Culture
‘Omar’ creates a buzz at Cannes
24/05 11:56 CET
The ‘Un Certain Regard’ section at Cannes often throws up some out-of-the-mainstream jewels, and director Hany Abu-Assad is hoping his ‘Omar’ will win honours for Palestine. It blends politics and romance, and has an undercurrent of political uprising…
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24/05 00:46 CETCannes: thefts, comebacks and lesbian love scenes
Cannes has become a victim to its glamour once again, as a second suspected jewellery theft of a diamond necklace worth almost 2 million euros…
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MUSICA | 23/05 19:17 CETStar-studded gala opens new Mariinsky in St. Petersburg
All the big names in Russian opera and ballet performed at a recent…
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LE MAG | 23/05 17:56 CETHome Opera wows Berlin and heads for Denmark
With high streets across Europe languishing and many spaces shuttered, and with people keen to bring opera closer to the people, what better…
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LE MAG | 23/05 17:03 CETLeipzig comes alive for 200 year anniversary of Wagner
Grandiose, dramatic, harmonic and controversial – 200 hundred…
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CINEMA | 23/05 17:00 CETRenowned Indian dancer Raghunath Manet brings his first film to Cannes
As the Cannes Film Festival celebrates 100 years of Bollywood, one of…
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CINEMA | 23/05 16:44 CETMatt Damon on sharing a bed with Michael Douglas
Toupee-wearing and more over-dressed than an audience has ever seen him – Michael Douglas takes on the role of gay, flamboyant pianist…
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What if Europe was the world of Game of Thrones?
The highly anticipated third season of Game of Thrones starts on Sunday, March 31. As fans all around the world struggle to contain…
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23/05 00:05 CETStars are again out in force in Cannes
Robert Redford is promoting his film ‘All is lost’. Playing a solo yachtsman adrift at sea, it’s his first major role in…
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CINEMA | 22/05 16:50 CETCannes we come in?
Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival is an opportunity to find out what undiscovered filmmakers are doing. All sorts of…
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LE MAG | 22/05 16:22 CETRubens at the Louvre
A new branch of the famous Parisian art museum, the Louvre, opened earlier this year in the quiet French town of Lens, near the Belgian…
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22/05 00:34 CETSeventh day of Cannes Film Festival
The seventh day is traditionally one of rest, but not on the Croisette in Cannes. Halfway through the 66th film festival in the French…
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LIFE | 21/05 18:43 CETThrills in a tropical paradise
The Philippines is an archipelago made up of more than 7000 islands – the most popular is Boracay. This small island has become a paradise for…
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