Reggae's 'OG': Jimmy Cliff in the 'very top echelons of legendary reggae performers'
Culture • Nov 25, 2025, 4:24 PM
1 min de lecture
"Music is the universal language", in the words of Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who paved the way for reggae "rebel" Bob Marley and popularised reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career. Celebrating his life, legacy and humanity, Sharon Gaffney is pleased to join Jem Aswad, Executive Music Editor for Variety.
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Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
Culture • 8:09 PM
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British playwright Tom Stoppard, a dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare in Love", has died at the age of 88. Famed for his dazzling wit and depth, Stoppard was credited with reshaping modern theatre, combining int
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Paris arthouse cinemas reinvent themselves amid audience decline
Culture • 6:43 AM
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With audiences dwindling and streaming on the rise, Paris’s iconic arthouse cinemas are racing to reinvent themselves or risk closing for good. One cinema in the Champs-Elysées area has adopted a "modular" economic model, enabling screening rooms to be r
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