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New York’s prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with “Grounded,” a work that explores technological evolutions of war against the backdrop of motherhood. Commissioned by the Met and based on a one-woman play by George Brant, the piece kicking off the opera’s 2024-25 season first opened at the Washington National Opera last year, AFP reports. The opera, scored ...

“Shogun,” a sweeping, historical epic set in imperial Japan, claimed the prestigious best drama trophy at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, and “Hacks” upset defending comedy champion “The Bear” at television’s highest honours. A tale of political machinations, “Shogun” also won acting awards for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, the first Japanese actors to win their categories. The series earned 19 total ...

Historical epic “Shogun” — a tale of warring dynasties in feudal Japan — could make history on Sunday at the Emmys, television’s equivalent of the Oscars. The FX series is hotly tipped to become the first ever non-English-language winner of the award for best drama — the most prestigious prize at the gala honoring the best on the small screen, ...

A hotly anticipated party thrown by high-street retailer H&M with pop star of the summer Charli XCX shook things up with an unusual opening night of London Fashion Week on Thursday. The LFW Spring/Summer 2025 schedule, which runs until Tuesday, had been set for weeks when H&M burst onto the scene announcing a collaboration with the British singer, overshadowing big-name ...

Pop superstar Taylor Swift on Tuesday endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris in the US presidential contest against Donald Trump, saying she was a “warrior.” “I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” she posted on her Instagram account. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe ...

Meera Syal will appear in the National Theatre’s upcoming production of Tanika Gupta’s (A Doll’s House, Lyric Hammersmith) new play, A Tupperware of Ashe. The production is a vivid and heart-breaking family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death and rebirth to be directed by Pooja Ghai (Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company) and staged in ...

US rock band Linkin Park have announced a new singer, Emily Armstrong, will join them for their new album and tour. The group’s former lead singer, Chester Bennington, took his own life in 2017. Armstrong will join returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn for the band’s forthcoming projects, BBC reports. Armstrong will share vocals with Shinoda, ...

From the latest Almodovar to the much-anticipated sequel to “Joker”, 21 films are up for the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday to September 7. THE ROOM NEXT DOOR directed by PEDRO ALMODOVAR with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola (Spain / 107 minutes) CAMPO DI BATTAGLIA directed by GIANNI AMELIO ...

Stars from Angelina Jolie to George Clooney will gather this week at the Venice Film Festival, bringing a high dose of Hollywood pizzazz back to the watery city’s sandy Lido. With 21 films vying for the top Golden Lion prize, the 81st edition of the prestigious festival kicks off Wednesday, with Lady Gaga, Daniel Craig and Brad Pitt expected on ...

After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it — that dazzled from the very heights of the pop culture ...