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Pierre Cardin museum brings designer’s futurist style to Venice
Hundreds of style-setting creations from the late designer Pierre Cardin will fill his Venice palazzo later this month in a new museum celebrating the cutting-edge vision of fashion’s futurist. A costume ball Thursday evening at Cardin’s Venetian home of nearly 40 years, the Palazzo Bragadin, will help kick off the museum opening, scheduled for September […]
Mara sisters channel childhood energy for twins performance at Venice
Real-life actress sisters Rooney and Kate Mara said Thursday they drew on their instinctive closeness for new film “Bucking Fastard” that sees them talk and move in unison for almost their entire time on screen. Their movie was called “unique in cinema history” by its director and writer, veteran German filmmaker Werner Herzog, ahead of […]
British, French leaders talk migrants, EU relations
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first official talks on Thursday, with British-EU relations, migrant boats, Ukraine and the Middle East topping the agenda. The meeting at Burnham’s Downing Street office and residence came after the leaders celebrated bilateral ties with King Charles III at a preview of the […]
‘No plans to retire’, says ‘acting god’ Malkovich
American actor John Malkovich said Thursday he had no plans to retire, speaking ahead of the premiere of his latest film, dark comedy “Wild Horse Nine” set in 1970s Chile. Malkovich, 72, plays a cynical CIA officer troubled by his conscience ahead of the American-backed coup to overthrow the South American country’s left-wing president Salvador […]
Clooney turns AFP photographer in jokey red carpet switch
George Clooney handed his lifetime achievement award to AFP photographer Tiziana Fabi and took a turn with her camera in a humorous exchange at the Venice film festival. After receiving the Golden Lion on Wednesday, the US star posed in front of a crowd of photographers with his actress friend Laura Dern on the red […]
American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70
Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her manager said. She was 70.”Cassandra Wilson transitioned peacefully at home, surrounded by family, close friends, and her manager,” Robert Torre wrote in a statement, hailing her as a “legendary jazz artist.”The statement did not disclose a cause of […]
Medieval Europe and Africa collide in Sao Tome traditional theatre
A carved bamboo flute trills before the percussion picks up the pace as the performers on Sao Tome bring a medieval European tragedy to life on the island off Africa’s west coast. Brought to the Gulf of Guinea archipelago nation more than 500 years ago by Portuguese colonialists, the UNESCO-listed tradition of open-air Tchiloli theatre […]
George Lucas unveils art galaxy at his new LA museum
George Lucas, the legendary creator of the “Star Wars” saga, on Wednesday showcased his long-awaited Museum of Narrative Art, the culmination of nearly two decades of work and numerous obstacles.”I’m used to doing the impossible. This one almost broke my will,” Lucas said as he offered reporters a first glimpse inside, ahead of the museum’s […]