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K-pop seduces youth in communist Cuba, birthplace of salsa
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» HAVANA - In Cuba, the home of salsa, young people are being seduced by a music phenomenon from a place that could hardly be more geographically -- or ideologically -- remote.
Berlin music academy rocked by Mideast conflict
AFP, Published on 28/10/2023
» BERLIN - On stage, the musicians of the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin still play in perfect harmony. But inside, they are reeling.
German anti-war epic 'All Quiet on Western Front' claims Oscars glory
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» BERLIN: A wrenching German adaptation of the classic war novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" clinched the Academy Award for best international feature on Sunday with its timely anti-militarist message.
Loco for Lorca: UK theatre fuels passion for Spanish
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» LONDON: "That Lorca is completely bonkers," says the actress in Spanish, prompting laughter from a group of British teenagers at London's Cervantes Theatre.
Bookish and traumatised: the real Marilyn Monroe comes to Venice
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» PARIS - Sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe is back in the limelight as the subject of the buzzy Netflix biopic 'Blonde', which premiers at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
Diebedo Francis Kere becomes first African to win Pritzker architecture prize
AFP, Published on 15/03/2022
» NEW YORK: The Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere -- the first African to win the honor in its more than 40-year history.
US actor William Hurt dies age 71
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» LOS ANGELES: American actor William Hurt, known for much-loved films such as "The Big Chill" and "A History of Violence," has died at age 71, US media reported Sunday.
Korean director takes on decades of generational trauma
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» SEOUL - Award-winning filmmaker Yang Yonghi was just six years old when she watched her eldest brother leave Japan for North Korea as one of 200 "human gifts" for leader Kim Il Sung's 60th birthday.
US pay-to-view autopsy organiser defends $500 event
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» LOS ANGELES: The organiser of a pay-to-view autopsy in the United States defended the event Wednesday, after an outcry by the family of the dead man who did not know he would be dissected in front of a live audience.
Cartoon dreams: Netflix's Japan anime school targets booming demand
AFP, Published on 22/10/2021
» TOKYO: Armed with a set of pencils and a feather to sweep away eraser dust, Hitomi Tateno is training the next generation of anime artists at a new Netflix-funded academy as global demand for the Japanese genre soars.