Culture
The Swedish Academy was due to announce the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, with bookmakers and publishers naming László Krasznahorkai and Cristina Rivera Garza among frontrunners.
Ken Jacobs, a leading figure of New York’s experimental-film movement, died in hospital on Sunday at 92, his son said, attributing the death to kidney failure.
Critics, in reviews, panned Disney's Tron: Ares, calling the film visually flashy but narratively thin, chaotic and muddled by AI themes.
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The National Book Foundation announced its 2025 National Book Award finalists, naming 25 shortlisted titles and fiction contenders including Karen Russell, Bryan Washington and Rabih Alameddine.
Chanel staged Matthieu Blazy’s debut collection at Paris Fashion Week on 6 October, unveiling a space‑themed runway and signaling a modern new direction for the house.
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia and Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde opened the Europalia festival in Brussels on Oct. 8, 2025, featuring a Goya-focused exhibition.
