LuxAds


Iran Sentences Filmmaker over Cannes-Selected Movie

A court in Iran has sentenced prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months in prison for the screening of his film “Leila’s Brothers” at the Cannes Film Festival last year, local media reported Tuesday. “Leila’s Brothers,” a rich and …


Artists Mark 50 Years of Hip-Hop

The music genre hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with events across the United States. A Los Angeles art gallery is showing photographs of hip-hop legends. Genia Dulot visited the gallery and files this report. (Camera: Genia Dulot) …


Comic Books and Superheroes Reflecting Asian American Identity

The word “manga” is used to describe a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced in Japan. It has long been associated with Asian culture. But new generations of Asian Americans are identifying more with American comic …


Fiction Writers Fear Rise of AI, Yet See It as a Story

For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild this summer, urging AI companies not …


Peru’s Social Media Phenomenon Fuses Quechua, K-Pop

What happens when you take Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, and fuse it with K-pop, the global musical sensation with roots in South Korea?  Ask Lenin Tamayo, who has become a social media phenomenon with …


Young People Want Education, Jobs for Better Future

Education skills and employability are the pathway to a better life — that is the key takeaway expressed by 40% of young people across all age groups who participated in a survey to identify the hopes and aspirations of youth …


‘Barbie’ in Crosshairs of Growing Censorship in Lebanon

Lebanon is considering banning the “Barbie” movie because the culture minister said the film “promotes homosexuality” and contradicts religious values, in a move that some experts say underscores the poor state of free speech and gay rights in the country and …


Emmys Pushed to January as Hollywood Strikes Press On

The 75th Emmy Awards ceremony is postponed to Jan. 15, the Television Academy and broadcast network Fox said on Thursday, as Hollywood writers and actors strike over labor disputes with major studios. The Emmys were originally slated to air on …


Guitarist, Songwriter Robertson of The Band Dies at 80

Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80.  Robertson died in Los Angeles, surrounded …