Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi who in December had been sentenced in absentia on charges of engaging in propaganda activities against the Iranian state. Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili announced the decision by the court to reject the director’s appeal during a press briefing in Tehran on … Read more
As New York City braces for a stretch of 80-degree days this week, Tribeca’s 25th anniversary edition is also bringing some serious heat to New York’s after-hours circuit. Running June 3-14, this year’s festival opened with Questlove’s new Earth, Wind & Fire documentary and a live performance from Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots at … Read more
Olivia Rodrigo reunited with the Cure’s Robert Smith Saturday at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, where the singer performed a surprise set. A day after the Cure’s own headlining set at the festival, Rodrigo — who was not on the fest’s lineup — told fans on social media Saturday that she would play Primavera Sound. Rodrigo’s 11-song … Read more
Russia fired waves of drones and other munitions at Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people and damaging a nuclear storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukrainian officials said. Radiation levels at the facility remained within normal limits following the attack, although the building’s reception was “partially destroyed”, according to Ukraine’s Energoatom nuclear … Read more
Ariana Grande needs everyone in Oakland Arena to be quiet. It’s opening night of the Eternal Sunshine tour and she’s standing at the circular end of the stage’s lengthy walkway with a loop station positioned in front of her. Her request asks a lot from the more than 17,000 people who’ve waited nearly seven years … Read more
This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Paul Anthony Kelly plays his first-ever professional acting role in “Love Story,” where he takes on the role of John F. Kennedy Jr. in … Read more
The Tribeca Festival has condemned the jokes made on the red carpet of “The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)” by comedian Elon Gold and influencer Lizzy Savetsky about the rape of Palestinians, calling them “offensive and unacceptable.” In a clip that was widely shared on social media, drawing outrage, Gold noted that the … Read more
Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley suggested in an interview with The New York Times that CBS News parent Paramount Skydance remove Bari Weiss as the leader of the news division, alleging in an emotional exchange that “television’s not her thing” and her inexperience with the medium and her belief that mainstream media is biased … Read more
Kitchen knives are so personal. You can do almost everything you need in a kitchen with a chef’s knife, paring knife, and a bread knife. But the more time you spend in the kitchen, the more you develop preferences, and soon it becomes a bit of an n+1 thing, and there you are, pondering a … Read more
Then there’s the missing removable storage. Yes, I’d prefer a card; it’s just easier to swap out a card in the field. But the BF does have 256 gigabytes of built-in storage. I can’t think of the last time I shot enough images to fill that much space before getting back to my laptop to … Read more