Brazil pays homage to ‘greatest artist’ Gilberto
Brazil paid heartfelt homage on Sunday to its “greatest artist,” Joao Gilberto, the pioneering bossa nova musician who died a day earlier. “This is an …
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Can Europeans sing right to left?
The Holland Festival is the oldest and largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands, which takes place every June in Amsterdam. It gathers hundreds of …
Netflix’s first Arabic original series sparks uproar in Jordan
Netflix’s first Arabic original series shot in Jordan has stirred controversy in the Middle Eastern country as the prosecutor seeks to ban it after viewers …
The Guardian view on hacking: a dangerous arms trade
Similar programs are widely available to abusers of all sorts, which is one reason why many domestic violence shelters ban the use of smartphones. But …
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Born March 28, 1925 in the village of Tatyanovka (now Shegarsky district, Tomsk region), becoming the second of six children in the family of Mikhail …
Yevgeny Evstigneev
Yevgeny’s childhood was spent on the outskirts, which was called the settlement of Volodarsky. His father was twenty years older than his mother. Both of them were …
How To Add Swipe Up to your Instagram Story
Creating a story on Instagram is a fun new approach to interacting with your followers. It’s especially important for business accounts. Instagram stories feel authentic, …
The most defining viral videos in internet history (19 photos)
Dancing Baby (1996) Also known as the “Oogachaka baby”, this clip of a CGI baby in a diaper dancing to Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a …
Amadou & Mariam are as experimental-and as political-as ever
THEY were once called the “blind couple of Mali”, having first met at the country’s Institute for the Young Blind. Now their first names-“Amadou & …
“Last Flag Flying” and the muddled politics of war
IN 1973, Hal Ashby released “The Last Detail”, a film whose anti-authoritarian politics made it an icon of the counterculture. It is the story of …
Ralphie May, ‘Last Comic Standing’ Comedian, Dead at 45
Ralphie May, the stand-up comedian who turned a second-place finish on Last Comic Standing into a successful career in comedy, died Friday in Las Vegas. …
“Blade Runner 2049” is a flawed replicant
SEQUELS to science-fiction thrillers tend to be bigger, louder, more expensive and more expansive than their predecessors-and that’s if they come out after two or …