Art & Culture
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The New Red Carpet
Jan 7, 2018Harvey Weinstein helped build the awards circuit as we know it. He’ll be gone from this year’s Golden Globes — denounced, derided, joked about — but his presence, and questionable legacy, will be everywhere. Back in the days... -
Meryl Streep wants to hear Melania and Ivanka Trump on #MeToo
Jan 5, 2018The Oscar-winning actress, criticized for repeatedly claiming that she didn’t know anything about Weinstein’s offenses, deflected the blame in a New York Times interview by asking to hear from other powerful women. Meryl Streep repeated that... -
Bestsellers that almost didn’t make it to the bookstores
Jan 5, 2018They have very different styles, but Stephen King and Beatrix Potter have something in common: They’re both authors whose books were initially rejected by publishers — and went on to become bestsellers. Here are more. About... -
Artists After the Escape: Finding home in a foreign land
Jan 5, 2018Aeham Ahmad — pianist from Syria He survived the “Islamic State” (IS), hunger, as well as the bombs of the Syrian civil war. Despite his luck, Aeham Ahmad’s piano concerts still resonate with melancholy and despair: He keeps... -
Fire and Fury released early as publisher defies attempt to ban tell-all book
Jan 5, 2018Lawyers for Donald Trump moved on Thursday to try to shut down an explosive new book which has exposed chaos behind the scenes at the White House. In response, the book’s US publisher brought publication forward to Friday.... -
Macedonian Comedy Film Finds Secret to Success
Jan 5, 2018After catching audiences’ attention at film festivals last year, an “unassuming tragicomic gem” from Macedonia, as The Hollywood Reporter calls it, had its TV premier on New Year’s Eve in 14 European countries, aired at prime time... -
How to attract more women to the tech industry
Jan 3, 2018The question has been in the air for years without a satisfying answer. The Web Summit conference in Lisbon has offered several solutions to encourage women to join the IT sector. European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe... -
Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He’s the Only One.
Dec 26, 2017INTUTO, Peru — Amadeo García García rushed upriver in his canoe, slipping into the hidden, booby-trapped camp where his brother Juan lay dying. Juan writhed in pain and shook uncontrollably as his fever rose, battling malaria.... -
The Perils of Me Too as a Muslim
Dec 22, 2017This has been a difficult year for Muslims. I’m referring not only to the external forces that buffet us daily—anti-Muslim hate crimes, inflammatory tweets or President Trump’s travel ban—but also to the internal ruptures that have... -
Një Histori e Fëmijëve dhe Filmit
Dec 14, 2017Ministria e Kultures ka bere me dije se: Arkivi Filmit – AQSHF ju mirëpret në Kinema Millenium për premierën Shqiptare të filmit esse “Një Histori e Fëmijëve dhe Filmit” të Mark Cousins. A STORY OF...
