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The mythical creatures of Europe: Baba Yaga

For our countdown to Halloween, we explore the mythical creatures of Europe. Today: Slavic myth, the Baba Yaga

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Taylor Swift breaks all records in the space of three days

Taylor Swift’s latest album ‘Midnights’ has already surpassed 1 million units in the US, making it the top-selling album of 2022 so far. But, wait, there's more...

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Leslie Jordan, beloved Emmy-winning actor, dies aged 67

The actor, writer and singer best known for his roles in Will & Grace, American Horror Story and Hearts Afire, has died.

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Luv Resval, rising star of French rap, dies aged 24

The French rapper died following “an asthma attack, a condition he suffered from since birth,” revealed his family in a press release published on social media.

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Interview: Just Stop Oil activist on why it's right to attack art

Euronews Culture speaks with Alex De Koning, a Just Stop Oil spokesperson who believes that pushing cultural buttons can make people question their comfort zones.

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Euronews Culture’s Horror-a-thon: Day 1 - Feeder

We here at Euronews Culture are celebrating Halloween by counting down the days til that scariest of holidays with a horror short film every day. Day 1: Feeder, by Christian Rivers

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German climate activists throw mashed potatoes on Monet painting

Climate protesters have thrown mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting at Potsdam’s Barberini Museum, to protest fossil fuel extraction.

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Cheque, mate: Niemann sues chess world champion for defamation

After multiples cheating accusations - which at one point included the rumoured use of vibrating anal beads - US chess grandmaster Hans Niemann is now suing rival Magnus Carlsen for at least $100m.

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Kevin Spacey not guilty in US sexual misconduct trial

A jury has sided with Kevin Spacey in one of the lawsuits that derailed the film star’s career, finding he did not sexually abuse actor Anthony Rapp

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Decision To Leave'

The director of Oldboy, Stoker and The Handmaiden returns with a knotty murder mystery that revitalizes the noir genre by making it an achingly beautiful love story. Not one to miss...

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Euroviews. Liz Truss quits: rules for a 'Cultured' resignation speech

Lost for words Liz? Fear not, Euronews Culture is on standby to impart some advice so that the departing UK prime minister can leave the room with a modicum of dignity once her successor has been chosen... After all, when you’re a politician, that farewell moment isn’t one you want to mess up.

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Actress Anna May Wong becomes first Asian American on US currency

The coin is part of the American Women Quarters Program, an effort to feature notable and trailblazing women on American quarters

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Would you buy this painting by King Charles III?

"It's not awful. It's not appalling, but it's not great," says art critic Estelle Lovatt.

Cult

Nonbinary author Kim de l’Horizon shaves head at German Book Prize win

“We should all look to Iran in admiration for this courage, this power,” de l’Horizon said. “It shows how stupid our worldview was that we thought femininity is only emancipated in the Western world.”

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Disney vs France: Future films could bypass French cinemas altogether

The sequel to Blank Panther, Wakanda Forever, makes its way to cinemas next month. But Disney warns that future films could bypass French cinemas altogether unless distribution rules are fundamentally reformed.

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Daniel Craig receives same honour as James Bond

Craig has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the same and rare honour held by Ian Fleming's famous fictional secret agent James Bond.

Food and Drink

May the dough be with you: Han Solo gets baked

A bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area has dubbed its 6-foot (1.8 meter) bread sculpture of the Star Wars character “Pan Solo”

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'Elvis' director Baz Luhrmann wants to unlock people’s creativity

The Australian filmmaker teams up with Bombay Sapphire to helm a creative call-to-arms, which is inviting people to discover the creative inspiration that exists all around them.

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Armageddon Time: A conversation with James Gray

Currently showing at The Lumière Film Festival, James Gray sits down with Euronews Culture to discuss his new feature film, a deeply empathetic autobiographical drama about growing up in New York City in the 1980s, as well as his fears for the lifespan and culture of moviegoing

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BTS members to serve in military and plan to regroup in 2025

BTS will enlist in the South Korean military for national service, according to their agency, putting an end to a years-long debate on whether the K-pop stars deserved exemptions from mandatory service.

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