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Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away and canceled screenwriter-director Abdellah Taia’s scheduled post-film Q&am
Biden adds to the nation's list of national monuments during his term. There's an appetite for more

Biden adds to the nation's list of national monuments during his term. There's an appetite for more

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt did in 1906 what Congress was unwilling to do through legislation: He used his new authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first national monument.
The stars will come out at the Kennedy Center for Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt and Sandoval

The stars will come out at the Kennedy Center for Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt and Sandoval

WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities, cultural icons and a few surprise guests are gathering for the annual Kennedy Center Honors celebration Sunday evening in Washington.
Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away and canceled director Abdellah Taia’s scheduled post-film Q&A.
Milan's Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo's Last Supper

Milan's Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo's Last Supper

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern art addition first envisioned more than 50 years ago with the opening Sunday of Palazzo Citterio, home to one of the world’s m
Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer's favorite places

Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer's favorite places

HAVANA (AP) — Ernest Hemingway has returned to Cuba... in a way. Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author arrived in Havana to visit some of his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.
Marrakech Film Festival bestows Palestinian film 'Happy Holidays' with top award

Marrakech Film Festival bestows Palestinian film 'Happy Holidays' with top award

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The Marrakech International Film Festival bestowed its top prize Friday on “Happy Holidays,” a Palestinian drama set in Israel whose screenplay won an award at the Venice Film Festival in September.
Prince George Taylor Swift fans rent car after flight to Vancouver cancelled

Prince George Taylor Swift fans rent car after flight to Vancouver cancelled

VANCOUVER — Devout Taylor Swift fan Carol Hansson was in Prince George, B.C.
An archbishop's knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on

An archbishop's knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on

PARIS (AP) — Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ’s heart from beating again.
Executive of Tyler Perry Studios dies when plane he was piloting crashes in Florida

Executive of Tyler Perry Studios dies when plane he was piloting crashes in Florida

ATLANTA (AP) — The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida's Gulf Coast.
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