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Miyazaki's likely swan song charms Toronto as film fest opens
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Toronto International Film Festival opened Thursday with admiring applause for "The Boy and the Heron," Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie -- a meditation on love, loss and the horrors of World War II.
Coachella music festival kicks off with pandemic back of mind
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» INDIO, United States: Revellers in thong bodysuits, glitter eyeshadow and flower crowns gathered Friday in the California desert as the first Coachella since the pandemic's onset got underway.
Coachella music festival returns after three-year hiatus
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» PALM SPRINGS: California's Coachella will kick off Friday for the first time since 2019, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the premier desert music festival, as the United States sees Covid-19 cases edge up.
Postponed Grammys move to Las Vegas, set for April 3
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The Grammy music awards will be held in Las Vegas for the first time this April after being postponed because of the surge of Omicron-variant Covid-19 cases across the United States.
Omicron thwarts Grammys, Sundance amid variant surge
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The Grammy music awards and the renowned Sundance film festival fell victim Wednesday to Omicron's relentless march, as the variant's surge gathered pace in Europe.
Can Spider-Man swing to Hollywood's rescue with 'No Way Home'?
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES: With great power comes great responsibility -- and so Spider-Man is being called upon to save Hollywood and movie theaters once again, with analysts eyeing the pandemic era's first potential billion-dollar-grossing film.
'Free Guy' takes top spot at North American box office
AFP, Published on 17/08/2021
» LOS ANGELES: The video game action comedy "Free Guy" topped the North American box office in its opening weekend, taking in $28.4 million, figures from trade firm Exhibitor Relations showed Monday.
Grammy awards postponed over Covid-19
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» NEW YORK: The Grammy awards celebrating music slated for January 31 in Los Angeles have been postponed due to Covid-19, which has been rapidly spreading in California, US media said Tuesday.
'Mao's last dancer' glides through pandemic
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Since Li Cunxin was plucked from rural China to join Madame Mao's elite ballet school, through his exile in the US and now the pandemic, his life has been a reluctant pas de deux with politics.
Venice Film Festival seeks to dodge coronavirus and controversy
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» ROME - What if you threw a film festival and nobody came?