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Bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Spanish Asturias prize for literature

MADRID — Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature, the Spanish foundation…

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Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize for darkly comic memory novel

LONDON — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,”…

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Wes Anderson on his new ’50s-set film ‘Asteroid City,’ AI and all those TikTok videos

CANNES, France — When Wes Anderson comes down from Paris for the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France,…

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Natalie Portman and Todd Haynes dive into the nature of performance in ‘May December’ at Cannes

CANNES, France — CANNES, France (AP) — In Todd Haynes’ tonally shape-shifting “May December,” the first announcement of the movie’s…

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Australian Indigenous TV host quits program over racist backlash

CANBERRA, Australia — Prominent Australian Indigenous journalist Stan Grant announced that, after Monday, he will step away from television hosting…

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In Cannes, Scorsese and DiCaprio turn spotlight toward Osage Nation

CANNES, France — It was well into the process of making “Killers of the Flower Moon” that Martin Scorsese realized…

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In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones

CANNES, France — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford stood on…

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Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, calls Producers Guild the ‘Bankers Guild’ at Cannes Film Festival

Sean Penn has strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying…

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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, right, and his teammates celebrate their third goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer…

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Show must go on for a Ukrainian director drafted for war ahead of opening night

KYIV, Ukraine — The show must go on, even when its Ukrainian director is drafted by the army weeks before…

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