Michel Piccoli, one of the most original and versatile French actors of the last half century, has died aged 94, his family said Monday. They told AFP he died “in the arms of his wife Ludivine and his children Inord and Missia after a stroke.” Piccoli starred in a string of classics...

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock ‘n’ roll" whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little...

The new coronavirus pandemic has brought back something unseen in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution: a drive-in movie theater. Once decried by revolutionaries for allowing too much privacy for unmarried young couples, a drive-in theater now operates from a parking lot right under...

Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died in Paris. He was 70. Saturday’s death of the vocalist, born Hamid Cheriet, was confirmed on a post on his official Facebook page that read “we regret to announce the passing of our father (to all), Idir....