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Queen’s Hall lists November 11 Music Festival preliminaries as national programme continues
The 36th Biennial T&T Music Festival’s North preliminaries are scheduled at Queen’s Hall, with championship and finale dates also on the venue’s November calendar.
LACMA honors Vija Celmins and Denis Villeneuve at Art+Film Gala
File photo: Denis Villeneuve, left, at a Dune trailer launch in Los Angeles on March 16, 2026. This is not a photograph of the gala. Photo: SkywalkerEccleston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. By Tito…
Sister Brother Manhole Cover wins Tokyo festival’s Grand Prix
Milcho Manchevski’s film took the top award at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, which closed on November 4.
Bob Dylan visits Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during Italian tour
The singer and the pope exchanged gifts in a brief November 4 meeting, following Leo’s earlier reference to Dylan’s writing on nuclear weapons.
Kings of Leon prepare to release their tenth album, ‘O My Beloved’
The band’s first self-produced studio album is scheduled for Friday, with family relationships and the group’s history shaping the project. Kings of Leon are scheduled to release O My Beloved on Friday, November 6, adding…
BAFTA names 21 emerging creatives for its 2026 UK Breakthrough programme
The new cohort spans film, television, documentary and games, with year-round career support backed by Netflix. BAFTA has named 21 creatives to its 2026 Breakthrough UK cohort, bringing performers, filmmakers, designers and other screen professionals…
Muhammad Ali drama ‘The Greatest’ arrives on Prime Video
Jaalen Best plays the young boxer in an eight-episode series developed with access to Ali’s estate and executive produced by Lonnie Ali. The early life of Muhammad Ali is the subject of a new scripted…
Library of Congress marks Halloween with a public Hocus Pocus screening and film preservation context
The Library of Congress scheduled a public Halloween screening of Hocus Pocus at its Packard Theater in Culpeper, Virginia.
Patrick Stewart dies at 86, remembering a life on stage and screen
Patrick Stewart’s death was announced on October 29. The actor died the previous day in Los Angeles, leaving a career that spanned Shakespeare, Star Trek and X Men.
Artists and creative industries confront AI questions at UNESCO congress
UNESCO’s October 27 programme brings music, film, publishing and technology voices together in Paris to discuss creativity, rights and the discovery of cultural work.
Rent anniversary benefit brings original cast members back
Monday’s concert marks 30 years since the Broadway debut.
New Alien project reaches the script stage with Aaron Guzikowski
TheWrap reports that Aaron Guzikowski is writing a new Alien project with Ridley Scott producing. Early development does not establish a filming date, final cast or theatrical release.