French arthouse movie director Agnes Varda is to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival, the first female handed the coveted award, organisers said Saturday. Only Woody Allen, in 2002, Clint Eastwood in 2009, and Bernardo Bertolucci, in 2011, have been granted the distinction “given to renowned directors whose works have achieved a global impact but who have nevertheless never won the Palme d’Or,” a festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A Nigerian art critic and museum director is the first African to curate the Biennale contemporary art fair that opens Saturday for its seven-month run, while female artists are representing more countries than ever in national pavilions — trends seen as an informal rebalancing in the art world.
NEW YORK (AP) — HBO did not defame a British sporting-goods company with a report that showed children stitching the company’s soccer balls, a federal jury in Manhattan has decided.
Somebody get this dude on Shark Tank. Just wait until you hear his restaurant pitch. In late April, Jeff Waters strolled casually into a Bank of America in Jacksonville. (Raise your hand…
Even on her off-duty model days, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks like she just stepped off the pages of Vogue. From the Parisian runways to the JFK, this leggy blonde turns chic into an effortless…
