Carl Reiner, who helped create The Dick Van Dyke Show and acted in films like Ocean’s Eleven, has died aged 98. The prolific writer, comedian, director and actor also directed several films including Steve Martin vehicles The Jerk (1979) and All of Me (1984). He was in 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels as […]

As a new exhibition opens in Helsinki, Cath Pound explores our complicated relationship with masterpieces. The reason works of art become iconic are many and varied, from the vagaries of taste to museum acquisition policies and competition between collectors. For centuries, artists were obliged to learn by copying work from an established canon and, although […]

London Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate is suing Netflix, among others, over its upcoming film “Enola Holmes” — arguing that the show’s depiction of Sherlock Holmes as kind, caring and respectful of women is a violation of the author’s copyright. The film, based on a series of novels by Nancy Springer and set for release on […]

From Motown and “The Cosby Show” to hip-hop and “Black Panther,” America has long consumed Black culture — even as our country’s systemic racism sent a very different message but never quite like this.In the weeks since the recent Black Lives Matter protests, Black-themed cultural media have been having a moment. Books, music, movies, TV […]

Islamabad: The increasing trend of modern tunes is becoming a great threat to folk music with the passage of time. According to musicians, with the rapidly moving world venturing into the vistas of ultramodern civilization, the folk music is dying down as senseless with empty lyrics and music, rather the rock and pop music was […]