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Grammy Award winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish call out ICE
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Grammy Award winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish call out ICE

Criticism of the Trump administration's anti-migration stance flooded the 68th Grammy Award ceremony on Sunday, which saw winners including Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean address the ongoing immigration crackdown in acceptance speeches. The award ceremony was airing live from Los Angeles, hosted by Trevor Noah, who joked that the awards were coming to viewers "completely live" because "if we edited any of the show, the president would sue CBS for $16 billion." Last summer, US President Donald Trump won a $16 million (roughly €13.48 million) settlement from Paramount over a "60 Minutes" interview he claimed was edited for Kamala Harris' favor. Who won what at the Grammys? Kendrick Lamar broke Jay Z's record for the most awarded rapper in the Grammy's historyImage: Chris Pizzel...
Trump’s Greenland ‘piece of ice’ remark echoes history
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Trump’s Greenland ‘piece of ice’ remark echoes history

When US President Donald Trump referred to Greenland as "a piece of ice" during his recent speech at the World Eonomic Forum in Davos, the remark jarred: Greenland has been inhabited for close to five millennia and is home to over 56,000 people, mostly of Inuit descent.  It also echoed a long‑standing pattern by colonial powers to apply their own ideas of land ownership to places that were already inhabited, often overlooking established local systems. It's a pattern that reveals a deeper divide — two very different ways of understanding the significance and use of land. Greenland's Inuit hold land to be shared collectively, rather than privately owned, an idea that fundamentally conflicts with Trump's desire to buy or otherwise acquire the country. Historically, in many Indigenous soci...
How vampires hold a mirror to society
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How vampires hold a mirror to society

In the run-up to the Oscars on March 15, all eyes are on Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards.Ā  The horror film, set in the early 1930s southern United States, follows twin brothers who return to their hometown, hoping to start over by opening a place for the African American community amid the pressures of Jim Crow-era life. As the opening night unfolds, the celebration reveals that the brothers and their community are being targeted by vampires.Vampire film 'Sinners' sucks up 16 Oscar nominationsTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Alongside the monsters, the story highlights the social and racial violence of the period, suggesting that the supernatural horror mirrors very ...
Trump says Kennedy Center to close for renovations
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Trump says Kennedy Center to close for renovations

US President Donald Trump has announced a 2-year closure of Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for renovations. The center will be closed starting July 4, when the US celebrates its independence. "This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. What else did Trump say, and not say, about the closure? Trump's announcement comes as the arts venue faces a series of event cancellations, many of which linked to the US president's forceful takeover of the center since returning to the White...
Winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish slam ICE
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Winners Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish slam ICE

Criticism of the Trump administration's anti-migration stance flooded the 68th Grammy Award ceremony on Sunday, which saw winners including Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean address the ongoing immigration crackdown in acceptance speeches. The award ceremony was airing live from Los Angeles, hosted by Trevor Noah, who joked that the awards were coming to viewers "completely live" because "if we edited any of the show, the president would sue CBS for $16 billion." Last summer, US President Donald Trump won a $16 million (roughly €13.48 million) settlement from Paramount over a "60 Minutes" interview he claimed was edited for Kamala Harris' favor. Who won what at the Grammys? Kendrick Lamar broke Jay Z's record for the most awarded rapper in the Grammy's historyImage: Chris Pizzel...
Horror in the arts: An undying tradition
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Horror in the arts: An undying tradition

Since time immemorial, horror has found its way into various art forms, whether in fairy tales, books, paintings, sculptures, songs or films.  Despite this long tradition, horror has long been denigrated for being a superficial genre. Curator Westrey Page hopes to demonstrate that isn't the case with the exhibition "Death and the Devil. The Fascination with Horror," which is now on show at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt after its first run at the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. In recent decades, the topic has only appeared marginally in major exhibitions, as Page told DW. Unique in its approach, the exhibition explores how horror has inspired creators in all artistic fields, from fine art to fashion, and from music to film.Albrecht Dürer's 'Knight, Death, and the Devil' from 1513 inspire...
How vampires hold a mirror to society
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How vampires hold a mirror to society

In the run-up to the Oscars on March 15, all eyes are on Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards.Ā  The horror film, set in the early 1930s southern United States, follows twin brothers who return to their hometown, hoping to start over by opening a place for the African American community amid the pressures of Jim Crow-era life. As the opening night unfolds, the celebration reveals that the brothers and their community are being targeted by vampires.Vampire film 'Sinners' sucks up 16 Oscar nominationsTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Alongside the monsters, the story highlights the social and racial violence of the period, suggesting that the supernatural horror mirrors very ...
Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara dies at 71
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Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara dies at 71

Canadian-born actress Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71, her management agency said on Friday.  O'Hara was an Emmy-winner who starred in the series "Schitt's Creek" and the movie "Home Alone." She also starred in the movie "Beetlejuice" and the Hollywood satire show "The Studio." The management agency said O'Hara died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness." According to US entertainment news outlet Page Six, O'Hara was rushed to a hospital before dawn from her home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. The cause of death remains unknown. "I join Canadians and fans across the world in mourning the loss of Catherine O’Hara," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote on X, as condolences poured in. "Over 5 decades of work, Catherine earned her place in the canon...
A German artist’s portrayal of Putin
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A German artist’s portrayal of Putin

"My job is to take a very complex political situation and turn it into a very simple image," says Jacques Tilly, a German papier-mâché artist from Düsseldorf. Tilly is currently in the headlines for his latest carnival float featuring a red-faced Vladimir Putin, eyes bulging as he attempts to swallow a blue-and-yellow object in the shape of Ukraine and emblazoned with the words "Choke on it!" In February 2022, following the invasion Ukraine, carnival events in German cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf turned into spaces for protest and political articulation. Düsseldorf authorities completely canceled carnival parades. Still, Tilly's sculpture toured Düsseldorf in February and now the city is auctioning the float, which has also appeared in protest demonstrations in Berlin. The highest b...
Why fans are obsessed with ‘Bridgerton’
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Why fans are obsessed with ‘Bridgerton’

The start of season four of "Bridgerton" marks the return of one of the most successful series of the streaming era. In this season, Benedict, the third of four sons of the widowed Violet Bridgerton, takes center stage. He would much rather continue living a life as an artist and bohemian than engage in romantic pursuits. And then, at a masquerade ball, Benedict meets a mysterious beauty who captivates him from the very first moment. The mysterious "woman in silver" rushes off just before midnight, leaving behind one of her gloves in her haste — parallels to Cinderella, as told by the Brothers Grimm, are no coincidence. Benedict sets out to find the owner of the glove, but he begins his search in the wrong place, as the mysterious beauty is not who she appears to be…   Once again, "Bridg...