Entertainment

Spain's San Sebastian film festival gets underway

The San Sebastian film festival, Spain's most prestigious movie event, kicked off on Friday with celebrations marking its 70th anniversary, despite the last-minute withdrawal of Hollywood actress Glenn Close as jury president. . Eight-time Oscar nominee and three-time Emmy winner Close, 75, was due to preside over the seven-member jury but dropped out on Tuesday due to "a family emergency".

Goodbye to the queen: bows, curtsies, even a wave

As each mourner reaches the exit after paying their respects to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, almost nobody can resist taking one last, fleeting look back.. - Overwhelming - Amid the dignified silence pervading the cavernous space -- with just muffled sounds of the early morning outside filtering in -- an array of small, poignant performances plays out as people reach the four-step podium and the sovereign's coffin.

India's Adani briefly listed as world's second-richest person

Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three.. Arnault -- who at times held the top spot in May 2021 -- and Adani traded the number two position during the day as the share prices of their companies fluctuated.

Royal funerals: pomp, pageantry and sometimes privacy

Funerals for senior royals since World War II have tended to be very public affairs, with pomp, pageantry and popular fervour.. She was much loved as a symbol of resistance to the Nazi enemy during World War II. Over four days, more than 200,000 people filed past her coffin paying their respects.

'God Save the King': world media bows down to retiring Federer

From China to India, and France to the United States, world media hailed Roger Federer as one of the finest sportsmen ever on Friday after the Swiss legend announced he will retire from tennis.. It said that the emergence of Carlos Alcaraz, the new US Open champion and world number one at just 19, coupled with Federer's retirement, was a "page-turning moment".

Who's invited -- and who's not -- to Queen Elizabeth's funeral

Hundreds of foreign royals and leaders are expected to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday in one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings in decades.. In a symbolic move to pay tribute to the queen whose 2011 state visit helped heal decades of tensions, Ireland's Taoiseach, prime minister Micheal Martin, will also attend.

A week as king: how has Charles III fared?

King Charles III has in the last week faced the difficult task of handling his own grief at the death of his mother, giving voice to the nation's loss and taking on the job of royal figurehead.. At the start of the week, three quarters of Britons (73 percent) told pollsters YouGov that Charles had provided good leadership, with just 5.0 percent saying he had done a bad job.

'Grief is the price we pay for love': a week of mourning for Elizabeth II

The outpouring of tributes in the week since Queen Elizabeth II's death has underlined her status as a figure of constancy, straddling two centuries of seismic social, political and technological change.. And in the many tributes, what the queen came to represent -- old-fashioned values of dutiful, selfless public service -- seem to be mourned too as much as her loss.