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David Hockney, a treasured British artist whose paintings of shimmering pools and colourful iPad drawings became icons of contemporary art, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 88. Over a seven-decade career, Hockney explored and reimagined classical portraiture, landscape painting and pop art, working in painting, collage, photography and digital drawing.Hockney was born in the north of England but lived much of his life in Southern California, making its sun-drenched suburban views a major motif.Later in life, he returned to Europe, finding renewed inspiration in the wooded hills of his native county of Yorkshire and the fields and trees of France’s Normandy region. One of the most popular and critically lauded British artists of his generation, his works sold for record prices at...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division said it has cleared Paramount Skydance Corp’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Department of Justice officials said in a statement released late on Friday that it determined the transaction did not pose a threat to competition in streaming, the traditional television business or film.The clearance gives Paramount another regulatory green light to point to as it seeks to ward off a potential challenge to the deal by states.In April, Paramount also asked ‌the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve foreign investments backing the acquisition. U.S. senators have raised concerns about Middle Eastern sovereig...

Prime Video unveiled a rib-tickling trailer of its upcoming comedy-drama Gram Chikitsalay Season 2. The hilarious trailer follows Dr. Prabhat as he battles to revive Bhathkandi's failing Primary Healthcare Center. Directed by Lalitam Tiwari, Season 2 of Gram Chikitsalay returns with Amol Parashar, Akash Makhija, Anandeshwar Dwivedi, Vinay Pathak, Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, and Garima Vikrant Singh reprising their roles. About Gram Chikitsalay 2 trailer The trailer offers a glimpse into Dr. Prabhat’s (played by Amol Parashar) ongoing mission to revive the struggling Primary Health Centre in Bhathkandi. Just when he thinks he has finally won over the villagers, a fresh set of challenges lands on his treatment table. Convinced that earning the coveted “Adarsh PHC” title is the key to solving his ...

Retired Canadian wrestler Tyler Mane, who played Sabretooth in X-Men and Deadpool & Wolverine, revealed that he has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In a video posted to Instagram, Mane, who started his career as a professional wrestler, shared that he has started chemotherapy.“One in 750 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and I’m one of them. Because it’s rarely talked about, it’s usually found at later stages and has worse outcomes. I want to change that,” the X-Men actor said. 1:42 Manitoba researchers developing breakthrough breast cancer imaging technology ...