Arts & Culture

CANNES, France (Reuters) — Penelope Cruz wanted to be ​in Cannes Film Festival entry “The Black Ball” no matter how small the role because she felt ‌the ambitious gay epic about Spanish history could have an important impact on younger people, she said on Friday.

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.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” the first “Star Wars” ​movie in seven years, heads to theaters this weekend as Walt Disney bets on the charm ‌of Baby Yoda to re-energize the film franchise.

CANNES, France (Reuters) — A ​black-and-white photo of World War One soldiers posing in sandbag skirts and shell jewelry, in ‌stark contrast to typical images of the conflict, provided the starting point for Cannes Film Festival entry “Coward,” said Belgian director Lukas Dhont.

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. From the blurb: “These stories about Filipino contract workers on the Pacific island of Saipan depict their all-too huma…

(AP) — It was only a matter of time before “that octopus book” became “that octopus movie” (or, at least, “that other octopus movie”). Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures” was a kind of slow-burn, word-of-mouth literary sensation in the years since it was first published in 2022.

NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after the last “Godfather” movie and more than 10 years since the last “Godfather” novel, the story of the Corleone crime family has a new chapter, presented for the first time from a woman’s point of view.

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.