When Israel’s envoy told UNESCO delegates last July that fixing the plumbing in his toilet was more important than their latest ruling, it highlighted how fractious geopolitics are paralyzing the …
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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
South Africa Revives Ground Breaking Apartheid-Era Musical
The rise and fall of flamboyant, ferocious Ezekiel Dlamini, a black South African boxer known as “King Kong” who was jailed for murder, inspired a 1959 musical whose black cast …
your ads here!With Decline in Smoking, Tobacco Headquarters Becomes Entertainment Complex
According to the American Medical Association, a big anti-smoking effort launched more than 50 years ago saved more than 8 million lives in the US. Before 1964, when the official …
your ads here!In Male-dominated Field, Women at New York Comic Con Persist
Batman, Superman and Spiderman aren’t the only superheroes of the comic book world. At New York Comic Con, plenty of women were on hand to remind the industry of their …
your ads here!Chinese Basketball Gets a Boost from Playing NBA Teams
The Chinese Basketball Association is on tour in the US, with teams playing against US professional squads. Calla Yu from VOA’s Mandarin Service was at a recent game in the …
your ads here!New Book Heralds Early Days of Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood was 16 when he left school, told his parents he wanted to pursue a career in rock ‘n’ roll, and went to London in search of gigs. A …
your ads here!Lin-Manuel Miranda, Latin Stars Sing for Puerto Rico Relief
“Hamilton” musical creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Friday released a new song for hurricane relief charity efforts in Puerto Rico featuring many of the music industry’s biggest Latin stars. Jennifer Lopez, …
your ads here!‘Blade Runner’ Update Evokes Colder, Isolated World
In 1982, iconic filmmaker Ridley Scott imagined the dystopian world of 2019 as overcrowded, cynical, polluted and inhabited not only by humans but also by their genetically engineered look-alikes — …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Oct. 7
We’re cranking up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Oct. 7, 2017. Three consecutive weeks, three consecutive Hot Shot …
your ads here!Blade Runner Update Evokes Colder, Isolated World
In 1982’s iconic Blade Runner, filmmaker Ridley Scott imagined the dystopian world of 2019 as overcrowded, polluted and inhabited not only by humans but by their genetically engineered lookalikes – …
your ads here!After Sexual Harassment Accusations Hollywood Asks: Is Harvey Weinstein Done?
Accepting the Golden Globe best actress award in 2012 for “The Iron Lady,” Meryl Streep took a moment to thank the almighty – “God, Harvey Weinstein.” For decades, Weinstein has …
your ads here!Blade Runner 30 Years Later Evokes a Colder, Isolated World
In 1982’s ‘Blade Runner,’ filmmaker Ridley Scott imagined the dystopian world of 2019 as overcrowded, polluted and inhabited by humans and their genetically engineered look-alikes. As 2019 nears, filmmaker Denis …
your ads here!‘Mudbound’ Explores Family, Race, Struggle
The saga of two families pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy in the Mississippi Delta after World War II explores a racial divide that is relevant even today, the filmmaker …
your ads here!Iranian Chess Star, Banned for Not Wearing Hijab, to Play for US
A leading Iranian chess player, barred from her homeland’s team after she refused to wear a headscarf, will now compete as a player for the United States, the US Chess …
your ads here!American Film Institute to Fete Clooney for Life Achievement
George Clooney will be the 46th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. The American Film Institute announced Thursday it will honor the actor-director at a gala tribute in …
your ads here!Poll: Most Dislike NFL Protests — and Trump Comments
Most Americans think refusing to stand for the national anthem is disrespectful to the country, the military and the American flag. But most also disapprove of President Donald Trump’s calling …
your ads here!Maine Museum Displays One of Oldest Native American Birch-bark Canoes
One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. …
your ads here!British Author Kazuo Ishiguro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
British author Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize committee in Sweden says Ishiguro, through his novels, has “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory …
your ads here!Lights, Camera, Action – London’s Film Festival Opens
Red carpets are being unrolled as the British capital prepares to play host to some of international cinema’s big names for the 12 days of the London Film Festival. The …
your ads here!‘Florida Project’ Shines Bright Light on Hidden Homeless
Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” takes place in a blindingly purple low-budget motel named the Magic Castle, just down Route 192 from Disney’s Magic Kingdom. For the children of single …
your ads here!A Minute With: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling on ‘Blade Runner 2049’
The long-awaited sequel to the cult classic “Blade Runner,” a 1982 sci-fi thriller, finally hits movie theaters on Friday. But there is not much that stars Harrison Ford and Ryan …
your ads here!Singers Aldean, Lopez Cancel Shows After Las Vegas Shooting
Country star Jason Aldean said Tuesday that he would cancel three shows this week to honor victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in which a gunman …
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