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British-French actor and 'Bond' villain Michael Lonsdale dies
AFP, Published on 21/09/2020
» PARIS: Michael Lonsdale, the British-French actor with a far-ranging film and theatre career but most widely recognised as the villain opposite James Bond in "Moonraker", died on Monday aged 89, his agent told AFP.
'Walking Dead' to conclude record-breaking run in 2022
AFP, Published on 10/09/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Once the highest-rated series in US cable television history, "The Walking Dead" is officially on its last legs.
Lady Gaga wins big at socially distanced -- and socially aware -- VMAs
AFP, Published on 31/08/2020
» NEW YORK: Lady Gaga cleaned up at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday, an unorthodox show that paid socially distanced homage to New York City as themes of voting and racial justice punctuated the night.
Ready, set, Zoom: India gypsy dancers take their art online
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» JODHPUR, India: As a blackout plunged her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asked her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she could continue teaching her Zoom class, outside.
Architecture's top prize awarded to two Irish women
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» NEW YORK: Dublin-based Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara were awarded the Pritzker prize on Tuesday -- the first time a female duo has scooped architecture's most prestigious award.
'It must have been love' Roxette singer dies aged 61
AFP, Published on 10/12/2019
» STOCKHOLM: The lead singer of Swedish pop duo Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, who shot to global fame in the 1990s with hits like "It must have been love", has died aged 61 after a long fight with cancer, her manager said Tuesday.
Woody, Buzz and... a plastic fork: the 'Toy Story' gang grows
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» EMERYVILLE, United States: Creating toys out of everyday objects is a staple of any imaginative child's playtime: a cardboard box becomes a car; a piece of wood transforms into a sword; and a plastic fork... becomes Forky.
Hungarian Roma designer fights stereotypes with fashion
AFP, Published on 07/04/2019
» BUDAPEST: Hungarian Roma fashion designer Erika Varga says her label is about stitching together cultural traditions and snipping through stereotypes as much as it's about dressmaking.
Da Vinci design jewel still key for Tuscan silk weavers
AFP, Published on 18/12/2018
» FLORENCE: Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill incorporating one of his designs is still shuttling some of the finest threads in the world across its looms.
Rising European life expectancy undermined by obesity
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» LONDON: Life expectancy in Europe continues to increase but obesity and the growing proportion of people who are overweight risks reversing this trend, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.