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Doctor to plead guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine

ADVERTISEMENTA doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the actor’s overdose death will plead guilty.Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed

Best and funniest signs from mass No Kings protests against Trump

ADVERTISEMENTA stone throw's away from the American embassy in Amsterdam this weekend was held a "No Kings" protest. Except it was dubbed "No Tyrants", as countries with constitutional monarchies sought to avoid confusion with anti-monarchic movements. This was one among thousands of similar protests that occurred over the weekend, all with the aim to denounce Donald

Skinned alive: George Enescu biopic debuts to European audiences

ADVERTISEMENTAs part a growing new wave of Romanian cinema gaining international acclaim and a plethora of awards, Enescu, Skinned Alive, directed by Toma Enache, is now showing across Europe, with a recent screening at Lyon’s historic arthouse Comoedia cinema.The biopic explores the complex personal life and creative genius of the revered Romanian composer George Enescu

Al Pacino becomes first Hollywood celebrity to meet Pope Leo XIV

ADVERTISEMENTAl Pacino has become the first major Hollywood celebrity to have an official audience with the newly elected pope, Pope Leo XIV.  The star of The Godfather and Serpico met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday. The veteran actor, 85, is currently in Italy shooting Maserati: The Brothers, a biopic starring co-stars Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia

The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

ADVERTISEMENTThe sun is shining, birds are chirping, and rabid zombies are fast approaching as we welcome you back for a fresh new week of cultural highlights. Indeed, Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later is stealing the limelight as one of this year's most hotly-anticipated cinema releases. All shot on an iPhone, it follows a group of

Why is everyone so angry about Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover?

ADVERTISEMENTPop princess Sabrina Carpenter has divided fans and sparked moral outrage after revealing the new cover art for her upcoming album ‘Man’s Best Friend’. Depicting the 26-year-old on her hands and knees in a black minidress while a faceless suited figure grips her hair, fans have argued the image perpetuates patriarchal values and degrades women by

Wagnermania: Monumental Flying Dutchman in an Austrian quarry

ADVERTISEMENTHow does a quarry become the largest and one of the most unique open-air stages in Europe, and the setting for some of the world's most famous operas? Just a few kilometres from Lake Neusiedl, in Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland, Austria, Richard Wagner's opera Der Fliegende Holländer is being staged in a spectacular manner this

Foraging forever: Eating magic from Isle of Man forest floor

ADVERTISEMENTForaging; middle-class pastime or a cost-of-living godsend?In recent years, in an effort to get out of the house and back to nature many people have taken up foraging - the practice of looking for edible items in the wild.It can make a fun day out and even be a good way of decorating your home.

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Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival opens after fire destroyed main stage

ADVERTISEMENT Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival kicked off on Friday just two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe's biggest summer concert events into doubt. Workers laboured around the clock to clear out the debris from the elaborate backdrop that went up in flames on Wednesday evening. Shouting ‘"We
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Police drop Glastonbury criminal probe into Belfast rap group Kneecap

ADVERTISEMENT A police investigation into controversial Belfast rap trio Kneecap following their performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival has been dropped, with authorities citing a lack of evidence to pursue charges. Kneecap - comprised of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (Mo Chara), Naoise Ó Cairealláin (Moglai Bap), and JJ Ó Dochartaigh (DJ Próvaí) - shared a

Johnny Depp unveils art collection of his most personal paintings yet

ADVERTISEMENT Titled "Let the Light In", Johnny Depp's latest art collection features two intimate watercolours from the early 2000s, when he was living at Le Hameau, his idyllic estate in the South of France, with then-partner Vanessa Paradis and their children, Lily-Rose and Jack. The first piece, "A Rose Is a Rose, Is a Rose"

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Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival opens after fire destroyed main stage

ADVERTISEMENT Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival kicked off on Friday just two days after a massive fire engulfed the main stage and threw one of Europe's biggest summer concert events into doubt. Workers laboured around the clock to clear out the debris from the elaborate backdrop that went up in flames on Wednesday evening. Shouting ‘"We

Police drop Glastonbury criminal probe into Belfast rap group Kneecap

ADVERTISEMENT A police investigation into controversial Belfast rap trio Kneecap following their performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival has been dropped, with authorities citing a lack of evidence to pursue charges. Kneecap - comprised of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (Mo Chara), Naoise Ó Cairealláin (Moglai Bap), and JJ Ó Dochartaigh (DJ Próvaí) - shared a
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Indiana Jones whip once owned by Princess Diana sells at auction

ADVERTISEMENT The whip wielded by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that once belonged to Princess Diana has sold at auction for $525,000 (€452,000). Once filming was completed, Ford gave the whip to then-Prince Charles at the film’s UK premiere in 1989. It was given as a gift to Princess Diana, who gave

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

Sex, sleaze and subversion: Inside London’s new grindhouse cinema

ADVERTISEMENTOn an unassuming street in central London, a red-painted building peeks at passersby — its facade plastered with a close-up of The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. Inside, I’m watching Ruggero Deodato’s The Washing Machine, an Italian murder mystery involving psychosexual mind games, fridge fornication, and bleeding appliances.  It’s the kind of filmic fever dream only