Tag: Arts and entertainment
Daily readings at tomb honor Dante 700 years after his death
RAVENNA, Italy — As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as...
Get the party started! Live audience for Eurovision final
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — After more than a week of rehearsals, two semifinals and 53,000 COVID-19 tests for fans, staff and performers, the Eurovision Song...
Ex-BBC head quits gallery job amid Diana interview fallout
LONDON — Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs at the time of the public broadcaster's explosive 1995 interview with...
UNESCO exhibit in Venice focuses on rebuilding Mosul sites
VENICE, Italy — The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul,...
CNN cuts ties with Rick Santorum over disparaging comments
NEW YORK — CNN is cutting ties with former Republican senator and current TV analyst Rick Santorum over disparaging comments he made about Native...
Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance
NEW YORK — Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her...
Biden won’t allow Justice Dept. to seize reporters’ records
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says he won’t allow the Department of Justice to seize journalists’ phone records and emails, calling the practice “wrong”...
Alexandra Huynh, 18, is the new National Youth Poet Laureate
<p>NEW YORK — An incoming first-year student at Stanford University has been named the new National Youth Poet Laureate. Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a...
Artist publishes 100 drawings from Peru’s COVID-19 pandemic
LIMA, Peru — With a pencil and a notebook, artist Edilberto Jiménez walks the streets of Lima and cities in the Andes mountains collecting...
‘I was afraid’: Prince Harry, Oprah discuss mental health
NEW YORK — For Harry, returning to London to attend Prince Philip's funeral last month meant once more facing a place where he felt...