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South African climber Saray Khumalo speaks to AFP in an interview in Kathmandu on Thursday, after her record breaking climb to be the first black African woman to summit Everest. The business executive who became the first black African woman to climb Mount Everest said that knowing her climb would be in the record books helped her push on to the top. — AFP

Black Africans must pick up Everest challenge, says landmark climber

KATHMANDU — The first black African woman to climb Everest said Thursday that people from her continent must seek "amazing" new challenges to prove they can compete with the best."There are many places still, unfortunately if you think about it, that we still haven't broken through," Saray Khumalo told AFP in an interview after conquering the world's highest peak.The 47-year-old South African business executive reached the summit of the 8,848-meter (29,029-foot) mountain last week after three previous bids failed.Although she had not thought about being the first when she reached the top, she now knows "how big a deal it is" for black African women."So it is such an honor and a privilege to be the one to actually do it," said Khumalo, the...

May 23, 2019

Black Africans must pick up Everest challenge, says landmark climber

US actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the screening of the film

Climate change can be reversed, DiCaprio's 'Ice on Fire' claims

CANNES, France — "We don't need advanced technology, Mother Nature has seaweeds and shellfish which sequester five times more carbon than land-based plants," said Bren Smith, winching a glistening haul of glossy brown kelp out of the sea.A fisherman turned "steward of the sea" who runs a restorative ocean farm growing seaweed and farming shellfish, Smith is one of dozens of characters who appear in "Ice on Fire", an eye-opening environmental documentary at Cannes film festival.Produced by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Leila Conners, who worked together on 2007 climate documentary "The 11th Hour", the film offers a fascinating look at the innovations and people working to significantly reduce carbon in the atmosphere.Take...

May 23, 2019

Climate change can be reversed, DiCaprio's 'Ice on Fire' claims

British children's writer and illustrator Judith Kerr chats as she sits in her kitchen at her home in west London on Sept. 30, 2015. — Reuters

'Tiger Who Came to Tea' author Judith Kerr dies aged 95

LONDON — Author Judith Kerr, whose Jewish family fled from the Nazis when she was a young girl and whose story "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" enchanted a generation of children, has died at the age of 95.Her death was announced by her publisher, Harper Collins, which said that Kerr had died after a short illness. It did not specify a cause."It is with great sadness that we announce that Judith Kerr OBE, author and illustrator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Mog the Forgetful Cat and many other classic children’s books, died at home yesterday aged 95 following a short illness," HarperCollins said."The Tiger Who Came to Tea" tells the story of a little girl and her mother who are having tea at home when a friendly tiger arrives...

May 23, 2019

'Tiger Who Came to Tea' author Judith Kerr dies aged 95

Indian actress Huma Qureshi believes it is time to start pushing the boundaries of cinema in India, which last year churned out more than 1,800 films — more than any other country on Earth.

All dressed up but no film to show: Bollywood 'needs new take' at Cannes

CANNES, France — It may be bold and booming but Bollywood needs a fresh approach if it wants to gain traction at the world's top film festival in Cannes, a leading Indian actress says.Although Bollywood's beauties maybe turning heads with their extravagant sartorial statements on the red carpet at Cannes, Indian movies have been glaringly absent from this year's lineup.Since the festival began in 1946, Indian pictures have walked away with several major prizes. But it has been decades since the last one was shown in the main competition.And of the 1,845 feature films submitted for the official selection this year, not a single Indian movie made the cut.Which is a shame, says 32-year-old actress Huma Qureshi, who believes it is time to start pushing the boundaries of cinema in...

May 22, 2019

All dressed up but no film to show: Bollywood 'needs new take' at Cannes

US actor Brad Pitt and US actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrive for the screening of the film

Pitt and DiCaprio: Hollywood heartthrobs who push their limits

New York — The stars were aligned for Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to put their dashing good looks to use on big-budget films, but both Hollywood golden boys have instead taken on more idiosyncratic career paths -- especially in working with Quentin Tarantino.And now for the first time, the actors are starring side by side in Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood", which the American director screened on Tuesday to rapturous reviews at the Cannes film festival.Both men have already starred in past Tarantino films -- the 55-year-old Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds" and DiCaprio, 44, in "Django Unchained".The consummate urbanite DiCaprio was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of New Yorkers. As a pre-teen, he began pushing to do what he...

May 22, 2019

Pitt and DiCaprio: Hollywood heartthrobs who push their limits

(From L) South Korean actress Park So-dam, South Korean actress Lee Jung-Eun and South Korean actor Kang-ho Song arrive for the screening of the film

Films in the running for Cannes' top prize

Cannes, France — From a zombie flick starring Iggy Pop to a tale of Chinese gangsters who decide to take over a city, these are the films vying for the top prize at the Cannes film festival:• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino apparently slaved for four months straight in the editing room to get his odyssey in as a late entry for Cannes. And it was worth every minute, if the rapturous reviews so far are anything to go by.This panorama of 1969 has Brad Pitt as the stunt double to Western star Leonardo Di Caprio and takes in everything from Bruce Lee to the sinister tale of cult leader Charles Manson. Margot Robbie plays actress Sharon Tate, who was murdered by Manson's followers.• The Dead Don't Die - The poster for Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy...

May 22, 2019

Films in the running for Cannes' top prize

Jokha Alharthi on Tuesday became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel

Omani writer wins Man Booker literature prize

LONDON — Jokha Alharthi on Tuesday became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel "Celestial Bodies" which reveals her Omani homeland's post-colonial evolution.Alharthi, 40, is the author of two previous collections of short fiction, a children's book and three novels in Arabic.She studied classical Arabic poetry at Edinburgh University and teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat.The prestigious 50,000-pound (57,000 euro, $64,000) prize, which celebrates translated fiction from around the world, is divided equally between the author and translator.Alharthi's translator was US academic Marilyn Booth, who teaches Arabic literature at Oxford University.The judges said Alharthi's book was "a richly imagined,...

May 22, 2019

Omani writer wins Man Booker literature prize

(From L) US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, US film director Quentin Tarantino and his wife singer Daniella Pick, British film producer David Heyman, US producer Shannon McIntosh, Australian actress Margot Robbie and US actor Brad Pitt pose as they arrive for the screening of the film

Tarantino strikes Cannes gold with 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood'

CANNES, France — Quentin Tarantino stormed into Cannes Tuesday with "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood", with critics at the world's biggest film festival hailing it as his best movie in years.They heaped praise on the dark Tinseltown fairytale set in the Los Angeles of 1969 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a television Western star on the slide and Brad Pitt as his stunt double.Twenty-five years after the American director won Cannes' top Palme d'Or prize, he got some of his best reviews since "Jackie Brown" in 1997.Critic Peter Howell of the Toronto Star said that Tarantino wanted "to tell us a story about Hollywood life at the time of the Manson family slayings... and man, does he ever, going from awestruck to WTF."Brad Pitt the standout, his coolest...

May 21, 2019

Tarantino strikes Cannes gold with 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood'

US actress and member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival Elle Fanning poses as she arrives for the screening of the film

Hollywood star Fanning faints because of 'tight dress'

CANNES, France — US actress Elle Fanning, a member of this year's jury at the Cannes film festival, said she fainted at a gala dinner this week, blaming a "tight dress" she wore at her "time of the month".Fanning, who is keeping up a grueling schedule of movie-viewing and soirees at the glitzy French Riviera event, said on Instagram Monday: "Oops, had a fainting spell tonight in my 1950's Prada prom dress but it's all good."She posted a selfie giving the thumbs up sign, adding the hashtags #dresstootight and #timeofthemonth.British actor Colin Firth, who was attending the same dinner, rushed to Fanning's aid until the "Beguiled" star was taken away for medical assistance, Variety said.Fanning is one of nine film industry luminaries...

May 21, 2019

Hollywood star Fanning faints because of 'tight dress'

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver serves time on restaurants

London —British celebrity TV chef Jamie Oliver on Tuesday said that his restaurant group employing 1,300 staff had collapsed.Oliver expressed deep sadness at the move that comes amid fierce competition."I am deeply saddened by this outcome and would like to thank all of the staff and our suppliers who have put their hearts and souls into this business for over a decade," Oliver said in a statement."I appreciate how difficult this is for everyone affected," he added.Oliver's group has officially fallen into administration -- the process whereby a troubled company calls in outside expertise to try and minimize job losses. — AFP

May 21, 2019

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver serves time on restaurants

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