Arts & Entertainment
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Batera Duo in charity concert
The Batera Duo, Philip Attard on saxophone and Christine Zerafa on piano, will celebrate a decade in the history of the saxophone repertoire with a concert in aid of the University’s Research, Innovation and Development Trust. The concert is being...
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Auditions for the European Opera Centre
The European Opera Centre, the only cultural organisation of its kind in Europe and a designated Cultural Ambassador by the European Union, will be holding auditions for the first time in Malta. The European Opera Centre aims to offer a professional...
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An innovative way to view artworks
Over 60 works of art are displayed at the studio of Chris Briffa Architects, Valletta, representing the ongoing collaboration between ‘architect’ and ‘gallery’. The exhibition offers a new way of viewing artworks – in a living/working space instead...
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Mona Lisa arrives at the Cannes Film Festival
Leonardo DiCaprio may have opened the Cannes Film Festival this week with his latest movie, The Great Gatsby, but it has been Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, that has stolen the show. In the middle of this battle of the two Leonardos...
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Hi-De-Hi! star dies
The Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane has died at the age of 72 following a short illness, his agent said. The star of the 1980s BBC sitcom was surrounded by friends and family in a hospice in his home town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Linda Kremer, the...
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Actress Tina Malone pregnant at 50
Shameless actress Tina Malone has announced she is pregnant at the age of 50. Malone and her husband Paul Chase, who is 19 years her junior, married in 2010 and decided to try for a baby two years ago. The actress said she is four weeks pregnant...
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One Direction announce world tour
One Direction have announced plans for a stadium world tour in 2014. The chart-toppers released the first details of their Where We Are Tour at London's Wembley Stadium, which is due to host the boyband for one of five dates in the UK and...
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Harpsichord, violin recital opens Bir Miftuħ festival
A harpsichord and violin recital by violinist Patrick Bismuth and harpsichordist Bruno Procopio raises the curtain on the Bir Miftuħ 17th International Music Festival tomorrow. The performance, at the medieval church of Santa Marija of Bir Miftuħ,...
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Viva il Bel Canto!
Viva il Bel Canto is the much-anticipated forthcoming event being organised by Barocco Foundation at Villa Bologna in Attard on May 22 at 8pm. The concert will feature some of the most thrilling arias of the bel canto period, usually represented by...
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Gatsby to launch Cannes festival
Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight. The spectacular, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, heralds the start of the...
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Theatre is in their blood
TheatreBlood WeddingManoel Theatre The beauty of a well-crafted play lies in the poetry of its lines, coupled with the vision of its director in an exploration of human emotions and motivations in their rawest of states. The production of Federico...
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Exploring one’s parallel lives
TheatreConstellationsSplendid, Strait Street To wonder what a situation might have turned out to be like had the context remained the same but the variables changed, has for years been on the minds of artists and scientists alike. Television and...
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Working well in tandem
RecitalGillian Zammit, soprano; Lucia Micallef, pianoManoel Theatre Lieder singing is perceived as a specialist field and so it is. Thus it felt so good to see a well-sized audience for this recital. It had all the right elements which make such an...
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Weekly live music event
Open-air gigs form part and parcel of summer entertainment. One new venue offering live music on its terrace is Talbot & Bons, at SkyParks, MIA. Every Wednesday night – starting from this evening until September 18 – patrons will be regaled with...
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Cannes opening with Great Gatsby
The 2013 Cannes Film Festival opens today with Baz Luhrmann’s 3D version of The Great Gatsby, a lavish throwback to the Roaring Twenties that befits the glamour and excess of the world’s biggest cinema showcase. The Australian director’s adaptation...
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Abracadabra
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)Certified: 18Duration: 100 minutesDirected by: Don ScardinoStarring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini, Jim CarreyKRS release Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton...
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Jolie has had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has had a preventive double mastectomy and has paid tribute to her “loving and supportive” partner Brad Pitt. The Hollywood star said she took the decision to have the procedure when doctors told her she had an 87 per cent risk of...
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‘No signs’ Jackson was ill in 2009
An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson’s planned series of comeback concerts has told a jury she never saw signs the singer was ill or might die. Stacy Walker is testifying for AEG Live LLC, the promoter of Jackson’s This Is It...
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Stars shine at TV Baftas
The TV Bafta awards belonged to Olivia Colman after the Broadchurch star picked up two awards for two very different roles. The star won the supporting actress award for her role as the mother of a murdered son in Accused (Mo’s Story) and picked up...
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Archers actor Arnold Peters dies
Veteran actor Arnold Peters, who was known for his role as Jack Woolley in The Archers for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 87. His appearances on the show spanned almost 60 years, having first featured in the cast in 1953 and notching up...
