Gallagher brothers set to walk the red carpet. Die-hard followers of the Manchester duo reserved places in front of the main Venice Film Festival hall in the […]
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In Iceland, the mystery of the poet, the tomb and the Danish grocer
In a small enclosure of lava stones in a grassy field, a modest tombstone bears the name of an Icelandic legend: Jonas Hallgrimsson. But are the bones beneath it really those of the poet, or a Danish grocer? Hallgrimsson is an icon in his country: a beloved poet and naturalist, the craftsman behind the renewal […]
How a Dostoevsky novella took TikTok by storm
Marcelo Nogueira is not well versed in the classics but the 27-year-old Brazilian book influencer was seduced by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights,” a 19th-century tale of love and loneliness at the center of an unlikely TikTok craze. Dostoevsky’s story of a dreamer who, while strolling through the streets of Saint Petersburg, meets a young woman […]
Bayeux Tapestry ‘virtually unchanged’, UK museum says, after France spots broken threads
The British Museum on Friday insisted the Bayeux Tapestry’s condition was “virtually unchanged” after France said two broken threads had been noticed following the centuries-old embroidery’s move to London. The 11th-century work will be displayed at the British Museum from next week until July next year as part of an unprecedented loan from France to […]
Argentina to return Nazi-looted painting to Jewish collector’s heir
Argentina is set to return an 18th-century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector to the rightful owner’s heir, a judge said Friday.”Portrait of a Lady” by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades before being photographed last year hanging in the home of the daughter of a senior […]
Julio Iglesias faces new abuse complaint
Two women ex-employees of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias have filed another complaint against him for alleged sexual abuse and forced labour, the advocacy group representing them said on Friday, insisting Spain had jurisdiction to investigate. Spanish prosecutors in January shelved a first complaint over the same allegations against Iglesias, a Grammy winner with more than […]
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal ditched AI for Marilyn Monroe film
American actress and director Maggie Gyllenhaal said Friday she ditched AI-generated video planned for her latest film about Marilyn Monroe due to quality problems, offering a degree of reassurance to actors worried about their jobs — for now. The “Dark Knight” star is head of the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival but she […]
‘Wallace & Gromit’ creators turn 50 with spook-tacular Shaun yarn
Crochet hook in hand, the animator slightly raises the eyelid of a clay model sheep in a filmmaking technique as old as cinema, perfected over five decades by Aardman Animations. In the basement of the Bristol-based company — whose beloved characters such as Wallace and Gromit have won them four Oscars — designers have been […]
‘No room for mistakes’ scaling Everest in Venice documentary
Mount Everest’s most dangerous route and the elite ski mountaineers driven to climb it and ski down are the protagonists of a new documentary at the Venice film festival from the Oscar-winning team behind “Free Solo”.”Everest: The Other Side” follows world class athletes Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they attempt a near-impossible expedition to […]