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Bulgarian singer Dara won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest Sunday for her catchy, party anthem "Bangaranga", handing her country its first ever title. Israel's Noam Bettan looked set to win for his song "Michelle" following a big televoting score, but in the end, Bulgaria's televote put Dara at the top of a contest clouded by protests and...
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U.S. screen legend John Travolta, star of hits such as "Pulp Fiction" and "Grease," was surprised on Friday with an honorary Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival, before the premiere of his directorial debut "Propeller One-Way Night Coach."
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️ « Self-confidence is a journey built over time, through hardships that teach you not to be afraid of going through storms. » Star of one of the world's most celebrated television series, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu returns to the Cannes Film Festival as an ambassador for L'Oréal Paris, representing self-confidence and the importance of...
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It's a big day at the Cannes Film Festival. Marion Cotillard stars in "Karma", the new psychological thriller from her former partner Guillaume Canet – their first film together since the couple split, and their ninth collaboration overall. Cotillard plays a woman whose life collapses when her young godson mysteriously disappears. Also on the...
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Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on Friday condemned both the civilian deaths caused by Israeli and US air strikes in Iran and the "massacring” of protesters by the Islamic Republic. The Oscar-winning director was premiering his latest film "Parallel Tales" at the Cannes Film Festival.
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FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson is live at Cannes, where Day 4 is shaping up to be one of the most star-studded yet. The biggest arrival of the day is John Travolta – star of "Grease", "Saturday Night Fever" and "Pulp Fiction" – presenting his directorial debut "Propeller One-Way Night Coach", based on a children's novel he wrote for...
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French legend and Cannes regular Catherine Deneuve returns to the Croisette with not one but two films. Meanwhile Hollywood icon and licensed pilot John Travolta makes his directorial debut with an adaptation of his own children's novel about the golden age of aviation. FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson also tells us about the latest...
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Romanian metal, a Danish club anthem and Australian singer Delta Goodrem advanced to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 grand final after Thursday's second semi-final in Vienna. Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Malta, Norway and Ukraine also secured places in Saturday's final at the Wiener Stadthalle.
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It's a simple action movie that grew into a billion-dollar global franchise. "The Fast and the Furious" marked its 25th anniversary with a midnight showing at the Cannes Film Festival. Lead actor Vin Diesel was joined on the red carpet by the daughter of his late co-star Paul Walker, to whom he paid an emotional tribute. FRANCE 24's Culture Editor...
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FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson brings us the latest from the Cannes Film Festival, including a look at one of the wildest movies the festival has seen in a while: "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma", from director Jane Schoenbrun. It's part-slasher movie, part-fever dream and part-commentary on fandom and identity. It stars...
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A special ride… for a special anniversary screening. Twenty-five years on, the 'Fast & Furious' team celebrated the birthday of the film's original release at the Cannes Film Festival with a midnight screening. Over the years, Vin Diesel and his co-stars have propelled the franchise to blockbuster status. Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us how a...
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According to data obtained by the New York Times, in some countries, just a few hundred voters would have been enough to secure a popular vote victory in the Eurovision song contest. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Mara Hvistendahl, investigative reporter at the New York Times, about how Israel has been using the contest as a soft power...
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Eurovision has hit a "bum note" over the participation of Israel in this year's song contest. Demonstrations are planned in Vienna against the presence of Noam Bettan and his song "Michelle". He succeeded in getting through the semi-final 24 hours ago, but his appearance was greeted by chants of "Stop the genocide." Five nations who usually take...
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It's Day 1 of the annual cinematic marathon for the Cannes jury weighing up the features in competition for the Palme d'Or, with 22 films to consider. Critic Emma Jones tells us more about the members of director Park Chan-wook's jury, and we discuss the first two competition screenings: "Nagi Notes" and "A Woman's Life", as well as the hotly...
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It's time for the Cannes Film Festival jury to begin weighing up the 22 films competing for the Palme d'Or. FRANCE 24 film critic Emma Jones is on the French Riviera to walk us through the main themes emerging from this year's competition. The official selection boasts a strong Asian presence, with one South Korean film in competition and three...
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Favourites Finland and Israel advanced from the first Eurovision semi-final on Tuesday, despite five countries boycotting the contest over Israel's participation. Belgium pulled off a surprise qualification, while Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Serbia and Sweden also secured spots in Saturday's grand final in Vienna.
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival is officially underway, and FRANCE 24 is live from the Croisette for its very first Cannes 2026 special. Join Culture Editor Eve Jackson and Film Critic Emma Jones as they break down the biggest moments from opening night: the honorary Palme d'Or presented to Peter Jackson, the arrival of Hollywood stars on the red...
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As the 79th Cannes Film Festival opens on the Croisette, politics is competing with glamour for attention. Hundreds of figures from the French film industry have signed an open letter warning about what they describe as the growing influence of the far right within French cinema and media. At the centre of the controversy is French billionaire and...
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The Cannes Film Festival is getting underway. Actors, directors and producers from around the world are heading to the French Riviera for the world's biggest film festival. Every year, Cannes welcomes between 35,000 and 40,000 festivalgoers and they all need a place to stay. On Entre Nous, we speak to Charles Richez, the general manager of one of...
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International film stars, directors and fans have begun descending on the French Riviera for Cannes. The 79th edition of the world's most famous film festival begins on May 12 and will run for the next two weeks, with a constant parade of red carpets, premieres and the best of cinema. The lineup is indie and international but one big hitter is...
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The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, with twelve days of nonstop world premieres before culminating with the Palme d'Or on May 23. But unlike other years, Hollywood is largely absent this year, which 'is highly unusual', as FRANCE 24's Emma Jones explains straight from Cannes.
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️ Did you know that the world's most famous film festival was born from a political dispute with Fascist Italy? Created in response to censorship and propaganda, #Cannes became a symbol of artistic freedom on the French Riviera. France 24's Stella Elgersma takes a closer look.
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The 2026 Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with 22 films vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or. The off-screen discourse this year is dominated by a dispute over AI, with festival director Thierry Frémaux and thousands of French actors and filmmakers warning about its effects on the industry. Despite the absence of Hollywood studio giants such as...
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Spain, Ireland and Slovenia will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest when the grand final event takes place on Saturday, doubling down on their refusal to participate in the competition in protest over Israel's inclusion. Slovenian broadcaster RTV will instead show the programme series "Voices of Palestine" while Ireland will broadcast a...
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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Scottish-American duo Witch Post. Despite living more than 4,000 miles apart, Alaska Reid and Dylan Fraser crossed geographical barriers to form this band, united by a shared love of indie-rock, songwriting and folklore from their respective homelands. They are on tour with...
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A total of 22 films are competing for the Palme d'Or this year as the presitigious Cannes Film Festival begins in the south of France on Tuesday. The nine-person jury this year will be headed by South Korean director Park Chan-Wook but will also feature US celebrity Demi Moore, star of "The Substance".
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She took the world by storm with her "Hit Me Hard and Soft" tour; Billie Eilish returns to the global stage now via the big screen. The pop star has joined forces with director James Cameron, best known for "Titanic" and "Avatar", to bring her live performances to cinemas in 3D format.
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After nearly four decades at the heart of Radiohead, Ed O'Brien is entering a new creative era. In a candid interview with arts24's Eve Jackson, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist discusses depression, healing in the Welsh countryside, the making of his deeply personal new solo album "Blue Morpho" and why Radiohead's carefully planned 2027...
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Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Angelo Amante, Reuters correspondent in Rome. Russia has returned to the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Its presence has triggered protests from activists, artists and political dissidents, who argue that culture itself has become an extension...
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We look ahead to some of the French films making a splash on the Riviera at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, as Manon Kerjean takes us through some of the home-grown talent gracing the red carpet this year. She tells us why opening feature "The Electric Kiss" strikes the right tone with its bittersweet, supernatural elements and how Arthur Harari's...
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The Venice Biennale previewed its 61st and most chaotic edition ever on Tuesday, just days after the unprecedented resignation of its jury over the participation of Israel and Russia undermined the very structure of the world's oldest contemporary art exhibition.
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The world's largest contemporary art exhibition, which takes place every two years in the Italian canal city, features artists from several nations in conflict, including Ukraine, Israel and the United States -- although Iran has cancelled its plans to attend. Seema Gupta has more.
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After six decades in Hollywood, James L. Brooks' latest heroine "Ella McCay" is a natural successor to his pioneering star of the small screen, "Mary Tyler Moore". This new, 21st-century heroine is juggling a political career with family drama, and her creator tells us why Ella's approach to social and political change is at odds with way democracy...
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The 13th edition of the NollywoodWeek Film Festival is back in Paris, with a theme of "Voyage", taking audiences to Nigeria and beyond. It's an industry worth over $6 billion and growing fast, but it's also at a turning point, caught between global expansion and the pressures of streaming, technology and who gets to tell its stories. Serge...
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British 1980s rock heavyweights Def Leppard have delighted fans with a new track "Rejoice" and the announcement of their first concert in the French capital in nearly three decades. Their frontman Joe Elliott stopped by arts24 ahead of their July 8 show at the Accor Arena to chat to Marjorie Hache. We also look at new releases by Tori Amos,...
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Academy Awards organisers issued new rules on Friday to clarify that acting and writing must be performed by humans and not artificial intelligence to be eligible for Oscars. The new rules also include changes to the international film category, expanding eligibility to include films that won top awards from prestigious festivals like...
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Over the last 18 years, the FEMUA has established itself as a major date in the African cultural calendar, with concerts in Anoumabo and Dimbokro in Ivory Coast. Showcasing a continent of musical styles – including Afrobeat, rumba and rap – the event was founded by A'Salfo, frontman for the band Magic System. FRANCE 24's reporters tell us more...
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May Day rallies across the world brought workers out in force on Friday to protest against rising energy prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, with Turkish police arresting hundreds of people in Istanbul, according to a lawyers' association. Here's everything you need to know about the demonstrations taking place from the Philippines to...
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The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just days before the world's oldest and most important contemporary art fair opens. No reason was given, but the move came as Italy's government opposed Russia's participation. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.
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In this edition we head to Morocco for the Marrakech African Book Festival (FLAM), a key gathering for writers, thinkers and novelists from across Africa and its diaspora. Our team sits down with Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma, whose acclaimed works "The Fishermen" and "An Orchestra of Minorities" were both shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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We discuss the harrowing incident at the centre of Marta Bergman's poignant new film, as critic Manon Kerjean tells us why "The Silent Run" is a powerful, haunting take on the terrifying scenarios that many refugees face. We also review Alain Gomis's atmospheric journey through family rites and rituals in Guinea-Bissau in "Dao". Plus Laure Calamy...
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Before he became one of the leading voices of Nordic Noir, Ragnar Jónasson was a teenager who translated novels by Agatha Christie into Icelandic. That early immersion in the mechanics of crime fiction helped shape a writer now published in around 40 countries, with millions of copies sold worldwide and a particularly devoted readership in France.
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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Alexandre Diani and Nicolas Paoletti from Corsican indie electro band Casablanca Drivers. They are known for their sun-soaked riffs and electronic beats. Casablanca Drivers have just dropped their third album "Protocol", a record jam-packed with dance floor-ready beats and a...
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PRESS REVIEW – Monday, April 27: Michael Jackson's biopic is enjoying a strong debut, despite numerous sexual abuse accusations. But first: papers discuss conspiracy theories following the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting. Plus: in some good news, a chubby sea lion has won the hearts of San Francisco locals and a German...
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For 20 years, British photographer Johny Pitts has been travelling around Europe with a camera and a question: what does it actually mean to be Black and European? His answer fills a room at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. "Black Bricolage" brings together photographs, notebooks and documents from cities across the...
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In this edition of Entre Nous we're talking to Fanny Schulmann, curator-in-chief at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, which is dedicating a major retrospective to the American photographer Lee Miller. The exhibition traces the dazzling career of an artist whose life was as intense as her work. From New York to Paris, Cairo to London, Miller...
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This week's film show on arts24 spotlights a trio of strikingly different releases, led by Antoine Fuqua's highly anticipated biopic "Michael", which features a breakout performance from nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, alongside Colman Domingo's chilling turn as patriarch Joseph Jackson.
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Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi return for season three of Sam Levinson's troubled teen drama "Euphoria". The series has been lauded by fans but slammed by critics for its hypersexual, fetishist content. TV critic Dheepthika Laurent also reviews the second season of Netflix's rage drama "Beef". It stars Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac as a...
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A former US Poet Laureate has told FRANCE 24 how we should stop making poems feel like puzzles, and instead embrace them as a way to help us in our perilous times. Tracy K. Smith is now a Harvard professor and the author of five poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Life on Mars". Her book "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times",...
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Michael Jackson fans on Monday flocked to the Los Angeles premiere of a new biopic that chronicles how the child star became a global music icon but avoids any reference to the child sex abuse allegations that dogged his later life. Members of Jackson's family also attended the Hollywood premiere.
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French-American artist Crystal Murray rose to fame on social media, a decade before the term influencer was "a thing". She was already making alternative R'n'B and soul, which led her to get signed and release a first album in 2024. A couple of years ago, she moved to London to find her voice on her own terms and became an independent artist. She...
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The precise location of the house that William Shakespeare bought in London has been discovered thanks to evidence unearthed by British academic Professor Lucy Munro, who's pinpointed the exact location and layout of a property the Bard bought for £140 back in 1613, three years before he died. She tells us more in this edition of Spotlight.
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The annual Paris Book Festival is honouring Iceland this year, and Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson will be doing a book signing. He tells us about his latest novel, "Celestial Bodies at the Edge of the World", which sheds light on a little-known dark chapter in Icelandic history. He also tells us why Icelandic literature is booming in...
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This week we're taking our cameras over 6,000 km from Paris, to the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Visual artist Valérie John opens the doors of her "studio-artwork" in La Trinité, where indigo lies at the heart of everything she does. Far more than just a colour, it's a way of connecting with memory, identity and cultural heritage. "My...
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Exiles, migrants, refugees: there are as many ways to label "strangers" as there are to misunderstand them and reduce their identity to their outsider status. Ece Temelkuran explores this existential and very physical reality in her new book "Nation of Strangers", as the Turkish author and journalist reflects upon what it means to lose one's home...
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Film critic Manon Kerjean tells us why "Just an Illusion" is more than just a tender study of young teenagers' first love, and how its retro décor and timely themes add weight to a family dynamic with Camille Cottin and Louis Garrel taking on parental roles.
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US rapper Kanye West said on Tuesday he had postponed his show in Marseille, France's second-largest city, until further notice. The 48-year-old, now known as Ye, said on X he made the decision after "much thought and consideration.” He had been due to perform on June 11.
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An exhibition venue, event space and meeting point for Afro-descendant cultures in all their diversity: its founders call MansA an open house, where a world of art and artists are welcome. As the centre launches a bilingual magazine, we hear from its editor Sebastien Thème on celebrating Black excellence, on the French legislation being debated...
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An intimacy coordinator has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how their role is to ensure that everyone's humanity is respected on a film or television set. Paloma Garcia Martens has made a career working on some of Europe's top film and television shows, giving advice primarily to actors and actresses about how to achieve the perfect love scene with...
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A new exhibition opens this Tuesday at Paris's City of Sciences and Industry. It's called Frontier and it focuses on borders. Concrete walls, military checkpoints, surveillance algorithms: borders have a thousand faces, and none of them are truly alike. In this edition of Entre Nous we speak to the curator of the show, Delphine Heyndrickx. She...
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On today's Arts24 Music Show, Jennifer Ben Brahim speaks with Ulysse Cottin, one half of French indie duo Papooz. The band is celebrating ten years of music with a new album, "Papooz and Friends" – a sunny journey featuring some of their favourite collaborators. We also hear from British multi-hyphenate Wesley Joseph, who has just released his...
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"Gugusse and the Automaton", a short silent film made by French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès back in 1897, was lost to history until it was found in a trove of film reels donated to the US Library of Congress. The precious celluloid belonged to a potato farmer who showed silent movies to audiences in rural Pennsylvania at the turn of the 20th...
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Aïda Asgharzadeh was widely praised for her powerful exploration of dissidence and exile in Persian Dolls, weaving her own family's story into a drama spanning Iran and France. Her deft use of history as a backdrop to intimate, personal narratives is once again in focus with her latest play, The Last Cedar of Lebanon, which examines how...
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Céline Dion's 16 Paris tour dates could bring hundreds of millions of euros to the French capital this autumn experts have said, as fans flock from overseas for a rare chance to see the megastar perform live. Potential revenue from the series of concerts is expected to include ticket sales, hotel and restaurant bookings, retail spending.
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The Coachella Festival, which kicks off in the California desert Friday, features a star-studded line-up including Justin Bieber, Karol G. and Sabrina Carpenter, and has gathered thousands of fans. French DJ and producer David Guetta returns to the desert in Indio, and David Byrne, the legendary co-founder of Talking Heads, will make an...
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Afrika Bambaataa, one of hip-hop's founding pioneers, died on Thursday at the age of 68 from prostate cancer, according to his lawyer. Known for shaping early hip-hop culture through DJing, electro-funk and the Zulu Nation collective, his legacy is both celebrated and contested amid longstanding abuse allegations.
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Film critic Ben Croll joins Eve Jackson to break down this year's Cannes lineup – from the biggest names to the early buzz, and what it reveals about the state of global cinema. The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is already shaping up to be one of the most talked-about editions in years. Major directors including Pedro Almodóvar, Steven Soderbergh...
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The list of 21 directors vying for the Palme d'Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival includes world cinema auteurs such as Iran's Asghar Farhadi and Spain's Pedro Almodovar, organisers revealed on Thursday. Major Hollywood studios are set to be notable in their absence on the French Riviera in May.
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Critic Emma Jones tells us why "Dead Man's Wire” plays to the director's strengths, with Bill Skarsgard and Colman Domingo mixed up in a chaotic kidnapping inspired by a true story which took place in the 1970s. We discuss the BAFTA-winning performance from Robert Aramayo, as he plays campaigner John Davidson, a man suffering from Tourette's...
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The UK has refused entry to American rapper Kanye West to headline London's Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in the UK had been withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day event had been cancelled and refunds would be...
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Japanese manga star Ito Ogure aka Oh! Great takes centre stage in Paris this season, as the celebrated creator of Air Gear unveils his first graphic novel "Smoke” at the upcoming Festival du Livre de Paris. It's a rare chance to discover a new side of one of Japan's most influential artists – just one of the cultural highlights lighting up the...
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On this week's Paris des Arts: two new albums take centre stage. Axel Bauer returns with "Grand Huit” more than 40 years after his legendary "Cargo”. And Gauvain Sers opens up in "Boulevard de l'Enfance”. Then, we shine a spotlight on painter Li Chevalier whose work is as poetic as it is philosophical.
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This week on Arts24, we explore new releases from major music stars like rapper Snoop Dogg and U2, who continue to tease their upcoming album after dropping their second EP of the year. We also chat with French electro-pop band Camp Claude about their new album Never Say Never and why music video aesthetics remain so important to them. Plus, we...
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Filmmaker Ilker Catak explains how his political thriller – exploring authoritarianism and the artistic process – grew out of a desire to examine the complexities of marriage. "Yellow Letters", which won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, serves as a cautionary tale. Catak says the story is not confined to Turkey – where his...
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Nabil Nahas has been painting for seven decades. From his childhood in Lebanon to his career in New York, he is now presenting his latest monumental work in Venice as his country's representative at the 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale. The artist speaks to us about his connection to the ancient civilisations of his homeland, and why he believes...
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The weight of tradition bears heavily on Marianne, the protagonist of the new film "Mrs", played by Mélanie Thierry as a seemingly perfect wife and mother. Film critic Manon Kerjean explains how director David Roux's minimalist approach draws on the legacy of bourgeois drama master Claude Chabrol – and why Thierry's performance carries the film.
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The Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 has confirmed artists from at least 10 countries across Asia competing: Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. More are expected to join before the finale in November. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.
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Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Julie Escurignan, Associate Professor of Management & Communication at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest. Dr. Escurignan explores the cultural, economic, and deeply personal dynamics surrounding Celine Dion's highly anticipated return to the global stage. This comeback is not merely a concert series, she...
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The rumours turned out to be true: Céline Dion will return to the stage in the French capital in September and October at the La Défense Arena. As fans gear up to get their tickets, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes a closer look at the Canadian superstar's love affair with Paris.
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The organisers of the International Booker Prize announced on Tuesday the 2026 shortlist for the prestigious literary award which recognises works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English.The six finalists include French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye, winner of the country's top Goncourt prize.
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After dazzling crowds at the V&A in London, the "Africa Fashion" exhibition has landed at the Quai Branly museum in Paris. Our reporters get an insight into this showcase of continental style, from the ancestral weaves of traditional dress to the African creations making a splash on contemporary red carpets.
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This year, "The Little Prince" turns 80! Over the years, millions of readers have been touched by the classic story written and illustrated by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. To mark this special anniversary, a new edition of the book is being released around the world in 22 languages. It's an illustrated pop-up edition by MinaLima, the...
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This week on arts24 we welcome on set Italian electro pop artist Gaia Banfi, whose new album "La Maccaia" takes us to the Gulf of Genoa. We also have a chat with psych rock Breton band Komodor and check out Arlo Parks' long-awaited third album "Ambiguous Desire".
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A Franco-American jazz and soul singer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her love for music and her deep reservations of streaming platforms like Spotify. China Moses is the daughter of jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses. Her latest album is called "It's complicated". She spoke to us in Perspective about how her music is...
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From teenage pub gigs in London to a number one album at age 66 with Rod Stewart, Jools Holland has spent more than five decades at the heart of music. He's best known as the bandleader of his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, co-founder of rock group Squeeze and host of Britain's longest-running live music show, "Later... with Jools Holland", where guests...
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Musicians from the world of jazz have been speaking out about the sexism and sexual violence that has long cast a shadow over their corner of the music industry. FRANCE 24's reporters went to meet the women who are now working to change that culture and are demanding justice and accountability.
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France is famous for its theme parks: Puy du Fou, Parc Astérix and the one that's the most visited in Europe: Disneyland Paris. The park is about to open the World of Frozen, part of the new Disney Adventure World park. Fans of Elsa, Anna and Olaf are in for a treat! We speak to the creative mind behind the new park, Michel den Dulk, in this...
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A man who suffered extreme grief after the sudden death of his wife has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his project to travel to every single country in the world, and how it brought him out of his grief. Barry Hoffner first took one trip and found that his reconnection with people was helping him to heal. He discovered a way of shifting from grief to...
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The only person who managed to coax Daniel Day-Lewis out of his eight-year retirement was a certain Ronan Day-Lewis, whose début feature "Anemone" stars his father. Film critic Emma Jones tells us why a mesmerising Day-Lewis senior steals the show with the intensity of his performance.
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While Céline Dion may have performed a showstopping song at the Paris Olympics, it has been years since the singer has performed a concert. According to Canadian media, she's planning on giving multiple shows in Paris. While no official announcement has come in yet, there are some mysterious signs popping up in Paris.
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The manga megahit "One Piece" was a global hit when the first season of its small screen adaptation was released on Netflix in 2023; TV critic Dheepthika Laurent tells us why the second season is set for similar success. We also discuss Steve Carrell's comic turn in "Rooster", a new HBO comedy set on a college campus from the makers of "Ted Lasso".
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A leading author is speaking in Paris about the French capital's ability to draw gay and bisexual people to it. Rasheed Newson's talk is entitled "From Baldwin to Today: Queer Black Expats in Paris". He says that many queer African Americans seeking freedom and creative possibility have come to Paris due to its openness to queer people. Newson is...
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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Mariana Da Cruz from the band Da Cruz and rising star Morenike. Da Cruz make contemporary world music with a message, often about the political and social situation in Brazil. Their latest album "Son Sistema" is an exploration of Mariana's African and Brazilian roots through...
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One of the world's top authors, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his pride in being European. The Danish author Jens Christian Grøndahl, who has had notable success at home and in France, says he loves the fact that in Europe you can travel for just a few hours and be in a completely...
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Her photographs of celebrated personalities, from Toni Morrison to Tupac Shakur, have become iconic images. Dana Lixenberg tells us about three decades of providing her unique perspective on the United States and the evolution of a society she first started documenting in the 1990s. As her major, monographic exhibition "American Images" opens at...
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This week Valérie Fayolle sits down with Yael Naim, who takes us round the Gaîté Lyrique, at the beating heart of the Paris cultural scene. She tells us about her seventh album, "Solaire", an ode to freedom, imperfection and femininity. Next up is vivacious Philippine Delaire, treading the boards of the Comédie de Paris. The actress and...
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Is fashion still subversive? The answer is yes, with the extraordinarily named Matières Fécales label. At Yohji Yamamoto, it's yes, but more delicately. Satoshi Kondo for Issey Miyake, meanwhile, advocates for movement without constraints. Historian-performer Olivier Saillard elevates everyday clothing with his Living Fashion Museum. Lilia...
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Muslims on Friday gathered to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. FRANCE 24 looks at how communities across the world are coming together in prayer and celebration even as the US-Israeli war on Iran casts its shadow over the Middle East.
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You'll hear its unmistakable sound in tiny islands of the South Pacific, bustling capitals in West Africa and chilly ports in the northeast of the Americas. The French language is spoken by more than 390 million people all over the world, and that linguistic community is celebrated by the International Organisation of Francophonie. French content...
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A man who lost his wife after she was shot dead in her car in the Philippines a decade ago with their children in the back seat has spoken to FRANCE 24 of the trauma of such an event, and how his family has got through what happened. Stuart J. Green lost not only his wife, but also his job and the country he'd been living in for 25 years, leaving...
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French director Xavier Giannoli's latest film sees Jean Dujardin embody the moral slide from pacifism to collaboration, as the Academy Award-winning actor helms the historical drama "Les Rayons et les Ombres". Film critic Manon Kerjean tells us why the complexity of its characters gives the film a powerful sense of nuance and why – at over three...
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In this edition of Entre Nous we're pleased to speak to Candace Bushnell, creator of "Sex and the City", the book that was the basis for the hit HBO show about four New York friends – Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha – living and dating in the Big Apple. Candace has a one-woman show coming up at the Folies Bergère in Paris on April...
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Dancer, choreographer and singer Ralph Beaubrun has built a global following with his joyful dance classes and infectious energy online. Now the Franco-Haitian artist is stepping further into music with his new EP "ID.2", blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms, shatta and pop while singing in Creole, French and English.
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From vampires and car chases to K-pop and Shakespeare, this year's Oscars showcased the range and creativity of contemporary cinema. The clear winner of the night was "One Battle After Another" from director Paul Thomas Anderson. The satirical epic took home six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, confirming its status as one of the year's most...
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Michael B. Jordan has been building toward a performance like "Sinners” for over 20 years. Now he has the best actor Oscar as his reward in what proved to be a hugely popular win. The Oscars also rewarded Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' with six prizes, although it wasn't a clean sweep. FRANCE...
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Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another” won best picture at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, capping a long-awaited Oscars breakthrough for the acclaimed filmmaker. The film won six awards overall, while Michael B. Jordan took best actor and cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history with her win.
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'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' are both front-runners in the race for the coveted Best Picture Oscar on Sunday. Meanwhile, the acting prizes could throw up some surprises, with the best actor category expected to be an especially tight race.
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She's played the blushing bride in "Mamma Mia!" and the sidekick to the high-school bully in "Mean Girls". Now Amanda Seyfried takes on the role of Ann Lee, the 18th-century religious leader who founded the Shaker movement in the United States. Eve Jackson hears from Seyfried about the role at the Paris premiere of The Testament of Ann Lee. We also...
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Winners of a Grammy Award in 2011, Tinariwen are back with their 10th album, "Hoggar", marking a career that spans 45 years. The album is a return to their roots for these passionate defenders of nomadic culture and their people. Sonia Patricelli and Aurore Dupuis report.
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As he takes on the presidency of PEN America, Dinaw Mengestu explains why defending a plurality of voices is crucial at a time of censorship and revisionism. He also discusses how the organisation is working to rebuild its credibility after criticism over its failure to condemn the war in Gaza in 2023. The award-winning author's fourth novel,...
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Jessie Buckley takes the title role in Maggie Gyllenhaal's 21st-century retelling of a 1930s silent movie, and film critic Emma Jones explains why her performance alone is worth the ticket price. We also discuss some of the criticism the film has received for its feminist stance and assess Christian Bale's turn as the lab-made monster....
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"The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. Now, acclaimed American cartoonist Alison Bechdel has joined forces with French critic Iris Brey for their new essay, "La Véritable Histoire du test de Bechdel”. FRANCE 24's Charli James speaks with...
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Beloved children's character Winnie the Pooh, who ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author AA Milne and illustrated by EH Shepard, is turning 100. Disney, which now holds the rights to the self-described bear of "very little brain" and his lovable pals, is holding a year-long celebration in Pooh's honour.
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As the conflict in the Middle East engulfs Lebanon, with air strikes and evacuation orders once again shaking the foundations of society, we hear from Wissam Charaf and Zeid Hamdan, two Lebanese artists grappling with this moment of crisis. Filmmaker Wissam Charaf joins us by video link from Beirut to reflect on the past seven years and how they...
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Ben Croll and Dheepthika Laurent look at the all the winners – and losers – from the César awards ceremony in Paris, including Richard Linklater's "Nouvelle Vague" and the moving family drama "The Ties That Bind Us". Ben takes us through the highlights of the evening, including a lifetime achievement award for actor Jim Carrey and...
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France's top film awards honoured Canadian-American actor Jim Carrey with a lifetime achievement prize on Thursday, recognising his eclectic career. Carrey accepted the honorary Cesar in French, joking about his language skills and recalling French ancestry. The actor, long compared to comic great Jerry Lewis, has stepped back from Hollywood.
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After four decades away from French stages, the Dance Theatre of Harlem is back in Paris – and making history once again. On arts24, Eve Jackson sits down with dancers Alexandra Hutchinson and Lindsey Donnell as they bring the company's groundbreaking legacy to the Palais des Congrès de Paris. Born in 1969 in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr's...
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Julien Bardakoff is a French translator and adapter who shaped some of the most iconic names in video game history. We're pleased to speak to Julien as Pokemon celebrates its 30th anniversary. He tells us how Pokemon became a global phenomenon and why the little creatures are still as popular as ever.
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A male ballet dancer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his love for ballet and his aim to encourage more men to dance en pointe. The art of dancing on the tip of your toes is usually seen as a musical box-style female role, but Kadeem En Pointe has trained himself to be able to do it as well. He spoke to us in Perspective about his desire to inspire...
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German culture officials plan to summon organisers of the Berlin film festival Thursday after the event was rocked this year by controversy over the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Gaza war. Bild daily reported that Tricia Tuttle, the US director of the Berlinale, is expected to be sacked at the meeting, citing sources close to the KBB, the...
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In this edition of our film show, critic Emma Jones talks to Eve Jackson about the latest film releases, including "The History of Sound" from director Oliver Hermanus. It stars Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor as two men who fall in love in the shadow of World War I. The film premiered in competition at Cannes to lukewarm reviews, but Emma argues its...
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Art historian and president of France's Versailles Palace Christophe Leribault is taking the reins of the world's most famous museum, a day after his predecessor submitted her resignation. Leribault faces the daunting task of steering the Louvre out of decades of crisis and reinforcing security after the brazen theft of a collection of jewels last...
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In this episode of arts24, we mark four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine with powerful films from the frontlines. The BAFTA-winning documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" exposes how Russian schools have been used for propaganda, while Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov captures frontline courage in "2000 Meters to Andriivka",...
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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with British artist Jamie Woon, who is back with new music for the first time in a decade. He emerged from London's fertile post-dubstep scene of the early 2010s with his debut album "Mirrorwriting" and his Mercury-nominated follow-up "Making Time". His lyrics are vulnerable and...
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Director Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged thriller "One Battle After Another” took six prizes, including best picture and best director, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Blues-steeped vampire epic "Sinners” and gothic horror story "Frankenstein” won three awards each, while Shakespearean family tragedy "Hamnet” was...
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From the stunning arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, to the celebration of Iftar during the holy month of Ramadan amid the ruins of Gaza, to the glory of the Winter Olympics, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking images.
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Where many filmmakers might have made a conventional biopic about George Orwell, Raoul Peck chose instead to use the British author's own words to craft an urgent documentary – one that serves as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism today. The Haitian director joins us to discuss his new film, "2+2 = 5”, which explores how fragile...
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Eric Dane, an actor known for roles in "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria", died on Thursday at 53 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his representatives said. Dane, who disclosed his diagnosis less than a year ago, spent his final days with family and became an advocate for ALS awareness in recent months.
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In this episode of arts24, Eve Jackson speaks to Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani, whose intimate and quietly powerful cinema continues to explore love, identity and the tensions within Moroccan society. After "Adam" and "The Blue Caftan", she returns with her most personal film yet, "Calle Málaga" – a story of memory, mixed identity and...
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The woman who first theorised the idea of the male gaze has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her delight that her theories still resonate so much today. British feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey first wrote her essay back in 1975. But she says the phrase captured the popular imagination and has found its place in other areas of the arts. She spoke to us...
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Of the three major European film festivals, Berlin's annual event has often featured political films and commentary. Yet this year's jury president Wim Wenders stirred up controversy when he said that artists should "stay out of politics", prompting Indian author Arundhati Roy to cancel her appearance at the festival. Film critic Emma Jones brings...
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A Grammy-winning songwriter, singer, guitarist and producer, who is performing in Paris this weekend, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he's always trying to make his records better. New York-born Jesse Harris has been working with top stars such as Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson and Cat Power. His new album is called...
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More than 80 film industry figures, including Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton, accused the Berlin Film Festival of "institutional silence” on Gaza in a statement on Tuesday. The open letter said signatories were appalled, while jury president Wim Wenders, when asked, said the festival could not "enter politics”.
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Robert Duvall, a prolific, Oscar-winning actor who shunned glitz and won praise as one of his generation's greatest and most versatile artists, has died at age 95. Duvall's death on Sunday was confirmed by his wife Luciana Duvall in a statement posted Monday on Facebook. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin reports.
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