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General view of exterior of Germany’s Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, March 15, 2016, during a two-day hearing about Germany’s decision to shut down all nuclear plants by 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

German Court Allows Music Sampling for Hip-Hop Producer

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 31, 2016 | Entertainment

Germany’s Constitutional Court handed a defeat to electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk on Tuesday by ruling that a hip-hop artist can sample a two-second beat from a band’s tracks without infringing copyright. The ruling upturns a decision issued earlier by...

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An employee poses with the first American edition of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh book ‘The House at Pooh Corner’ dated 1928 at Sotheby’s in London December 15, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Turning 90, Winnie-The-Pooh Meets Britain’s Queen in New Story

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2016 | Entertainment, Lifestyle & Culture

Most famous and much-loved by children, Winnie-the-Pooh, turns 90 this year coming with a new adventure in which he meets someone else celebrating the very same birthday, her majesty, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. “Winnie-the-Pooh and the Royal...

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Cannes Film Festival Winners

Cannes Film Festival Award Winners

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | Entertainment

The Palme d’Or for Best Picture at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, on Sunday, was won by British director Ken Loach for “I, Daniel Blake”. Noting that Loach had already won the highest distinction in 2006 for “The Wind That Shakes the...

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In this July 24, 1997, file photo, lead guitarist Marty Friedman, left, and lead singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, center, field questions while bassist David Ellefson, right, high-fives drummer Nick Menza, back left, during a live chat on the internet held at The Joint inside the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

Drummer Nick Menza Dies after Collapsing During Los Angeles Gig

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | Entertainment

Drummer, Nick Menza, former member of the heavy metal band Megadeth, passed away at age 51 after collapsing on stage at a Los Angeles club late on Saturday, said a family spokesman, J. Marshall Craig, who is also Menza’s biographers. The latter also added that...

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oyal well-wishers hold a placard and national flag with pictures of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle one day ahead of the Queen’s birthday in Windsor, Britain, 20 April 2016

Singers, Actors, Riders to Honor Queen Elizabeth in Birthday Parade

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 15, 2016 | Entertainment

LONDON – In honoring Britain Queen’s birthday, everyone seems to be happily emerged in preparations and arrangements, which shall embrace prominent faces all around the region. Queen Elizabeth is due to appear in her 90th birthday celebration, today on Sunday,...

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Jon Bon Jovi performs at a concert at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER

Bon Jovi Opens Hunger Center in Shore Town Struck by Sandy

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 11, 2016 | Entertainment, Lifestyle & Culture

New Jersey-born rocker Jon Bon Jovi is using his celebrity to command the attention of millions of people, including some of the wealthiest and most powerful. Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, are joining with local charities and wealthy fellow philanthropists...