4 d. ago Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothersThe Cannes film festival selection has been unveiled by its director Thierry Frémaux, with all its auteur heavyweights and cineaste silverback gorillas, including new work by Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Ari Aster, Wes Anderson, Joachim Trier and Carla Simón. Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie is showing out of competition; Robert De Niro is getting an honorary Palme d’Or – and probably treating audiences to a characteristically tightlipped onstage interview – and Bono arrives at the red carpet for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. Actor turned director Scarlett Johansson comes to Cannes with her Eleanor the Great, a quirky New York tale starring veteran player June Squibb.There is also, of course, an appearance from the B...

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4 d. ago Montreux Jazz Festival unveils spectacular 2025 programme, from Diana Ross to RAYE and Neil Young

Some of the world’s most renowned artists return this summer to the spectacular setting of Montreux for the storied musical celebration

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4 d. ago Montreux Jazz Festival to feature Chaka Khan tribute to Quincy Jones

Khan will be joined on the bill by the likes of Neil Young, Pulp, Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie, FKA Twigs and The Black Keys.

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6 d. ago Great Scottish Corbetts 2025: Here are 10 of the most spectacular Corbett mountains to bag in Scotland

Want a great day out in Scotland? We have some suggestions.

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7 d. ago More stellar acts unveiled for Little Simz’ Meltdown Festival at London’s Southbank Centre

More stellar acts unveiled for Little Simz’ Meltdown Festival at London’s Southbank Centre  Euronews.com

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2 w. ago Solar Eclipse 2025 LIVE as UK to be treated to spectacular celestial show

A partial Solar Eclipse will be visible across the UK on Saturday morning

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2 w. ago Solar Eclipse 2025 LIVE as UK treated to spectacular celestial show

A partial Solar Eclipse will be visible across the UK on Saturday morning

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2 w. ago Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

Jaw-droppingly star-studded and stuffed with incredible stories, this series is a joy to watch. Just wait till you hear the one about James Brown burying bags of cash in the woods Denzel Washington. Don Cheadle. Morgan Freeman. Laurence Fishburne. Idris Elba. Viola Davis. Halle Berry. Cynthia Erivo. Angela Bassett. Octavia Spencer. To say that the cast of Apple’s new two-part, feature-length documentary series is stacked would be an understatement, and that truly is only a smattering of its many interviewees: I’d be here all week if I listed every single one. A celebration of black excellence in Hollywood, these two films are produced by the likes of Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart, and stuffed full of household names who have made it to that coveted No 1 spot on the call sheet – in other words, the top-billed star of a production. They also offer a potted history of how black actors came to thrive in Hollywood – and the struggle baked into almost every stage of that process.Episode one f...

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2 w. ago Small but feisty: the clever cuttlefish that changes colour to bedazzle predators

The flamboyant cuttlefish flashes patterns and psychedelic colours and waves its arms in a hypnotic displayMore fantastic invertebrate nominations hereIf you love a feisty rebel, look no further than the flamboyant cuttlefish, on the 10-strong shortlist for the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year 2025. It is small, smart, capable of spectacular displays and has fought against the odds to become the deadliest of its kind.This creative creature is small for its class of cephalopods, which includes octopus, squid and nautilus, at just 6-8cm. Due to the relatively reduced size of its air-filled cuttlebone, a unique internal shell used for buoyancy that lends these molluscs their unique, rather alien-spaceship way of swimming, it cannot float or hover as well as its cousins.Between 24 March and 2 April, we will be profiling a shortlist of 10 of the invertebrates chosen by readers and selected by our wildlife writers from more than 2,500 nominations. The voting for our 2025 invertebrate o...

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last month Magic takes flight: Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2025 – in pictures

From 15-23 March, Lake Burley Griffin and the surrounding natural scenery is filled with colour as hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes take to the sky. Spectators young and old gathered around John Dunmore Lang Place in Parkes at the crack of dawn on Saturday for the magical experience Continue reading...

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