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Oxford Word of the Year 2022 to be decided by public for first time

Will it be ‘metaverse’, ‘#IStandWith’ or ‘goblin mode’?

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Bob Dylan publisher apologises for expensive fake autographs

Simon & Schuster have apologised and offered immediate refunds to those who purchased the $600 special edition of Dylan's new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song."

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Fashion label Balenciaga pulls ads featuring children with BDSM teddy

Luxury brand Balenciaga has taken ‘shock factor’ too far and has issued an apology for its recent advertisements featuring children with sexualized teddy bears.

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French docu-comic keeps the memory of the Armenian genocide alive

With ‘Une Histoire du Génocide des Arméniens’ (‘A History of the Armenian Genocide’), Jean-Blaise Djian (Djian) and Gorune Aprikian merge fiction and archival material to deliver an educational message but also one of tolerance. Euronews Culture speaks to scriptwriter Gorune Aprikian...

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Bad Blood: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco gets political

Ticketmaster apologized but there’s still bad blood. And politicians have started acting on it.

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“An asshole move”: Jack White quits Twitter over Trump’s reinstatement

Jack White is the latest celebrity to wave goodbye to Twitter. Here's why and who the other celebs leaving the social media platform are

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Who won big at the 2022 International Emmy Awards?

The UK dominated this year’s awards, scoring seven wins, while France took two, the only other country with multiple wins.

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Holy carp! UK fisherman catches record-breaking monster goldfish

Andy Hackett, 42, landed the record-breaking 67.4-pound fish called The Carrot in France.

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A conversation with your next musical obsession: Clipping.

Euronews Culture caught up with experimental hip-hop trio Clipping as they embark on the European leg of their Bodies and Blood tour, to talk about cinema influences, post-pandemic touring and the real-life horrors looming over us.

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Governors Awards: Honorary Oscars for Michael J. Fox and Euzhan Palcy

Now in its 13th year, The Governors Awards is essentially the Oscars chance to right past wrongs and correct some oversights...

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Jason David Frank: RIP Green Power Ranger

Jason David Frank, the 'Power Rangers' star and former MMA fighter, has died aged 49

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Chris Hemsworth taking break from acting after Alzheimer's risk

The Thor and Avengers star has revealed an increased risk of Alzheimer’s and will now take time off the big screen.

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Wonder'

Sebastián Lelio returns to the big screen after four years with The Wonder, a captivating period drama which transports the viewer to Ireland in the wake of the Great Famine, with a story that pits faith against science.

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Scrabble's new words: Know your 'ambigram' from your 'zedonk'?

“English speakers like to have fun with words, and no one does it better than Scrabble players, who make excellent use of words both obscure and common.”

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Brendan Fraser: “My mother didn’t raise a hypocrite”

Brendan Fraser confirms he will not participate in the Golden Globes next year if he is nominated for his performance in The Whale.

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Maradona 'Hand of God' World Cup ball fails to sell despite €2.3M bid

Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian former match official who refereed the quarterfinal game between Argentina and England in Mexico in 1986, owned the 36-year-old Adidas ball that was auctioned in London.

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Liberté, Égalité… Clitoris?

The mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics has been revealed… And it’s quite the revolutionary move.

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Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar dominate 2023 Grammy Award nominations

Queen Bey leads the nominees with nine nods for her album ‘Renaissance’ and becomes the most-nominated artist in Grammy history, tying with her husband Jay-Z with a total of 88 nods.

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Climate activists throw black liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna

Letzte Generation Österreich (Last Generation Austria) said they targeted the 1915 work of art to protest their government's use of fossil energies.

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Euroviews. Why Marvel needs to stop queerbaiting audiences

While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever does well for a sequel to a cultural behemoth, it singularly fails when it comes to what Marvel were advertising: queer representation.

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