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'Wonka' back atop N.America box office in a weak film year
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Fantasy musical "Wonka" bounced back to the top of the North American box office this New Year's weekend as an otherwise pallid film year came to an end, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
The birds are back with 'Chicken Run 2'
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» PARIS - A sequel to the hit animated film "Chicken Run" was inevitable, its makers told AFP, for the simple reason that chickens are just too funny.
Glamour and grit with The Weeknd and Ken Loach at Cannes
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Competition for the coveted Palme d'Or remains openin Cannes as the film festival enters its second week, with well-known directors including previous laureates Wim Wenders, Nanni Moretti and Ken Loach on the programme.
Russia releases first feature film shot in space
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» MOSCOW - The first feature film shot in space premiered in Russian cinemas on Thursday, as Moscow delighted in beating a rival Hollywood project amid a confrontation with the West over Ukraine.
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.
Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetches record $195m: Christie's
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» NEW YORK: An iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop art visionary Andy Warhol went under the hammer for $195 million Monday at Christie's, becoming the most expensive 20th century artwork ever sold at public auction.
Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait estimated to fetch $200m at auction
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» NEW YORK - Andy Warhol's iconic sage-blue background portrait of Marilyn Monroe is tipped to sell for a record-breaking $200 million at auction in the spring, Christie's announced Monday.
'Woven air': Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» TARABO, Bangladesh: With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.
Streaming giants spur film and TV shift to UK's 'golden triangle'
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» BROXBOURNE, United Kingdom: A world away from Hollywood, a quaint English county is turning into the epicentre of Britain's streaming-fuelled film and TV production boom, with plans to build a studio on a crop field.
Zhao 'excited' for Oscars as 'Nomadland' wins at Spirit Awards
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Chloe Zhao voiced her excitement about the looming Oscars as her road movie "Nomadland" topped the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday, winning best feature and showing no signs of slowing down its relentless award season charge.