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 Kylie Minogue: Australian Pop Reconnects with Magic
Kylie Minogue: Australian Pop Reconnects with Magic

Kylie Minogue, a true icon of the music world, invites her fans to immerse themselves in the rhythm of her latest creations, Tension II, while also announcing an exciting tour set for 2025, with stops in France, including Paris and Lyon. A year ago, Kylie left the French audience buzzing with her electrifying album Tension, featuring the hit ...

A Remarkable Archaeological Discovery in Petra
A Remarkable Archaeological Discovery in Petra

"This is an exceptionally rare discovery. In two centuries of archaeological research in Petra, nothing like this has been found before," says Josh Gates, host of the show Expedition Unknown on Discovery Channel, who announced the discovery during the broadcast of the show's first season on Wednesday, according to CNN. In the heart of Petra, ...

Raina Kabaivanska: Nurturing the Next Generation of Opera Stars
Raina Kabaivanska: Nurturing the Next Generation of Opera Stars

Raina Kabaivanska, one of the greatest sopranos of her generation and arguably the finest Tosca after Maria Callas, remains a formidable force in opera at 89. Although it has been a decade since her last stage performance, her influence endures through the young stars she mentors at her annual masterclass in Sofia. "When my career ended, I felt a ...

Bathtubs of Dried Flowers: The Abramovic Exhibition in Shanghai
Bathtubs of Dried Flowers: The Abramovic Exhibition in Shanghai

Lying in bathtubs filled with dried flowers, finding yourself with long hair above your head… The exhibition in Shanghai by Serbian artist Marina Abramovic, her first in Asia, offers a “completely immersive” experience.  Marina Abramovic, 77, is globally renowned for her performances, such as her 90-day-long walk on the Great Wall of China ...

Amazigh Facial Tattoos in Morocco Vanish Amid Shifting Religious Attitudes
Amazigh Facial Tattoos in Morocco Vanish Amid Shifting Religious Attitudes

As a young girl growing up in the Atlas Mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore.  "When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village, referring to the once-common practice among ...

Glenn Close Stars in ‘The Summer Book’ Film Adaptation
Glenn Close Stars in ‘The Summer Book’ Film Adaptation

American director Charlie McDowell got the idea to adapt The Summer Book, the novel by Finnish author Tove Jansson, for the screen during the height of the COVID pandemic. He wanted to highlight what truly matters in life: love, grief, aging, and nature.  This book, a classic of international literature, was published in 1972 and tells the story ...

Tribute Bands Bring Legendary Music Icons Back to Life
Tribute Bands Bring Legendary Music Icons Back to Life

Immortal, or almost: Queen, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Abba, and other legendary artists are brought back to life through “tributes,” these acts that let audiences relive “something impossible” by taking them back in time and through hit songs. “Freddie, I love you!” shouts a Mercury fan, as “We Are the Champions” echoes through ...

Hope Amidst the Ruins: Baghdad's Cultural Renaissance
Hope Amidst the Ruins: Baghdad's Cultural Renaissance

In a striking revival of Baghdad’s cultural landscape, an Iraqi professor led a group of students on a walking tour of the city's historic center, highlighting centuries-old landmarks once deemed unsafe to visit. The tour paused at a formidable stone wall built to protect the city from Mongol invaders, a testament to Baghdad's rich ...

Dutch Museum Displays Andy Warhol's Queens in \
Dutch Museum Displays Andy Warhol's Queens in "Royal Edition" Exhibition

A Dutch museum recently unveiled a rare collection of prints by Andy Warhol, depicting female royalty, crafted shortly before the pop art icon's untimely death 36 years ago. Titled Royal Edition, the exhibition at the stately Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn showcases 16 prints of reigning queens. The portraits include that of the former Dutch queen, ...

Crowned with the Nobel Prize in Literature: Han Kang, Anatomist of the Soul
Crowned with the Nobel Prize in Literature: Han Kang, Anatomist of the Soul

Born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, Han Kang is the daughter of writer Han Seung-won. Her childhood and writing have been forever marked by the bloody suppression of the Gwangju Uprising in her hometown in 1980, when she was just 9 years old. Although her family had moved to Seoul just before the tragedy, her accidental discovery of photos of ...

Pharrell Williams and Lewis Hamilton to Co-Chair Met Gala 2025 Celebrating Black Dandyism
Pharrell Williams and Lewis Hamilton to Co-Chair Met Gala 2025 Celebrating Black Dandyism

Pharrell Williams and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton will co-chair the next Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, which will focus on the history of fashion through black diasporas, the museum announced on Wednesday. Five years after the massive anti-racist protests of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, which led many American cultural ...