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Basquiat-Warhol: a rare artistic duo, reunited in Paris
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» PARIS - There are vanishingly few great collaborations in the annals of fine art. For a brief moment in the 1980s, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat showed the world how it was done.
Fans return as Comic-Con awaits new 'Thrones' and 'Rings' shows
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» SAN DIEGO: Tens of thousands of cosplaying fans will converge on San Diego Thursday for the first full-scale Comic-Con in three years, with new "Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones" TV series set to be unveiled at the world's most famous pop culture gathering.
'Thrones' and 'Rings' fans ready for battle as Comic-Con returns
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» SAN DIEGO: Comic-Con finally returns to San Diego this week, where new "Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones" TV series will compete before tens of thousands of cosplaying geeks and nerds at the world's most famous pop culture gathering.
Afghan women TV presenters vow to fight after order to cover faces
AFP, Published on 23/05/2022
» KABUL: Women television presenters on Afghanistan's leading news channels on Sunday vowed to speak up for their rights after being forced by Taliban authorities to cover their faces on air.
Eurovision: Wolves, witches and rapping Ukrainians
AFP, Published on 14/05/2022
» TURIN, Italy: Will it be Norway's banana-eating wolves, France's coven of witches or Britain's space man?
New York expects thousands for star-studded concert
AFP, Published on 21/08/2021
» NEW YORK:c Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Paul Simon are set to headline a massive Central Park concert Saturday meant to signal New York City's "homecoming" in the wake of the pandemic's worst devastation there.
Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CANNES: The Cannes film festival is set to screen a documentary on the 2019 crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement on Friday, potentially risking diplomatic tensions with China.
'Not the end': Fans mark 50 years since Jim Morrison's death
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» PARIS: Rockers old and young cried, shared a drink and perhaps even a joint in a stylishly overgrown cemetery in Paris on Saturday, marking 50 years since the death of 1960s icon Jim Morrison.
Rocker David Crosby on songwriting, 'emotional voyages' and Donald Trump
AFP, Published on 17/01/2021
» NEW YORK - Like all entertainers, David Crosby -- the mustachioed co-founder of both the seminal folk rock band The Byrds and the supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young) -- had a disappointing 2020 that saw the pandemic ground tours and thwart live performance.
Stages sit dark as US performance world struggles with cancelled seasons
AFP, Published on 18/10/2020
» NEW YORK: Recent weeks have seen the already painful situation facing live performance in the United States grow increasingly dire, with major companies along with Broadway somberly scrapping hope to re-open before next summer and scrambling to find ways to stay in the public eye.