David Mouriquand
Cinema
Ranked: What are the best Tom Waits big screen performances?
Starring in Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother', which just won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Euronews Culture takes a look back at the indelible – and often overlooked - mark legendary musician Tom Waits continues to make on the world of cinema.
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‘Chipocalypse Now’: Is the Trump administration culturally illiterate?
This weekend, Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself threatening to wage war on Chicago, a Democratic city he has targeted as next up in his immigration and crime crackdown. However, the image reveals how little he gets the movie reference he is co-opting. And not for the first time...
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Who won big at this year's MTV Video Music Awards?
The MTV Video Music Awards delivered a starry show, with Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande winning top honours, tributes to Mariah Carey and Ozzy Osbourne, and a performance by Sabrina Carpenter that will be remembered. Here’s everything you need to know.
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French actress Adèle Haenel joining the flotilla to Gaza from Tunis
The celebrated French actress, who announced two years ago that she was stepping away from the world of film for “political reasons”, has said she will set sail for the Gaza Strip from Tunis aboard the Global Sumud flotilla - the biggest attempt yet to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
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BDS movement call for boycott of Radiohead’s 2025 tour
The pro-Palestine campaign group BDS has said Radiohead “continues with its complicit silence” and has criticised the band's guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, for his recent performances with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa. They are calling for a boycott of the band’s recently announced UK and EU tour.
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South Park ups the ante in new episode with shocking Trump twist
South Park continues to go viral, with each new episode resonating with audiences and the TV show continuing to beat viewership records. This week's episode has (crudely) doubled down by confirming a certain relationship... But that's not all.
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Is Taylor Swift headlining the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show?
There have been rumours and Swifties did spot some Easter eggs when Taylor Swift announced the release of her new album. Now, the NFL commissioner seems to have dropped a serious hint that the pop superstar could be headlining the coveted halftime slot.
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UK Met Police chief calls for law change after arrest of comedy writer
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has responded to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan earlier this week, saying that police "should not be policing toxic culture war debates." Linehan's arrrest over anti-trans posts has sparked heated debate in the UK over freedom of speech.
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Arrest of comedy writer over transgender posts sparks outcry in UK
The Irish comedy writer and creator of celebrated shows like The IT Crowd and Father Ted was arrested this week at Heathrow Airport over a series of anti-trans posts. The arrest has sparked fury and free speech outcry in the UK, with Elon Musk describing Britain as a "police state".
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Dame Anna Wintour taps Chloe Malle as top editor at American Vogue
Dame Anna has finally announced her successor - Chloe Malle. Daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the late French director Louis Malle, she joined Vogue as social editor in 2011. But the most powerful person in the business isn't going anywhere...
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