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Kristen Stewart’s ‘Chronology Of Water’ Gets Big Ovation In Cannes Debut

Kristen Stewart’s feature directorial debut The Chronology of Water unspooled at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night and was greeted by a 6½-minute ovation by an enthusiastic audience. Stewart’s long-gestating project, adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s bestselling 2011 memoir, went down well in the room, and Stewart was mobbed by her fans in the Grand Lumiere Theater, making…

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Calligraphy created by assassin while awaiting execution breaking auction records in South Korea

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese leader, is breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country’s ultra-rich seek to bring historic artwork home. Revered in the South for his efforts to defend the country against Japanese encroachment, Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic,…

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World Pride comes to Washington in the shadow of, and in defiance of, the Trump administration

WASHINGTON — The World Pride 2025 welcome concert, with pop icon Shakira performing at Nationals Stadium, isn’t until May 31. But for host city Washington D.C., the festivities start with a string of localized Pride events beginning with Trans Pride on Saturday. Hundreds of LGBTQ+ rallies, seminars, parties, after-parties and after-after-parties are planned for the…

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