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ADVERTISEMENTThe headline-grabbing Venice wedding of Amazon multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos to longtime partner Lauren Sánchez has been causing quite the storm.Amid protests – the latest of which is a floating Bezos dummy in the canal (see below) – the couple are expected to tie the knot today on San Giorgio island, which is home to a monumental

ADVERTISEMENTGerman prosecutors announced charges against a suspect accused of supporting a foiled plot last year to attack Taylor Swift concerts in neighboring Austria.Three Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled in early August when the plot was discovered, and Austrian authorities made three arrests.The indictment in Germany against a young Syrian national, identified only as Mohammad A.

ADVERTISEMENTA unique open-air museum located in County Durham, UK, has won the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025 award. Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, was founded in 1970 by Dr Frank Atkinson CBE, a British museum director and curator. Inspired by Scandinavian folk museums he'd visited in the early '50s, Atkinson wanted

ADVERTISEMENTStop me if you’ve seen this one before...  A talented, reckless loner who has seen better days gets coaxed out of retirement for one last ride. Along the way, he’ll butt heads with a cocky whippersnapper who still has plenty to learn. And wouldn’t you know it, the initial frostiness between the two hunky men melts

ADVERTISEMENTHow best to describe Reflet dans un diamant mort (Reflection In A Dead Diamond), one of the most kinetic, sensual and bizarre films to have graced this year’s Berlinale Competition?Imagine the fever dream of a dying James Bond who looks back at his career in espionage, skipping through his memories of violence, sex, leather-clad assassins

ADVERTISEMENTThe encounter was part of The Herd, a global public art project using giant animal puppets to symbolise wildlife displaced by climate change.Created in collaboration with students from Wimbledon College of Arts, the puppets are touring cities worldwide to raise awareness about environmental issues. Their London stop will see them appear in locations including London

ADVERTISEMENTLegendary The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson’s cause of death has been confirmed.  Wilson’s death at the age of 82 was confirmed by his family on 11 June. His children wrote at the time: “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words

ADVERTISEMENTThe wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez has been stirring quite the chaos as many Venetians protested their nuptials in the lagoon city as they demonstrated against global inequality and wealth disparity. The wedding event is rumoured to have cost the multi-billionaire - currently the world's fourth richest man as per Forbes - north