Arts & Culture

Faizan Zaki, 13, of Dallas, Texas, holds the prize after winning the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, May 29, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old boy from the Dallas area, won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, swiftly nailing the …

THIS Saturday, May 31, marks the last day of the 26th Annual Taste of The Marianas International Food Festival, with festivities extended an extra hour until 11 p.m. The entertainment lineup for Saturday is slated to be: Ace Elameto (5 p.m.), Josh Castro (5:55 p.m.), Tekana Hau Nui (6:30 p.m.), Ed …

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Billie Eilish gives her acceptance speech for the Artist of the Year award virtually. REUTERS LAS VEGAS (Reuters) — “Birds of a Feather” singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Vegas at a red-carpet ceremony tha…

Ben Wang and Ralph Macchio pose as they promote the upcoming movie “Karate Kid: Legends,” before a Sony Pictures presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 31, 2025. LONDON (Reuters) — Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio blend fighting tec…

From left, actors Jean Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau and director Marcel Ophuls pose on the set of “Banana Skin-Peau de Banane,” Feb. 26, 1963 at Billancourt studioes near Paris. AP PARIS (AP) — Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pi…

Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty reality television program speaks at Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign stop, Feb. 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. AP WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman’s paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and…