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Musical legend Josephine Baker to enter France's Pantheon
AFP, Published on 22/08/2021
» PARIS - The remains of Josephine Baker, a famed French-American dancer, singer and actress who also fought in the French resistance during WWII, will be moved to the Pantheon mausoleum in November, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday.
Churchill painting from Onassis superyacht to auction in New York
AFP, Published on 19/06/2021
» NEW YORK: A piece of art weaving together one of the great statesmen of the 20th century, an icon of the jet set and the world's first "super yacht" will go under the hammer at New York auction house Phillips on June 23.
Italian Eurovision winner to take drug test
AFP, Published on 23/05/2021
» THE HAGUE: The singer for Italy's Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that he was snorting cocaine during the broadcast, organisers said Sunday.
Dua Lipa wins British Album of the Year in female-dominated Brit Awards
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» LONDON - Dua Lipa won the coveted British Album of the Year prize at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, in a ceremony that saw female artists dominate the mixed categories.
Forty years on, Bob Marley's rich legacy thrives
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» KINGSTON (JAMAICA) - It's been four decades since Bob Marley's death, a period longer than the reggae icon's brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.
Hollywood, history combine in Churchill art auction
AFP, Published on 28/02/2021
» RABAT: Hollywood's Angelina Jolie and Britain's iconic wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, a keen artist who took inspiration from the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, are combining for a March 1 date at Christie's auction house in London.
Master of spy thriller John le Carre dies at 89
AFP, Published on 14/12/2020
» LONDON: John le Carre, who has died aged 89, shot to fame during the chilly depths of the Cold War as master of the spy thriller, before evolving to become a scathing chronicler of the moral costs of globalisation.
World's longest-running TV soap, Coronation Street, turns 60
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» LONDON - The world's longest-running TV soap opera, Britain's cosy working-class series "Coronation Street," celebrates 60 years on screen on Wednesday, defying social changes and the pandemic.
'Witches' feminist drama sparks outrage in conservative Pakistan
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» KARACHI - A fiery online series about a group of women who unleash revenge on men has sparked a backlash in conservative Pakistan, where tough censorship rules prevent such shows from appearing on television.
Iconic quiz-show host Alex Trebek dies at 80
AFP, Published on 09/11/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Alex Trebek, whose decades as host of the quiz show "Jeopardy!" made him one of the most popular fixtures on American television, died on Sunday at age 80.