Arts & Culture

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Hollywood actor Kristen Stewart’s latest role in “Full Phil,” an absurdist comedy about a ​father and daughter navigating a strained relationship amid ‌an endless stream of French cuisine, proved physically demanding when it came to food.

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.

VIENNA (Reuters) — Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time on Saturday in a final overshadowed ​by five countries’ boycott over Gaza, claiming a dramatic victory despite another big public vote for Israel that again secured it ‌second place.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Austrian director Marie Kreutzer recalled on Saturday it was difficult to make her Cannes Film Festival entry “Gentle Monster,” a family ​drama about the fallout from an investigation into child sexual abuse ‌images that offers no easy answers.

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) — U.S. screen legend John Travolta, star of hits such as “Pulp Fiction” and “Grease,” was surprised on Friday with an honorary Palme d’Or prize ​at the Cannes Film Festival, before the premiere of his ‌directorial debut “Propeller One-Way…

VIENNA (Reuters) — You will barely notice them on television, but a small band of stage hands nicknamed “ninjas” at the Eurovision Song Contest perform ​a feat as impressive as those on stage: swapping out countries’ ‌sets in the 48 seconds between acts.

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.