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'Civil War,' an election-year provocation, premieres at SXSW film festival

Mar. 15, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s election-year provocation, debuted Thursday at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, unveiling a violent vision of a near-future America at war with itself. “Civil War,” reportedly A24’s biggest budget release yet, is a bold...

Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain to lead this year's Glastonbury Festival in June

Mar. 14, 2024 08:58 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Whatever the weather, the 200,000 or so music fans heading down to this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to get something different. For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on...

A trial begins in Norway of a man accused of a deadly shooting at a LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo

Mar. 12, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial began Tuesday in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo's nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside...

A family run workshop keeps the legacy of the Mexican fireworks alive despite the danger

Mar. 09, 2024 15:54 PM EST

TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant papier-mâché bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted and painted the colorful patterns that...

Old Masters and Roman statues vie for the attention of well-heeled collectors at Dutch art fair

Mar. 07, 2024 07:44 AM EST

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — Old Masters, Roman statues, modern furniture, tribal masks and vintage watches are vying for the attention of well-heeled collectors as the TEFAF art fair opened on Thursday in the southern Netherlands. The show takes place in a cavernous exhibition...

Montreal's 'Just for Laughs' comedy festival cancels this year's edition, seeks to avoid bankruptcy

Mar. 06, 2024 15:34 PM EST

MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal company that operates the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival said Tuesday it has canceled this year’s event as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy. Groupe Juste pour rire Inc. said in a news release that it is seeking protection from its creditors as it...

Peace, music and memories: As the 1960s fade, historians scramble to capture Woodstock's voices

Mar. 02, 2024 00:07 AM EST

BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Woodstock didn't even happen in Woodstock. The fabled music festival, seen as one of the seminal cultural events of the 1960s, took place 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) away in Bethel, New York, an even smaller village than Woodstock. It's a fitting misnomer for an...

A sure sign of spring: The iconic cherry trees in the nation's capital will soon begin to bloom

Feb. 29, 2024 16:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's cherry blossom season again, and officials in the nation's capital are predicting a banner year for the signature pink blooms. To herald the iconic blossoms, the nation's capital has prepared several weeks of events, including a parade, concerts and fireworks for both...

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest

Feb. 23, 2024 13:39 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital. Dozens of tractors drove peacefully into Paris carrying flags from Rural...

Southern Israel was filled with blood and death. Brilliant red wildflowers now bloom among the ashes

Feb. 16, 2024 01:05 AM EST

REIM, Southern Israel (AP) — Each year as spring approaches, wildflowers erupt across Israel, a splash of color before the punishing Middle Eastern summer. Nowhere is the show more dramatic than in southern Israel, near Gaza, where brilliant red anemones burst forth with such intensity that...