Édith Piaf’s voice re-created using AI so she can narrate own biopic
In-development film comes after controversy around the re-creation of late stars’ voices, such as Anthony Bourdain Sixty years after her death, Édith Piaf’s voice will...
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‘Can we save the wild salmon of Iceland?’: Björk releases song to fight fish farming
Singer talks about ‘lost’ song, a collaboration with Rosalía, and how artists pick up on the environmental emergency Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish...
Ireland’s embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics
Fans seen singing the Cranberries’ hit in stadiums but some Irish republicans are unhappy at revival Twenty years after a lethal IRA bomb inspired its...
Prado show examines how images helped fuel centuries of antisemitism in Spain
A new exhibition chronicles the shifting lenses through which Spain’s Catholics saw the country’s Jewish population The jet, horn, silver and coral amulets placed around...
Prize-winning Polish film on refugees opens to government backlash
Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border tells story of brutal treatment of a Syrian family trying to get to Europe A prize-winning film sharply critical of the...
Don’t cut British shows from streaming platforms in Europe, say German MEPs
French and German politicians are in a standoff over a quota designed to boost European productions Brussels must not “shut the door” on British film...
Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80
Singer’s big hit, stuffed with cliches about Italian life, was irresistible to millions as far away as Russia and Georgia Toto Cutugno, the singer whose...
Italian singer Baby K decries selfie ‘madness’ after being hurt by fan
Artist forced to cancel summer tour after being ‘charged at’ by woman at the end of concert The Italian singer Baby K has hit out...
Paris booksellers angry at plans to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics
About 60% of bouquinistes along the Seine River will be moved on during the Games next year for security reasons Booksellers in Paris have hit...
Jane Birkin, actor and singer, dies aged 76
Best known for the sexually explicit 1969 hit Je t’aime … moi non plus, her adopted France took her to its heart A life in...
