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Richard Chamberlain Is No More
Richard Chamberlain Is No More

Recognized as one of the sex symbols of the 1980s, Richard Chamberlain is unforgettable in the globally successful series The Thorn Birds. He played Father Ralph de Bricassart, a cardinal torn between his religious calling and his feelings for young Meggie Cleary, played by Rachel Ward. It was an impossible love story that touched millions of ...

CinemaCon Hopes to Revive Hollywood After Box Office Slump
CinemaCon Hopes to Revive Hollywood After Box Office Slump

This was meant to be the year the movies bounced back. Yet, as the CinemaCon trade convention kicks off Monday in Las Vegas, theater owners are hoping and praying for signs that 2025 is back on track. The box office has endured a terrible start, reeling from high-profile flops like Disney’s live-action Snow White, superhero sequel Captain ...

'A Working Man' Beats 'Snow White' in Box Office
'A Working Man' Beats 'Snow White' in Box Office

MGM's new thriller A Working Man, with Jason Statham, emerged atop a flock of new films this weekend in North America, earning an estimated $15.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The action film, from Suicide Squad director David Ayer, features Statham as a military veteran who comes out of retirement to seek the ...

Robert Bared: Rain as Muse, Paris as the Setting (2/2)
InterviewsRobert Bared: Rain as Muse, Paris as the Setting (2/2)

There are moments that alter the course of a life—brief instants that crystallize an artistic calling. For Robert Bared, it was a summer storm beneath the canopy of the Luxembourg Gardens, some 20 years ago. A Proustian moment in the truest sense—not rooted in childhood, but in its power to set in motion an unrelenting artistic ...

'So British': British Wit and Wonder Shine at La Gacilly Festival
'So British': British Wit and Wonder Shine at La Gacilly Festival

Irreverent, whimsical, or eccentric—this year’s La Gacilly Photo Festival, now in its 22nd edition, is shining a spotlight on the "offbeat eye" of British photographers. Starting June 1st, the picturesque village in Brittany’s Morbihan region will transform into an open-air gallery. Around 700 photos, some displayed in massive outdoor ...

Souad Massi Urges Paris and Algiers to Reconnect
Souad Massi Urges Paris and Algiers to Reconnect

She is one of the artists who best embodies the deep bond—and tensions—between France and Algeria. Souad Massi says she feels "sad" about the current diplomatic crisis between the two countries, which, according to her, "should talk things through like a couple," as she told AFP in an interview. Performing at the Berlin Philharmonie on ...

Robert Bared: Rain as Muse, Paris as the Setting (1/2)
InterviewsRobert Bared: Rain as Muse, Paris as the Setting (1/2)

Paris, the City of Light, is never more captivating than when draped in rain. The streetlamps transform into liquid stars, passersby become dancing silhouettes, and the asphalt becomes a mirror, reflecting and multiplying the world. This is the universe that Robert Bared, a Lebanese-born photographer who has called Paris home since 1975, has ...

How 'Mad Men' Changed Christina Hendricks’ Life Forever
How 'Mad Men' Changed Christina Hendricks’ Life Forever

"Mad Men opened so many doors for me and is still a part of my life," says actress Christina Hendricks, a decade after the end of the award-winning series that redefined television while dissecting 1960s America. Now 49, the red-haired actress became a household name for her role as Joan, the head secretary of a New York ad agency, whom she ...

Rare Original E.T. Model Up for Auction at Sotheby’s
Rare Original E.T. Model Up for Auction at Sotheby’s

An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg’s cult classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, is going under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction house. The piece comes from the personal collection of Italian special effects legend Carlo Rambaldi, who won three Academy Awards for his work on David Lynch’s Dune, Spielberg’s Close Encounters ...

Sundance Moves from Utah to Boulder, Colorado
Sundance Moves from Utah to Boulder, Colorado

Sundance, the highly influential U.S. film festival co-founded by Robert Redford, is moving to a new home in Colorado, organizers said Thursday. For the past four decades, Sundance has been held each winter in Utah's Park City, launching the year’s hottest independent movies in the swanky Rocky Mountain ski town amid freezing temperatures at an ...

'The Grill' Heats Up the American Dream on Screen
'The Grill' Heats Up the American Dream on Screen

Immigration, abortion, and the eternal quest for the American dream: these are the explosive ingredients of the Mexican-American film The Grill, hitting theaters Wednesday. Set inside a New York restaurant, it dives into the intense world of a Times Square tourist-trap kitchen. Rooney Mara, who won Best Actress at Cannes in 2015 for Carol and has ...

A Festival of Fashion and Design at Starco Square
A Festival of Fashion and Design at Starco Square

As Eid al-Fitr approaches, Beirut gears up for a stylish celebration with Eid in the City, a dynamic five-day exhibition taking place from March 29 to April 2, 2025. Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism, this event transforms the city center into a creative hub where fashion, design and culture come together in an elegant and ...