ADVERTISEMENTCurtain up for Johannes Pietsch. Better known by his stage name JJ, the 24-year-old native of Vienna will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in tonight's second semi-final. JJ has already made a name for himself with his exceptional range, heartfelt performances and distinctive voice that reaches soprano heights.With his song 'Wasted
ADVERTISEMENTThe man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced today.A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February.Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said he will request the maximum 25 years
ADVERTISEMENT Ari Aster may have made a name for himself with lauded horror offerings like Hereditary and Midsommar but his latest film may be his most terrifying: a COVID pandemic-set dark comedy that doubles up as a counterfeit satire. And while that may seem like too much of a stretch for the filmmaker, Aster – for all
ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this week, Euronews Culture published an article about the musical acts we’d love to see reuniting, following Oasis’ comeback. In the article, we mentioned that some reunions are “wishful thinking – bordering on pipe dreams” and listed a series of bands whose return to the stage would never happen: “We’re looking at you, Led
ADVERTISEMENT Euronews Culture had the opportunity to interview Baumgartner in 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of his legendary jump. We remember the intrepid record-breaker and the impact he had on the world of extreme sports. Here is our interview from 2022: 10 years ago on 14 October 2012, Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian parachutist, captivated
ADVERTISEMENT Ari Aster may have made a name for himself with lauded horror offerings like Hereditary and Midsommar but his latest film may be his most terrifying: a COVID pandemic-set dark comedy that doubles up as a counterfeit satire. And while that may seem like too much of a stretch for the filmmaker, Aster – for all
ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this week, Euronews Culture published an article about the musical acts we’d love to see reuniting, following Oasis’ comeback. In the article, we mentioned that some reunions are “wishful thinking – bordering on pipe dreams” and listed a series of bands whose return to the stage would never happen: “We’re looking at you, Led
ADVERTISEMENTWell, that didn’t take long... Banksy’s newest work, a traffic bollard casting a shadow of a lighthouse with the words "I want to be what you saw in me" written over it, was temporarily defaced once its location was confirmed last weekend. Geoguessers on social media turned out to be right when they speculated that the
ADVERTISEMENTHow dedicated do you have to be to amass a peerless art collection? “I think both the obsession grows, but you get more selective as go on. And you also learn all the time - that's what I like about the art. The knowledge is endless,” says Swiss media and tech mogul Michael Ringier who
ADVERTISEMENTA 35-year-old man has been arrested after glass protecting the Stone of Destiny was broken at Perth Museum in Scotland. Police were called to St John’s Place on Saturday following reports of a disturbance at the museum. The glass display case protecting the Stone of Destiny was smashed. The rare artefact was not damaged. A spokesperson for