The 72nd Venice Film Festival, which is organized every year by La Biennale di Venezia, will take place this year from September 2 to 12 at the Lido in Venice. The purpose of the festival is to raise awareness and promote various aspects of international film in all its forms - as art, as entertainment and as industry - in the spirit of freedom and dialogue. As a contribution to a better understanding of the history of film, the festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major artists. This year, the festival will be opened by the film Everest, signed by the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur.
Here is a selection of the best series of 2015 to date. Some are deserved hits, others are recognized artistic achievements, and some are still hidden gems that just need to be discovered. Here's a list of the best series of 2015 so far that are new or have spawned noteworthy sequels.
Following the series of photographs entitled Dancing with Costică, Australian artist and photographer Jane Long has created imaginative surreal photographs that date back more than 50 years. She colored old black and white photos and brought them to life in a very special way.
Behind the rain the sun shines (2013), American Deception (2014) and Sniper (2015) and Burnt (2016?). Bradley Cooper has always been in the running for an Oscar for the past three years, but the statuette eluded him each time - twice for the main role and once for the supporting male role. With his next project, the film Burnt, where he plays a troubled chef who has had everything and lost everything, will he finally lick the cream more than just his dessert in the film and also pick up the most prestigious acting award? Is 2016 the year of Leonardo DiCaprio after all?
We knew that hotels are no longer just for people. And our furry friends deserve to be treated like royalty too. The Ings Luxury Cat Hotel is a luxury cat hotel in England where we can let them enjoy luxury. Of course, this is not the only hotel for cats, but we are sure that it is one of the most luxurious.
Peanuts, nuts that are not, also known as groundnuts, are a very useful plant, as we use them in cooking and nutrition, as well as for oil extraction. But if most of the world labeled this nut as a treasure in the shell, where the treasure is the core, Steve Casino discovered his treasure right in their shell, which he turns into small works of art or installations.
The old man of Italian hip-hop, Jovanotti (his real name is Lorenzo Costantino Cherubini), perhaps an Italian musical institution, is coming to Slovenia. One of the true giants of not only Italian, but also world music and the author of compositions such as Serenata Rap, Penso Positivo, L'ombelico del mondo and A Te, will perform in the Stožice hall on January 12.
The Špancirfest festival in Varaždin takes place this year from August 21 to 30. In addition to the excellent music program (namely, Mando Diao, Nouvelle Vague, Parov Stelar Band, Gogol Bordello are coming to Varaždin), a whole range of other activities will take place, from creative workshops for the youngest to workshops for adults, activities for young artists and, of course, extremely attractive street program, which is the heart and soul of Špancirfest.
They say that imitation is honestly a form of flattery, although attorneys at patent and trademark offices would probably disagree. In China, the land of fakes, they have apparently never heard of trademark/service mark law and intellectual property rights, even though they have been with us in one form or another for at least 2,500 years. We've picked out some that are hilarious to die for.
Do you also like to look longingly out of the office window at work and think how much better the day would be if you were somewhere else? In the fresh air, in the comfort of your bed or even in front of the TV? To make the working day go by faster, read some of the instructions we have prepared below...
From terracotta figures from ancient Rome to the Rubik's cube, children's toys are something that has been present in our society for thousands of years. They play an important role in the child's development, both physically and cognitively, and help parents to strengthen the bond with them. Most of us have fond memories of our favorite toys, so the toy industry strives to create products that would provide children with memories that they will carry with them for a lifetime. Do you have a favorite toy from your childhood? All of you who were born before the year 2000 will surely find yours below, but for the net generation you could claim that this is one of the smart devices. Check out the most popular toys of the last 100 years.
The logical answer to the question of which actors have killed the most people on screen would be Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris (not necessarily in that order). But the fact is that not all of the trio are among the deadliest people in cinema. The website Movie Body Count has counted the bodies of characters who have been shot, beaten and stabbed to death or set on fire by action heroes, and the rankings are as follows…