Arts

Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration

Major Plot Twist for Students at Saudi Arabia’s First Cinema School

Student Sama Kinsara adjusts her camera at Saudi Arabia’s only cinema school, her dream of seeing her work on the big screen coming into focus after the lifting of the …

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Frigid Temps Delay Peak Bloom for DC’s Cherry Blossoms

The peak bloom period for Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms has been pushed back. The National Park Service announced Monday afternoon that it is pushing back the peak bloom date from …

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Pakistan Female Boxing Coach Pulls No Punches

Shahnaz Kamal is an anomaly in the male-dominated sport of boxing, especially in a country like Pakistan, which clings tightly to traditional roles for men and women. Formerly a professional …

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Pakistani Female Boxing Coach Pulls No Punches

She’s an anomaly in the male-dominated sport of boxing. And in a country that clings tightly to traditional roles for men and women, she’s an inspiration to women. VOA’s Hamid …

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An English Town Puzzles Over a Spy Who Came in From the Cold

For Amber McAuley, life in Salisbury – a picturesque cathedral town best known as the gateway to Stonehenge – has become surreal ever since the town became the scene of …

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Met Opera Fires Conductor Levine After ‘Credible Evidence’ of Misconduct

New York’s Metropolitan Opera said on Monday that it had fired its longtime conductor and musical director James Levine after an inquiry found “credible evidence” to support accusations against him …

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Jay-Z, Beyonce Announce New Joint Tour

Music’s first couple Beyonce and Jay-Z on Monday announced a new joint tour in what will likely mark some of the year’s most lucrative concerts. The rapper and diva, who …

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Malala Yousafzai Working on Book About Refugees

The next book from Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai is a story of refugees.   Little, Brown Books for Young Readers told The Associated Press on Monday that Yousafzai’s “We Are …

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Russia Picks Deaf Museum Cat as World Cup Oracle

Russia on Monday named a deaf white cat who lives in Saint Petersburg’s historic Hermitage Museum as its official prognosticator for the World Cup. Achilles the Cat will hope to …

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Eminem Lashes NRA in Latest Political Salvo

Eminem denounced the U.S. gun lobby for its political power, the latest political intervention from the rap superstar. Performing over the weekend at the fan-voted iHeartRadio Music Awards, Eminem added …

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Kathy Griffin Announces New Shows, 9 Months After Trump Photo

Comedian Kathy Griffin is embarking on her comeback, nine months after she provoked outrage — and lost much of her work — by posing with a fake severed head that …

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Competition Heavy at Thailand Elephant Polo Competition

The action was hot and heavy — especially heavy — as competition began Thursday in Thailand’s King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament, a quirky charity event whose proceeds benefit the beasts …

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Catholic Women Urge Pope to Tear Down Church’s ‘Walls of Misogyny’

Roman Catholic women led by former Irish president Mary McAleese demanded a greater decision-making role for women in the Church on Thursday, urging Pope Francis to tear down its “walls …

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US First Lady to Present International Women of Courage Award

The White House says Melania Trump will present the International Women of Courage Award later this month. The first lady also will deliver remarks at a March 21 State Department …

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Latinos Grab Oscars Spotlight, and Hope to Hold It

The 90th annual Academy Awards were, by any definition, a moment of triumph for Latinos. Guillermo del Toro became the third Mexican-born filmmaker to win best director, and it was …

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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ – a Big Leap for Its Teenage Star

Storm Reid tried to play it cool when Ava DuVernay told her she’d gotten the lead role in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” but it wasn’t long before the tears …

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Jason Aldean, Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line Get ACM Slots

Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and pop singer Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line will be performing at the Academy of Country Music Awards in April. The ACMs announced …

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Indian Architect Wins Prestigious Pritzker Prize

Architect and educator Balkrishna Doshi, best-known for his innovative work designing low-cost housing, has been awarded the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first Indian to win architecture’s highest honor in …

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Cambodia Celebrates Hei Neak Ta Festival

After Chinese New Year in Cambodia, Cambodians believe powerful spirits ascend to possess the living. …

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Ava DuVernay’s Unprecedented Journey to ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

Ava DuVernay didn’t pick up a camera until the age of 32. It’s an extraordinary fact, considering the trajectories of most Hollywood directors. Orson Welles filmed Citizen Kane at 25. …

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Boston Pays Tribute to Immigrant Grandmothers

She is known as “nonna” in Italian, “abuelita” in Spanish and “Grandma” in English. But across cultures, the grandmother is the matriarch and foundation on which the family unit is …

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Review: Jimi Hendrix Studio Archives Plucked for New Album

Jimi Hendrix, “Both Sides of the Sky” (Experience Hendrix/Sony Legacy)   Elvis has left the building but Jimi is still busy in the studio. Or so it would seem from …

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