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US author Paul Auster, best known for his celebrated "New York Trilogy" of mystery novels, has died of lung cancer at the age of 77. The New York Times reported that his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden confirmed Auster's death on Tuesday. Auster was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Newark, New Jersey in 1947 and dreamed of becoming a writer from an early age. He studied literature in New York and France and funded his writing career through teaching assignments and translation. After the failure of his first marriage, he made his breakthrough in the mid-1980s with the "New York Trilog...
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The Iranian-French graphic novelist, illustrator and director Marjane Satrapi has been given the prestigious Spanish Princess of Asturias Award in the Communication and Humanities category. The 54-year-old Iranian-born artist, who lives in France, is one of the most "prominent" names on the international comic scene, the foundation wrote on its website on Tuesday. She released "Persepolis" in 2000, which the foundation describes as "one of the best graphic novels ever published." It is an autobiographical account of her childhood and youth in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. In 2023, togethe...
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French actor Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in October in connection with two cases of alleged sexual assault in September 2021 during the shooting of the film "Les volets verts", the Paris public prosecutor's office said on Monday evening. Depardieu was questioned by police Monday over renewed allegations of sexual assault, a spokesman for his lawyer's office told dpa. The 75-year-old was able to leave the police station in Paris after being questioned, his lawyer Christian Saint-Palais said on Monday evening. "The police custody was ended. He was not kept at the police station." Depardieu...
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French actor Gérard Depardieu has been questioned by police over renewed allegations of sexual assault, a spokesman for his lawyer's office told dpa on Monday. The 75-year-old was able to leave the police station in Paris after being questioned, his lawyer Christian Saint-Palais said on Monday evening. "The police custody was ended. He was not kept at the police station." The actor has denied the allegations made against him, the lawyer said. In February a film-set painter accused Depardieu of sexual harassment during the shooting of the film "Les Volets Verts" ("The Green Shutters") in 2021, ...
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French actor Gérard Depardieu has been summoned for questioning over renewed allegations of sexual assault, a spokesman for his lawyer's office told dpa on Monday. French media reported that the 75-year-old has been taken into police custody. The Paris public prosecutor's office said it could not confirm the reports. A set decorator in February accused Depardieu of sexual harassment during the shooting of the film "Les Volets verts" (The Green Shutters) in 2021, while another woman recently accused him of non-consensual sexual touching and making obscene remarks on the set of the short film "L...
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US pop singer Britney Spears and her father, Jamie Spears, settled the remaining issues in a bitter legal battle over the weekend, around two and a half years after the singer was released from his guardianship. Britney Spears, 42, reached a multi-million-dollar settlement in a Los Angeles court on Saturday over the payment of her 71-year-old father's legal fees and other expenses, US media outlets reported. Details of the settlement were not disclosed, but lawyers for both sides confirmed it in statements to various media outlets. In 2008, her father took over guardianship of the musician aft...
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, head of Tesla, held talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday after arriving unexpectedly aboard a private flight. During the talks, Li described Tesla's presence in China as "a successful example of Chinese-American economic and trade cooperation." Musk praised the "hard work" of his Chinese team in Shanghai, which had made the Tesla plant there the best performing in the company. Musk added that he was looking to enhance cooperation with China. Media reports indicated that the surprise visit had to do with data transfer issues. Accordi...
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US pop singer Britney Spears and her father, Jamie Spears, settled the remaining issues in a bitter legal battle over the weekend, around two and a half years after the singer was released from his guardianship. Britney Spears, 42, reached a multi-million-dollar settlement in a Los Angeles court on Saturday over the payment of her 71-year-old father's legal fees and other expenses, US media outlets reported. Details of the settlement were not disclosed, but lawyers for both sides confirmed it in statements to various media outlets. In 2008, her father took over guardianship of the musician aft...
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, head of Tesla, held talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday after arriving unexpectedly aboard a private flight. During the talks, Li described Tesla's presence in China as "a successful example of Chinese-American economic and trade cooperation." Musk praised the "hard work" of his Chinese team in Shanghai, which had made the Tesla plant there the best performing in the company. Musk added that he was looking to enhance cooperation with China. Media reports indicated that the surprise visit had to do with data transfer issues. Accordi...
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, head of Tesla, held talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday after arriving unexpectedly aboard a private flight. During the talks, Li described Tesla's presence in China as "a successful example of Chinese-American economic and trade cooperation." Musk praised the "hard work" of his Chinese team in Shanghai, which had made the Tesla plant there the best performing in the company. Musk added that he was looking to enhance cooperation with China. Media reports indicated that the surprise visit had to do with data transfer issues. Accordi...
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