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ADVERTISEMENT Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has urged Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel over the war in Gaza.  The director of All About My Mother, The Skin I Live In and the Golden Lion-winning The Room Next Door called the conflict a "genocide" and prompted Sánchez to convince other

ADVERTISEMENT Following backlash surrounding his appearance at Moscow International Film Week this weekend, American director Woody Allen has issued a statement saying that the war in Ukraine was “appalling.” The 89-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker took part in the Russian film festival via video link for a Q&A session moderated by pro-Putin Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk  on

ADVERTISEMENT Irish rap group Kneecap have cancelled their upcoming sold-out US tour, due to band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh’s next court hearing in London.    The band, who have been at the centre of several controversies this summer due to their outspoken support for Palestine during their live shows, were due to hit the road

ADVERTISEMENT Kneecap’s inclusion on the line-up for Paris’ Rock en Seine has already proven to be controversial. The four-day event, which runs from 20-24 August at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, is topped this year by the likes of Fontaines D.C., Chappell Roan, Queens of the Stone Age and controversial Irish rappers Kneecap – who will take to the stage

ADVERTISEMENT Look what you made him do... Former FBI Director James Comey has released a video in which he confesses he's a massive Swiftie – and MAGA are furious about it. In the video posted to his Substack, titled “On Taylor Swift,” Comey described Taylor Swift as “a truly inspirational public figure” and shared how

ADVERTISEMENT Former White Stripes frontman Jack White has taken aim at Donald Trump’s White House redecoration efforts, in the wake of Trump’s hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House yesterday to advance peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.  The Grammy-winning artist, who has been an outspoken critic of

ADVERTISEMENT Following Donald Trump’s summit talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and ahead of the landmark meeting of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ in Washington today, the White House has released the letter from first lady Melania Trump to Putin.   In the letter, hand-delivered to Putin by Donald Trump, Melania Trump raised

ADVERTISEMENT Celebrated Irish author Sally Rooney says she will continue supporting Palestine Action, despite the UK government banning the group as a terrorist organisation last month. Writing in The Irish Times, the "Normal People" and "Intermezzo" author said she plans to use her earnings and public platform to back the direct-action group, stating: “If this