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Elon Musk brands Bono a ‘liar’ and an ‘idiot’ over USAID comments

ADVERTISEMENTFirst, Donald Trump lashed out at one music icon... Now, Elon Musk is following suit and making his own rock star enemy.Bono was on the Joe Rogan podcast on Friday (30 May) to talk about the release of his documentary Bono: Stories Of Surrender.  During the three-hour conversation, the U2 frontman took the opportunity to critise the

Elusive street artist Banksy reveals new artwork – in France?

ADVERTISEMENTBanksy’s back... and he / she / they may have crossed the Channel.  In an Instagram post on Thursday, Banksy unveiled his latest piece: a traffic bollard casting a shadow of a lighthouse with the words "I want to be what you saw in me" written over it.  The post was not accompanied by a caption

Sins of antisemitism: Will France posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus?

ADVERTISEMENTFrance’s National Assembly Defense Committee has unanimously approved a bill to posthumously promote Captain Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general, marking a historic correction of the antisemitic injustice he endured.  The bill comes 90 years after Dreyfus’ death and has been described as “an important step in the history of Alfred Dreyfus and in the

David Lynch auction: More than 450 personal items go under the hammer

ADVERTISEMENTIt's been nearly five months since we lost visionary director David Lynch, and now his memorabilia are up for auction.Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have announced the David Lynch Collection, which includes more than 450 items like Lynch’s vinyl collection, books, scripts, paintings, instruments and treasured movie collectables. Even some of his woodshop

First Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or dies aged 91

ADVERTISEMENTAlgerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, whose 1975 drama Chronique des Années de Braise (Chronicles of the Years of Fire) won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1975, has died aged 91.  He was the oldest living recipient of the Palme d’Or and Chronicles of the Years of Fire remains Africa’s only Palme d’Or to this day. Lakhdar-Hamina’s family said the producer

French street artist imprisoned in Azerbaijan is freed after 14 months

ADVERTISEMENTA French street artist who had been sentenced to three years in prison in Azerbaijan for painting a graffiti in the Baku metro has been pardoned and freed, French authorities announced Tuesday.Théo Clerc, 38, has returned to France following 422 days in detention after he was pardoned by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, France’s Foreign Minister

How Daniela Pes uses her Italian dialect to make nonsensical music

ADVERTISEMENTDaniela Pes, 32, was born in Sardinia, Italy. Growing up in Tempio Pausania, she is fluent in both standard Italian and her Gallurian region’s dialect, Gallurese. On her debut album, 2023’s ‘SPIRA’, Pes sings in a combination of Italian and Gallurese. She effortlessly moves between them combining idiomatic phrases with word jumbles, choosing lyrics for

Daredevils tumble for glory at Gloucester’s annual cheese-rolling race

ADVERTISEMENTA German YouTuber and a London thrill-seeker took top honours (and likely a few bruises) at one of Britain’s most chaotic and bizarre sporting traditions: the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.For the second year in a row, Munich’s Tom Kopke threw caution to the wind, hurtling down the 200-yard, nearly vertical hill after a runaway

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Former Superman actor Dean Cain says he’s joining Trump’s ICE agency

ADVERTISEMENT Dean Cain, the actor best known for playing Superman in the 90s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has announced he’s joining US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - the controversial agency central to Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration crackdown. Speaking to Fox News, Cain said he has spoken with agency

Mubi facing pressure from film industry over Israeli military ties

ADVERTISEMENT Global streaming platform Mubi is facing backlash over investor ties to Israeli military, with filmmakers calling on the production company and film distributor to end its relatioship with investment firm Sequoia Capital. The growing pressure aimed at the upstart distributor, which ushered The Substance to awards success last year, centres on a recent $100 million
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