A life-long leftist, Piccoli counted the philosophers Simone de Beauvoir and John-Paul Sartre among his friends, but that did not stop him raging against repression in the old Eastern Bloc and supporting the Polish trade union, Solidarity
Shelton was the leading voice of the new American indie cinema movement. She made waves with her low-budget films, then made splashes through her television work, including 'Mad Men,' 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'The Mindy Project' and 'GLOW.'
Kirchherr was influential in transforming the Beatles’ style. The collarless jackets the Beatles favored in the early days of Beatlemania were inspired by Kirchherr’s wardrobe and she loved what became the Beatles' “mop top” -- hair brushed forward, without gel
In expletive-laced Twitter and Instagram posts, the composer of 'Cuts Like A Knife' wrote that his gigs at the Royal Albert Hall were nixed thanks to 'bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards'
Although a supporting player on 'Seinfeld,' Stiller created some of the Emmy-winning show’s most enduring moments: co-creator and model for the 'bro,' a...
Little Richard, the self-proclaimed 'architect of rock ‘n’ roll' whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music...
Celebrated wartime and celebrity photographer Tony Vaccaro, now 97, is getting over a bout with COVID-19. He attributes his longevity to 'blind luck, red...
Schneider and collaborator Ralf Hutter combined the German language lyrics with synthesisers and drum machines to create 'krautrock,' which won Kraftwerk a...
Two Indonesian choreographers have given a modern twist to saweran, the traditional system for tipping artists -- posting video recordings of dancers’ work on...
Dating back to the 6th-century BC, this ancient Greek colony reopened May 18 with temperature checks at the entrance, limited numbers of people, hand...
Riccardo Muti will conduct a youth orchestra in an open-air concert launching the annual Ravenna Festival next month in what organizers billed Friday as...
"You treated me like a small depositor, piss-poor and wretched," Cosette Chedid croons with a pout. "I opened my heart to you like a fresh dollars account, Go...
As the spread of the new coronavirus in the country slows, the governor of the region around the Italian city announced the festival would go ahead
'This is my deathbed confession,' says McCorvey, chuckling with the aid of oxygen during filming. 'I took their money and they put me out in front of the...
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on March 13, 1930, Elias was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters whose parents had migrated to the U.S. from the region...
Born in Ait Lahcene, near the Kabylie capital of Tizi Ouzou, then part of French Algeria, he studied to be a geologist, but his life took a turn in 1973 when...
Through key exhibitions and texts, Celant was an influential proponent of the work of young Italian artists in Turin, Milan, Genoa and Rome, working with...
The father-of-two acted in almost 100 films, winning awards and the admiration of his peers for his nuanced performances. During the press promotions for...
“Call to Unite,” a 24-hour global livestream event, promises participation by such 'stars' as Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and George W. Bush, while Sotheby’s...
'P.O. Enquist’s importance to Swedish cultural life since the 1960s can’t be exaggerated,' wrote newspaper culture editor Bjorn Wiman Sunday. 'He was the...
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will follow Houston from obscurity to pop stardom and promises to be “frank about the price that super-stardom exacted,”...
The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project has announced that under an initiative called Together For Her, $500,000 would go to domestic violence shelters...
'Marianne thanks you all for your kind messages of concern which have meant a great deal through what is a such a difficult time for so many,” a statement...
As U.N. Goodwill Ambassadors, the British actor and his model wife have begun a push to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on farmers and food producers in rural...
The best-selling author, who fled the Chile of dictator Augusto Pinochet, wrote some 20 novels and short stories, among them 'The Old Man Who Read Love...
Nearly two-meters tall, Dennehy went to Hollywood for his first movie, “Semi-Tough” starring Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson. Dennehy was paid $10,000 a...
'Tim Brooke-Taylor,' tweeted writer-performer Stephen Fry, was a 'hero for as long as I can remember ... Gentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty...
While his film work is seen to reflect Japan’s postwar modernization, Obayashi was also a trailblazer in the world of Japanese TV ads, hiring foreign movie...
The Oscar-winner hopes other non-profits and local governments will help run test sites too. In the meantime, he said everyone should be washing their hands...
The caricaturists' admirers included 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas, who in the 1970s wrote a fan letter to Mad even as his lawyers were threatening to sue...
Frodeno plans to livestream a complete ironman challenge from his home in Genova, Spain, and raise funds to fight the pandemic
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Mary Jordan said she investigated everything from Melania Knauss’ childhood in Slovenia to her years as a model to her...
His anti-Vietnam War hit “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore” found a second coming in the early 2000s as the U.S. embarked on wars in...
Blackman considered Pussy Galore -- a lesbian in Ian Fleming’s book -- a kind of early feminist, and a different breed than the average Bond woman
An award-winning actor who'd worked with directors like Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg, Douglas was foremost a champion for Canada’s medicare system and...