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Oscar nominees in main categories
Here are the nominees in key categories for the 94th Academy Awards, to be handed out in Los Angeles on March 27.
India riled after big brands back Kashmir on socia...
Pro-Kashmir social media posts by KFC, Hyundai and other global brands have sparked uproar in India, with diplomats saying Tuesday...
Punk legend Iggy Pop and Ensemble intercontemporai...
US punk icon Iggy Pop and French contemporary music ensemble Ensemble intercontemporain on Tuesday won Sweden's Polar Music Prize,...
Venice glassblowers scorched by blazing energy bil...
The blown glass creations forged in the furnaces on Venice's Murano islands are prized around the world -- but soaring gas prices...
'Nightingale of India' legacy lives on at superfan...
Beloved Bollywood superstar Lata Mangeshkar's legacy has been kept alive at a home museum in India curated by one of the much-mour...
'Matrix' co-producer sues Warner over streaming re...
A co-producer of "The Matrix Resurrections" is suing Warner Bros. alleging breach of contract over the studio's decision to releas...
Conservative billionaire Peter Thiel to leave Meta...
Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel will leave Facebook parent Meta's board, the firm said Monday, after a lengthy tenure t...
French prosecutors probe death threats against TV...
French prosecutors said Monday they have opened an investigation after death threats were issued against a journalist after she fr...
Paul Gauguin's 'Mata Mua' returns to Madrid
One of French painter Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings, "Mata Mua", will return to a Madrid museum on Monday following an agre...
Morocco, world mourn 'little Rayan' after well res...
Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five...
Barenboim clears schedule for surgery: La Scala
Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has cleared his schedule for the coming weeks to undergo surgery, Milan's celebra...
Morocco mourns 'little Rayan' after daring well re...
Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five...
New show explores 'interconnected world' behind St...
As the sun rose over the frost on Salisbury Plain, archaeologist Sarah Greaney conjured up a picture of the hundreds of workers wh...
Beloved Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar dies at 9...
Bollywood superstar singer Lata Mangeshkar, known to millions as the "nightingale of India" and a regular fixture of the country's...
Dishdasha crackdown as Omani men face fines for ro...
A wave of foreign imitations and alternative styles has prompted Oman to take tough action to preserve its unique national dress,...
Joe Rogan apologizes for his 'shameful' use of N w...
US podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday for his past use of racist language including the "N word" and said at least one offens...
Joe Rogan apologizes for using racist 'N word'
US podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday for his past use of racist language including the "N word" and said streaming giant Spo...
A year after it vanished, famed 'Guernica' tapestr...
One year after its sudden and disconcerting disappearance from a wall at the United Nations, a vast tapestry representing Picasso'...
Seven dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru's Na...
Five tourists and two crew died Friday when their plane crashed on a trip to view Peru's famous Nazca lines, the transport ministr...
'Grand Theft Auto' game maker says new edition in...
The maker of the notorious "Grand Theft Auto" video game franchise announced Friday that a new edition is under development, confi...
Nike sues shopping platform StockX over sneaker NF...
Athletics giant Nike filed a lawsuit in New York on Thursday against shopping platform StockX for creating and marketing NFTs -- t...
Row over 'machismo' in song by Brazil icon Chico B...
In 1966, the late bossa nova singer Nara Leao asked Brazilian music icon Chico Buarque to write her a song about a long-suffering...
How Facebook slipped -- in key points
Facebook-parent Meta saw investors flee on Thursday rather than buckle-up for what could be a long ride towards the firm's metaver...
Spotify boss defends Joe Rogan deal as stock plung...
The head of embattled streaming service Spotify has told staff that Joe Rogan is vital to the company, but that he doesn't agree w...
Top Catalan designer Antonio Miro dies aged 74
Catalan designer Antonio Miro, a Spanish fashion legend whose models included undocumented migrants and prisoners, has died aged 7...
Facebook parent Meta sheds $200 bn in stock plumme...
Facebook's parent firm Meta on Thursday lost over $200 billion in stock value -- comparable to the size of New Zealand's economy -...
The pianist who escaped a sect and topped the char...
From a violent French sect to living on the streets of LA to the top of the music charts, pianist Riopy's incredible journey is th...
'Let the light in': Romanian Roma actress smashes...
As a child, Roma actress and playwright Alina Serban didn't see herself represented on television, in movies or books, her stigmat...
Iraq struggles to make use of Saddam's crumbling p...
Scattered across Iraq lie more than 100 opulent palaces and villas built by former dictator Saddam Hussein -- some in use, many in...
India's Chettinad mansions a testament to past glo...
Thousands of mansions in a remote corner of India once housed some of the nation's wealthiest bankers and traders but a century la...
Austria court orders Facebook to remove defamatory...
An Austrian court has ordered Facebook to remove content defaming a former lawmaker and post a banner on its home page announcing...
Spotify shares tumble on weak profit forecast
Shares of Spotify tumbled Wednesday after the music streaming service reported a quarterly loss and projected lower profit margins...
Four men charged in overdose death of 'The Wire' a...
New York prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged four men in relation to the drug overdose death of "The Wire" actor Michael K...
CNN chief Zucker resigns over undisclosed relation...
CNN president Jeff Zucker, who helped propel Donald Trump to stardom with "The Apprentice" but became his nemesis after the real e...
US star Joe Rogan, podcaster in eye of misinformat...
US podcast star Joe Rogan, who has been called out by music legends Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for spreading Covid-19 disinforma...
Crosby, Stills and Nash follow Young's lead in Spo...
Neil Young's former bandmates from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young said Wednesday they had asked their labels to remove their recor...
NY Times hits 10 mn-subscription mark amid growth...
The New York Times reported Wednesday that buying The Athletic had helped power the paper past its 10 million-subscription target...
'Necessary evil': Some artists say can't quit Spot...
After music legends Neil Young and Joni Mitchell quit Spotify over a Covid misinformation row, some lesser-known artists have said...
Google parent Alphabet profit soars on ads and clo...
Google's parent company Alphabet announced profits Tuesday that beat expectations and nearly doubled in 2021 -- shrugging off anxi...