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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Trump, Xi likely to speak soon on minerals trade dispute, aides say
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak soon to iron out trade issues including a dispute over critical minerals, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday. Trump on Friday accused China of violating an agreement with the U.S. to mutually roll back tariffs and trade restrictions for critical minerals. "What China is doing is they are holding back products that are essential for the industrial supply chains of India, of Europe. And that is not what a reliable partner does," Bessent said in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like She Was Everyone's Dream Girl In 90's, This Is Her Recently. I Am Famous Undo "I am confident that when President Trump and Party Chairman Xi have a call, that this will be ironed out. But the fact that they are withholding some of the products that they agreed to release during our agreement - maybe it's a glitch in the Chinese system, maybe it's intentional. We'll see after the President speaks with the party chairman." Trump said on Friday he was sure that he would speak to Xi. China said in April that the two leaders had not had a conversation recently. Live Events Asked if a talk with Xi was on Trump's schedule, Bessent said, "I believe we'll see something very soon." White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said no specific date for the conversation has been set, but there have been discussions that the leaders will talk about last month's Geneva agreement on some tariff disputes. "President Trump, we expect, is going to have a wonderful conversation about the trade negotiations this week with President Xi. That's our expectation," Hassett said.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kate Winslet Covered Daughter Mia's Eyes During Titanic Sex Scene
's daughter, Mia Threapleton, has made a surprising confession: she has never watched Titanic in its entirety. The 24-year-old actress, who is following in her Oscar-winning mother's footsteps, revealed the secret reason why she couldn't finish the epic romance that catapulted Winslet to stardom. In a recent candid interview with Defined, Kate Winslet's daughter Mia Threapleton revealed that she has never watched Titanic from start to finish. Threapleton shared that her mother covered her 'eyes' during the car's intimate scene between Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Threapleton recalled, 'I remember the car scene happening and these hands appeared from behind my head and covered up my eyes.' She joked, 'I was like, 'I can still hear everything.'' The actress shared that Winslet 'does not like watching herself.' 'I don't remember why it was on. My mother would never optionally put that film on. She does not like watching herself. And I totally understand why,' Threapleton gushed. While following Winslet's legacy, Mia Threapleton has already acted alongside her mother in multiple projects. She starred alongside her mother in the powerful Channel 4 drama I Am Ruth, part of Dominic Savage's I Am series. The mother-daughter duo portrayed a struggling single parent and her withdrawn teenage daughter. Threapleton revealed the process was 'intense,' and she did not really discuss the work with her celebrity mother. She noted, 'The whole process itself was very intense, but we didn't actually ever speak about what we were doing.' After the success of I Am Ruth, which won the Best Single Drama BAFTA award, Threapleton went on to act in Wes Anderson's film, The Phoenician Scheme. Threapleton's co-stars include Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, and more. Reflecting on the experience, Threapleton said, 'It was mind-blowing.' Acting alongside an acclaimed star cast felt like a 'dream,' she added. 'I feel so unbelievably lucky to have had the opportunity that I have to have done this job with Wes.' The Phoenician Scheme premiered at the 2025 Cannes on May 18, 2025. The film got its theatrical release in the United States on May 30. The post Kate Winslet Covered Daughter Mia's Eyes During Titanic Sex Scene appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cannes Film Festival Power Restored After 5-Hour Outage Across South of France With Foul Play Suspected, Closing Ceremony to ‘Proceed as Planned'
The city of Cannes was hit by a five-hour power outage on Saturday morning ahead of the film festival's awards ceremony, with electricity finally returning around 3:30 p.m. local time. Despite the technical challenges, a festival rep previously told Variety that the closing ceremony would 'proceed as planned' after the Palais des Festivals 'switched to an independent power supply.' According to Franceinfo, the cause of the outage may be foul play with two arson acts reported overnight and several power lines pylons were discovered to have been sawn off in the Alpes-Maritimes. More from Variety Josh O'Connor Says 'There's a Kindness' to Working With 'Mastermind' Director Kelly Reichardt and Responds to Paul Mescal Calling Him 'Silly': 'I Am' 'Caravan' Review: Tender Debut Feature Focuses on a Single Mom's Experience with Her Disabled Son Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza Get Raunchy in Ethan Coen's Detective Movie 'Honey Don't!,' Earning Rowdy 6-Minute Cannes Ovation Karin Topin-Condomitti, director of services at the Cannes city hall, said the local government was still trying to determine whether the power outage was caused by a malicious act. She said there will likely be an investigation. 'We have read, as I'm sure you have, reports in the media and press of malicious acts,' Topin-Condomitti said. 'In my opinion, this should be the subject of an ongoing investigation, subject to confirmation by the public prosecutor's office. In any case, we're taking action to deal with the consequences of this power cut as best we can. The courts will investigate.' Around 10:15 a.m., as the press conference for Kelly Reichardt's competition film 'The Mastermind' was starting, power in parts of the city went out. According to Screen, which was first to report news of the outage, the power also went down in several screening rooms, halting films midway through their showings, though the power in the Palais stayed on thanks to back-up generators. In the J.W. Marriott on the Croisette, a festival hub that several attendees fled to for internet access, the power flickered on and off several times. Due to the power outage, many restaurants closed or went cash only. That proved difficult, as ATMs went down as well. 'A power outage is currently affecting the city of Cannes and surrounding areas,' a representative for the festival told Variety. 'At this stage, the cause of the outage has not yet been identified. Restoration efforts are underway.' The rep added: 'The Palais des Festivals has switched to an independent power supply, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the Closing Ceremony, to proceed as planned and under normal conditions. However, screenings at the Cineum have been temporarily suspended and will resume as soon as power is restored.' At 2:20 p.m. local time, the power had yet to be restored. However, the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, said power company EDF is working on restoring power by this afternoon. Franceinfo has reported that 'malicious acts' may be the source of the outage, citing France's Ministry of the Interior. According to Franceinfo, the two arson attacks occurred at the Saint-Cassien power plant. The festival's awards ceremony is set to start on Saturday night at 6:40 p.m. CET. Jury president Juliette Binoche and members Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas will hand out the festival's top awards, including the Palme d'Or and the prizes for best actor and actress. Elsa Keslassy contributed to this report. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
He sold ‘nothing' for over $18,000! Salvatore Garau's invisible sculpture that left the world stunned
Artist sells invisible sculpture for over $18K (Image source: salvatore_garau/instagram) In an era where digital assets are reshaping creativity and NFTs are selling for millions, an Italian artist has taken the concept of intangible art a step further—by selling nothing. That's right. In 2021, Salvatore Garau, a Sardinian-born conceptual artist, sold an invisible sculpture titled 'Io Sono' (Italian for 'I Am') for over $18,000. The sale came with no frame, no form, and no physical manifestation. All the buyer received was a certificate of authenticity—a document verifying the existence of something the naked eye will never see. The controversial piece has since ignited a passionate global conversation about what constitutes art, the evolving nature of value in creative works, and the metaphysical dimensions of expression. Far from a passing gimmick, Garau's work is embedded with philosophical depth, drawing from quantum theory, spirituality, and centuries of conceptual tradition. As some applaud his genius and others decry the absurdity, the invisible sculpture has become a mirror reflecting our modern obsessions with perception, belief, and the commodification of ideas. Who is Salvatore Garau? The artist behind the invisible masterpiece Salvatore Garau, born in 1953 in Sardinia, Italy, has long been a provocateur in the art world. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025: Steel Suppliers From Mexico At Lowest Prices (Take A Look) Steel Suppliers | search ads Search Now Undo With a background in music, he began his career as a drummer in the progressive rock band Stormy Six before transitioning to painting and conceptual installations. Garau's previous works often flirt with abstraction and metaphysics, exploring themes of space, void, and human presence. His leap into 'immaterial' sculptures marks a radical evolution of his practice, combining traditional ideas of spiritual and metaphysical art with cutting-edge commentary on modern consumerism, belief systems, and the intangible economy. Io Sono : The sculpture made of air and spirit 'Io Sono' was auctioned by Italian art house Art-Rite in May 2021, with a starting estimate of $7,000 to $11,000. The final bid closed at a staggering €15,000 (approximately $18,300 USD). What the buyer received was a certificate, not a canvas or sculpture, attesting to the artwork's existence. The artwork is meant to be displayed in a 5-by-5-foot private space without lighting or climate control. According to Garau, the sculpture exists in the viewer's imagination. In a video statement, the artist emphasised: 'You don't see it but it exists. It is made of air and spirit… The vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy.' He invokes quantum physics to justify the concept, particularly referencing the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which posits that even "empty" space retains quantum energy. Why people are paying for the 'invisible' Garau's invisible sculpture didn't emerge in a vacuum—pun intended. The sale happened in parallel with the explosive rise of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). Just months earlier, digital artist Beeple sold a JPEG NFT titled 'Everydays: The First 5000 Days' for $69.3 million through Christie's. This modern appetite for owning the immaterial—digital files, smart contracts, virtual land—has primed collectors to explore radical new frontiers in conceptual ownership. Io Sono is not an anomaly but part of a broader movement where value increasingly resides in ideas, authenticity, and proof of uniqueness, rather than material form. Garau's defense: Is the immaterial still art To Garau, the sculpture is not a joke. It is a philosophical challenge: 'After all, don't we shape a God we've never seen?' This bold comparison touches a nerve. Like religion, conceptual art demands faith, imagination, and personal investment. If the invisible can be divine, why can't it also be art? The artist further argues that the work democratizes creativity. Since Io Sono is immaterial, anyone can imagine it. It levels the playing field, removing artistic elitism by transferring agency to the audience's inner world. Other invisible works by Salvatore Garau Garau didn't stop with Io Sono. In February 2021, he unveiled 'Buddha in Contemplation', another immaterial sculpture, in Milan's Piazza della Scala. Viewers were invited to engage not with form, but with presence—a silent spiritual contemplation. In June of the same year, Garau installed 'Afrodite Piange' (Aphrodite Cries) in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Again, there was no visible object—only a designated space and an invitation to reflect. Art or absurdity? The public and critical reaction The internet, unsurprisingly, had mixed feelings. Critics mocked the sculpture as a scam, a publicity stunt, or the death knell of artistic integrity. Memes proliferated across platforms, with users joking about selling their own invisible creations. But art critics and philosophers have been more divided. Some hailed Garau's work as a bold return to conceptualism in the vein of Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, and Piero Manzoni, all of whom questioned the material limits of artistic expression. Others, however, see it as symptomatic of a market obsessed with novelty and shock value—where art loses meaning in pursuit of viral headlines. Also read | This 500-kilo anaconda discovered in Ecuadorian rainforest is the largest snake ever found
The Star
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
K-pop group I-dle, formerly known as (G)Idle, revels in new identity
K-pop girl group I-dle, known for crafting a distinctive musical identity, has staked out a powerful comeback with a stronger sense of self and team synergy. K-pop girl group I-dle, known for crafting a distinctive musical identity, has staked out a powerful comeback with a stronger sense of self and team synergy. The group's eighth mini album, We Are , marks a number of significant milestones: It is the group's first release under a new name — dropping the (G) from the former (G)I-dle — and its first album since the five bandmates renewed their contracts with Cube Entertainment. By removing the 'G' and parentheses, I-dle has redefined its identity, signaling a break from traditional gender classifications and symbolic limitations. The group now embraces a broader, more inclusive image. "From the time of our debut, people often asked about the 'G' in parentheses. Now it feels like we've finally claimed our name," said Miyeon at a press conference Monday in Gangnam, Seoul. (From left) I-dle's Minnie, Miyeon, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua pose for a photo at a press conference in Gangnam, Seoul, Monday. — Photo: Cube Entertainment The album title We Are reflects an evolution from the group's debut album I Am, shifting the focus from the individual to the collective. "Back then, we were more focused on introducing ourselves individually. Now, we want to tell stories as a group, as I-dle," explained Soyeon. "That's why we all took part in the songwriting from the planning stage." Lead track Good Thing and B-side Girlfriend are produced by the team's leader and main producer Soyeon, who has long shaped the group's musical direction. Other members also contributed their own songs, showcasing growth and versatility. Yuqi wrote and composed the disco-infused Love Tease , while Minnie offered the dreamlike Chain . Miyeon presents a groovy R&B track with unstoppable, while Shuhua makes her lyric-writing debut with If You Want . The album title We Are reflects an evolution from the group's debut album I Am, shifting the focus from the individual to the collective. Good Thing presents early 2010s autotune aesthetics with a nostalgic twist. "It has that throwback autotune sound I remember fondly, but I think it'll feel fresh for younger listeners," said Soyeon. "The lyrics tell a story about confronting a cheating lover. It's full of lines that female idols often don't use, which makes the song even wittier and bolder." Yuqi shared, "When I first heard the song, it felt like getting hit by electricity from start to finish. It was fun, and since it was something we hadn't tried before, it felt fresh and exciting." With their contracts renewed and rebranding complete, the bandmates are now focused on longevity and artistic flexibility. "In our early days, we just wanted to succeed and win first place. But now, after renewing our contracts, our goal is to keep singing for a long time in many different ways," said Soyeon. We want to be a group that can pull off anything, from sweet pop to rock.
