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Film show: Ma Raineys Black Bottom looks headed for Oscar success Issued on: ENCORE! © David Lee/Netflix 13 min We look at the major contenders for this years Academy Awards, as film critic Lisa Nesselson gives us her assessment of "Ma Raineys Black Bottom", which is nominated for five Oscars. The screen adaptation of August Wilsons 1982 play stars Chadwick Boseman as a talented young horn player in the actors last movie perform...

TV series show: Tahar Rahim embodies notorious hippy trail serial killer Issued on: ENCORE! © Netflix 14 min We take a look at the new Netflix series which retraces the steps of a true-life, cold-blooded killer in "The Serpent". Yena Lee tells us why actor Tahar Rahim is the major draw in this dramatisation of events in the 1970s that saw French murderer Charles Sobhraj jailed in Nepal. Meanwhile, its a chilling return to Gilead ...

Massachusetts 3 casinos have encouraging month in March April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOSTON (AP) — Revenue from Massachusetts three casinos reached its highest level last month since the start of the pandemic, according to state gambling regulators, a sign that the industry may be recovering. Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Park Casino brought in a total of $84 million in gross gambling revenue last month, more than any month since February 2020, according to the ...

Costume designer Ruth E Carter on updating the world of Zamunda in Coming 2 America Issued on: ENCORE! © FRANCE 24 14 min Our guest has made history for several reasons. Ruth E Carter is the first woman of colour to receive an Oscar for costume design for the iconic film "Black Panther", where among other things she transformed Chadwick Boseman into the King of Wakanda. She made history again earlier this year when she got a star...

Franklin County broke her maiden in spectacular fashion Thursday (April 8) at The Meadows, springing a 17-1 upset in the Margaret Provost Memorial Trot in a sharp 1:56.3. Treasure Gems K captured the other $12,500 second-leg division in the series for three-year-old trotting fillies. Franklin County hit the ticket only once in her five previous outings, but she left alertly for trainer-driver Wilbur Yoder, settling into the pocket behind opening-leg winner Night Flyer K in the first division. T...

She has one of the most distinctive voices in the world. Bonnie Tyler has been performing for 50 years with adored songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Lost in France" and "I Need a Hero". She s…

The stark, sensual lines of her female nudes make for a subversive selection of imagery. In her latest exhibition, Kubra Khademi juxtaposes intimate expressions of women's sexuality with the texts of…

Spanish dance star Blanca Li explains why the show goes on in Madrid despite pandemic Issued on: 11/03/2021 - 15:58 ENCORE! © FRANCE 24 14 min As tension mounts in France with artist protests around the country against continued closures of cultural spaces and students occupying theatres, Blanca Li speaks to Eve Jackson from Madrid where cultural life continues. Known for her work with film director Pedro Almodóvar, fashion des...

She's one of the most compelling new acts on any continent, raised between Accra and Atlanta. Through her music, Amaarae confronts the narrow definitions of womanhood. The quintessential African prin…

Belgian-Congolese singer-songwriter Syssi Mananga pays tribute to women in new opus Issued on: ENCORE! © FRANCE 24 14 min Eight years after her debut album, Syssi Mananga is back with a new 12-track opus. It’s called "Mopepe Mama" and will be released in April. The album was recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic with musicians from around the world, a feat of international and virtual collaboration. Mananga tells FRANCE 24s Flo...