Arts & Culture

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

MADRID (Reuters) — Spain’s High Court has acquitted ‌Colombian pop star Shakira of tax fraud and overturned the 55 million euro ($64 million) fine imposed in 2021 by the Spanish tax agency, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Monday.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Cuban‑born Hollywood actor Andy Garcia’s passion project, “Diamond,” screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, some two decades ​after the “Ocean’s Eleven” star first conceived the idea while helping his ‌daughter with a school a…

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Korean director Na Hong-jin has already sketched out a sequel to his sci-fi thriller “Hope,” he said on ​Monday, a day after the film that took eight years ‌to make premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn ​returned to the Cannes Film Festival 15 years after his breakthrough hit “Drive” with ‌a dark new fable shaped by what he described as the hidden narratives driving modern media consumption.

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — If a couple loses a child, would it be ethical to use AI to try to recreate the child if it eases ​their grief? And what happens when that AI decides it has ‌its own interests beyond the family that it was meant to console?