ROME (AP) — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of light and darkness in Western art. A new exhibit of works by the Baroque painter ...
CANNES, France (AP) — Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hadn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years. Panahi, one of the leading international directors, was banned from traveling out of Iran in 2009 for attending the funeral of a student killed in the Green Movement protests, a judgment later extended to two decades. But even when placed under house arrest, Panahi kept making movies, many of which are among the most lauded of the century. He made 2011’s “This Is Not a Film” on an iPhone in his living room. “Taxi” ...
CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. He bought it with The Edge in 1993, and considers himself grateful to a coastline that, he says, gave him a “delayed adolescence.” “I can tell you I’ve slept on beaches close to here,” Bono ...
KETTLE CREEK — Nestled in the scenic beauty of the Pennsylvania Wilds, the Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival is gearing up for its 2025 edition, promising three days of exceptional bluegrass music, community spirit, and family-friendly fun. Scheduled from June 19 to June 21, at ...
LOCK HAVEN — One of The Express community newspaper’s newest ventures has hit a milestone this month. The Express Compress, a weekly podcast, marked its first birthday on May 1 — with its staff excited to see the unique way to deliver news and entertainment continuing to grow and ...
The six-legged alien Stitch from “Lilo & Stitch” doesn’t choose to be bad. He’s just genetically programed that way. Kind of like the way Disney is apparently programmed these days to strip mine its old animated stories to make poor live-action remakes. So here comes the sweet but utterly unnecessary “Lilo & Stitch” of 2025, which carefully apes almost every detail of the 2002 original but then goes all Hollywood at the end with over-the-top explosions, the addition of a CIA team and Tom Cruise-level heroics, maybe to try to compete with the latest “Mission: Impossible” ...
