Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star, dies at 53
Doherty died on Saturday, according to her publicist. The television star had had breast cancer for years.
Pioneering video artist Bill Viola dies aged 73
The American artist was known for creating powerful video installations often dealing with the extremes of human emotion and experience of birth, death and consciousness. Over five decades, Viola's work…
Sting, Sam Smith and Gossip headline top music festival in France’s Brittany
Every year, hundreds of thousands of music lovers make their way to Carhaix in Brittany for the “Vieilles Charrues”. This year France 24’s Jennifer Ben Brahim joins them to bring…
Shelley Duvall, ‘The Shining’ actor, dies aged 75
The intrepid movie star whose winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining,' has died, aged 75.
Avignon’s 78th Theatre Festival: Performing arts, politics and productions en Español
As the dramatic arts fill the streets of Avignon, Arts 24 relocates to the southern city for a special edition. Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes us through the highlights of the annual…
Film show: A Moon landing rom-com with a modern touch
We take a trip back to late 1960s thanks to “Fly Me to the Moon”, as Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum pair up in Greg Berlanti’s stylish take on the…
‘I Am: Céline Dion’ on Prime Video: The painful journey of a voiceless diva
Director Irene Taylor doesn't skimp on voyeurism to illustrate the singer's battle against a rare illness that affects her vocal cords and has prevented her from being on the stage…
Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial begins with jury selection
The star of 'The Hunt for Red October' made his first appearance in the courtroom on Monday, when Judge Mary Marlowe Summer, in a significant victory for the defense, ruled…
Author Michael Donkor on family, fulfilment and dealing with everyday racism
His second novel, "Grow Where They Fall", shifts between the wonder of childhood and the existential pangs of 21st-century adulthood in South London. Michael Donkor's elegant reflections on sexuality, class…
Dmitri Tcherniakov: ‘There’s nothing exceptional about the Atreides family, they’re people of today’
In an interview, the Russian theatre director, who opened the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence on July 3, explains how he conceived his diptych of Gluck operas around Iphigenia.
