Culture news Grammy Awards 2025: Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar big winners of the night Beyoncé was the big winner at the 67th Grammy Awards. For the first time ever, the 'Cowboy Carter' artist won the award for Album of the Year. Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar won all five of the categories he was nominated for, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Here's the full breakdown. 03/02/2025
Culture news Grammy Awards 2025: Who will win and who should win? Will Beyoncé finally win Album of the Year? Is 2025 the year Kendrick Lamar wins it all? Could Charli XCX nab her first Grammy? Here are our predictions for this weekend’s ceremony. 31/01/2025
Cinema Why are people turning against Karla Sofía Gascón and 'Emilia Pérez'? Here’s everything you need to know about the recent backlash against ‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón and how Jacques Audiard’s award-winning film and Oscar hopeful has seen its buzz dwindle in the past weeks. Could this hurt the film’s Oscar chances? 31/01/2025
Cinema Film(s) of the Week: The 10 unfairly snubbed Oscar movies of 2025 Oscar snubs are to be expected. But these ones hurt. 31/01/2025
Cinema Césars 2025: Who is the favourite to win France’s top cinema award? Who will succeed Justine Triet's 'Anatomy of a Fall' and take home the top prize at France's equivalent to the Oscars? It looks like three films in particular will be locking horns for Best Film... 29/01/2025
Culture news Doomsday Clock ticks one second closer to midnight: How doomed are we? The Doomsday Clock is now at 89 seconds to midnight and we’ve never been closer to annihilation. Here’s everything you need to know about the recent announcement, the origins of the clock, and its presence in pop culture. 29/01/2025
Culture news Algeria blasts EU for condemning arrest of author Boualem Sansal Algerian lawmakers accused the European Parliament of political inference. They have also cast doubt on whether their motivations had to do with French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal's well-being or “harming the image of Algeria.” 29/01/2025
Cinema #SaveThePCC: Iconic London cinema threatened with closure London’s legendary Leicester Square picturehouse is facing possible redevelopment and could be forced to close. A petition to save one of the UK’s best-loved cinemas and the last independent cinema operating in London’s West End has gained more than 11,000 signatures already. 28/01/2025
Lifestyle Year of the Snake 2025: Symbolism, soup and ssstyle The Lunar New Year starts tomorrow, welcoming the Year of the Snake. What can we expect from this year and how are people celebrating? With soup and puppets, for some... 28/01/2025
Culture news French film academy quits Elon Musk’s X The group behind France's equivalent to the Oscars has announced its decision to quit X: "The X platform, particularly due to the actions and stances of its leader, no longer aligns with our values." 28/01/2025
Culture news Watch: Just Stop Oil activists disrupt Sigourney Weaver West End show The climate activists have targeted works of art, Stonehenge, Taylor Swift's jet and Charles Darwin's grave. Now, they're interrupting a Hollywood legend on stage, in order to raise the alarm about a "global shipwreck"... 28/01/2025
Culture news UMG and Spotify sign new deal as Björk slams streaming economy “Spotify is probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians.” Despite new agreements between the world’s largest music label and one of the largest providers of music streaming services, the Icelandic artist’s words continue to ring true. 27/01/2025
Culture news Anti-extremism centre opens in house of Auschwitz commandant The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness. 27/01/2025
Culture news Neil Gaiman's publisher Dark Horse Comics cancels future works The best-selling British author has been accused of assault by several women. Several of his projects - both comics and TV series - have been affected. 27/01/2025
Culture news Marilyn Manson cleared of sexual assault charges The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has ruled not to level sexual abuse charges on Marilyn Manson, citing statute of limitations. 27/01/2025
Culture news New album reviews: Central Cee - Mogwai - FKA twigs UK rap sensation Central Cee releases his debut album ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’; Scottish post-rockers Mogwai deliver their eleventh album ‘The Bad Fire’; and FKA twigs is back with ‘Eusexua’. All on the same day. Here is Euronews Culture’s verdict on a busy day for music releases. 24/01/2025
Cinema Film of the Week: 'The Brutalist' - An uncompromising triumph Freshly nominated for 10 Academy Awards and a frontrunner for Best Picture alongside ‘Emilia Pérez’, Brady Corbet’s powerful American saga is astounding. 24/01/2025
Culture news Is Hans Zimmer reimagining Saudi Arabia's national anthem? The celebrated German composer met Saudi royal court advisor and chairman of the General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalsheikh to discuss a number of "future projects"... 24/01/2025
Cinema Oscar-nominated French director Coralie Fargeat on 'The Substance' Having just been nominated for five Academy Awards – including Best Picture and Best Director – there seems to be no stopping French director Coralie Fargeat’s 'The Substance'. Euronews Culture sat down with the filmmaker to discuss the film and the vital changes society needs to implement. 24/01/2025
Culture news From Brat to Brit: Charli XCX leads the BRIT Awards 2025 nominations Charli XCX leads the way, while golden oldies The Beatles and The Cure both make BRIT Award comebacks. Here's the breakdown of this year's nominations. 24/01/2025