Arts & Culture

LONDON (Reuters) — Biographical drama “Joy,” which received its world premiere at the London Film Festival on Tuesday, depicts the decade-long efforts of three British medics and scientists to develop the technique of in vitro fertilization or IVF. The movie centers on the lesser-known …

REMINDER that for Preptober, Marianas Writers Movement has a free, open-to-the public, writing workshop this Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10 am to 12 noon at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, VTC room. We will be working on novel plot and structure. Hoping to get ready for National Novel Writing Month (Nov…

Choi Soon-hwa, an 81-year-old senior model who won the best dressed award at Miss Universe Korea as the oldest contestant, poses for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea on Oct. 4, 2024. SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korean grandmother Choi Soon-hwa dreamed of becoming a fashion model when she was in her 2…

Rapper Sean Diddy Combs arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York,  Aug. 28, 2016. (Reuters) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was confronted with six new sexual abuse lawsuits on Monday, including one accusing the rap mogul of assaulting a minor. The civil lawsuits were filed a month a…

At a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea on Oct. 10, 2024, people read the book “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. SEOUL (Reuters) — South Koreans flocked to book stores on Friday and crashed websites in a frenzy to snap up copies of the work of novelist Han Kang …

People visit the mausoleum of Christopher Columbus in the cathedral of Seville, Spain, Oct. 11, 2024. MADRID (Reuters) — The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old my…

Lily Collins attends the European premiere for Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” Season 4 at the Moderno cinema in Rome, Italy, Sept. 10, 2024. PARIS (Reuters) — French President Emmanuel Macron said he would fight to ensure Emily — the heroine of Netflix’s hit series “Emily in Par…

Uduch Sengebau Senior, vice president and minister of justice of the Republic of Palau, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session on Sept. 26, 2024. KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — Several female candidates have stepped into Palau’s political arena, signaling a shift toward…

This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1,000+ feet below. At just two inches in length this appears to be the larval stage of a surgeonfish, Micronesia. YAP, FSM (Yap Visitors Bureau) — Yap will have a strong presence at the 2024 DEMA show that will take place…