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Japan’s Kitano says he held back in bloody samurai film ‘Kubi’
CANNES (Reuters) - Japanese director Takeshi Kitano said that he held back in showing too much blood and gore in "Kubi", his new ultraviolent samurai film that features beheadings faster than can be c...
May 26, 2023
German police investigate Roger Waters for Nazi-style costume at concert
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Friday they had launched an investigation into Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters after he wore a Nazi-style uniform on stage at Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena. ...
May 26, 2023
Actor Hugh Grant can pursue part of lawsuit against Murdoch paper – London court
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Hugh Grant, who is suing Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper arm with Prince Harry over phone-hacking and other allegations, can proceed with some of his claims but others a...
May 26, 2023
Secretive Dutchman’s classic car collection goes up for auction
By Bart Biesemans and Charlotte Van Campenhout DORDRECHT, Netherlands (Reuters) - More than 230 dusty old cars, including some classics worth several hundred thousand euros each, are being auctioned i...
May 26, 2023
Beans and violins – orchestra blends classical roots with modern Nigeria
LAGOS (Reuters) - At a Lagos cultural centre, a rapt audience listened to baritone John Onosolease perform an operatic song in the Yoruba language about a hapless soldier being admonished for his fail...
May 26, 2023
Stars at Cannes take break from red carpet to support AIDS research
CANNES (Reuters) - Celebrities including Queen Latifah, Jeffrey Wright and Heidi Klum escaped the Cannes Film Festival's crowded Croisette Boulevard for a night to attend a fundraiser for AIDS researc...
May 25, 2023
France’s Breillat back to breaking taboos at Cannes with ‘Last Summer’
CANNES (Reuters) - French director Catherine Breillat's new erotic thriller "Last Summer," premiered on Thursday night, bringing her taboo-breaking style to the Cannes Film Festival. The film follows ...
May 25, 2023
Wim Wenders gets rare Cannes film double bill: ‘It will be an experience’
By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Most directors would be thrilled to have one film shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Wim Wenders has two. "Perfect Days" - the German auteur's 10...
May 25, 2023
Forty Cannes film festivals viewed through one photographer’s lens
By Rosalba O'Brien (Reuters) - When Eric Gaillard first went to photograph the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, it was a smaller, more intimate affair - the kind of place where you could see the greats f...
May 25, 2023
Sierra Leone loses historic tree, a symbol of freedom, in rainstorm
By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone's capital for centuries and symbolised freedom to its early residents came down overnight during a heavy rainstorm. Pre...
May 25, 2023
