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ADVERTISEMENTHBO has revealed the three new young actors who will play the much coveted lead roles in the new Harry Potter television series, one of the most eagerly anticipated for years.After a long, extraordinary worldwide search for British children aged between 9 and 11, Dominic McLaughlin has been cast as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will

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

ADVERTISEMENTThe curatorial vision for the 61st Venice Biennale, 'In Minor Keys', was revealed in Venice today in an emotional presentation at the Sala delle Colonne of Ca’ Giustinian, the Biennale’s historic headquarters. Originally set for announcement later this year, the theme was unveiled ahead of schedule following the sad and unexpected death of the exhibition’s

ADVERTISEMENTIran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised the Cannes-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.”French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had praised It Was Just An Accident after it won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.The film by famed dissident Iranian

ADVERTISEMENTIt’s one of the most closely guarded secrets in the industry: the identity of the next 007.  It has been four years since the release of Daniel Craig’s dramatic swansong as Bond in No Time To Die, and since then the rumour mill has been working overtime.We reported last year that one candidate may have the

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

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

ADVERTISEMENTThe American Music Awards (AMAs) are back after a two-year hiatus and took place last night at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas.Kendrick Lamar led the nominations with 10 nods, with Post Malone following behind with eight noms, and Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey following behind with seven each.At the end of the