Arts & Culture

A Kung Fu nun demonstrates her skills during the reopening of the nunnery for the first time since the Covid-19 closure at Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 30, 2024. KATHMANDU (Reuters) — About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, a…

Actor Brad Pitt and actress/director Angelina Jolie pose at the AFI Awards 2014 honoring excellence in film and television in Beverly Hills, California on Jan. 9, 2015. (Reuters) — Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday, bringing an…

Fire crews battle a building fire on the 1200 block of South Hope Street, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP) — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. T…

Nicholas Hoult, left, and Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from Nosferatu. (AP) — Oh, the weather outside is frightful. But don’t head to the multiplex to stay warm. Not if you’re seeing “Nosferatu,” anyway. Bring your hand warmers, toe warmers, heart warmers and soul warmers — this update of the 1922 sil…

Renowned South African artist Esther Mahlangu’s iconic BMW 525i is displayed at the Wits Arts Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 10, 2024. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A boldly patterned BMW stands at the entrance of the Wits Arts Museum in the vibrant Johannesburg neighborhood of Braamfontein. Its …

Timothée Chalamet in a scene from “A Complete Unknown.” (AP) — “A Complete Unknown” certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of Bob Dylan after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America’s most enigmatic troubadour. But that’s not the point of…

Director Payal Kapadia reacts as she poses after her interview with Reuters in Mumbai, India, Dec. 21, 2024. MUMBAI (Reuters) — Indian cinema is best known for Bollywood extravaganzas, but an art-house film about three women navigating loneliness and love in a metropolis is gaining viewers and earn…

Director Jon M. Chu attends a premiere for the film “Wicked” in London, Britain, Nov. 18, 2024. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Jon M. Chu, the director behind the musical film “Wicked,” felt pressure from both himself and the rest of the team at Universal Pictures to make a masterpiece. “For o…

Nikki Glaser stands on the field after an NFL game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Dec. 19, 2024. INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — What do Tom Brady, Taylor Swift and comedy have to do with learning about football? In the case of Nikki Glaser, it is all intertwined. Glaser has beco…

Rare golden tigresses Ava and Luna in a cage at Chiang Mai Night Safari, in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, Nov. 26, 2024. CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Reuters) — Rare golden tigresses with cream-colored coats and wide eyes at a zoo in northern Thailand have become internet sensations, after luring massive…