Entertainment News Roundup: Actress Juliette Binoche honoured at Spanish Goya film awards; 'All That Breathes' director Shaunak Sen 'overwhelmed' with award nods and more

The "Phantom of the Opera"-themed stay - a nod to the novel by Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical - comes as tourism bounces back in Europe after several years of pandemic disruptions, with visitors from the United States arriving in France in droves since last summer. BRIT awards: Harry Styles triumphs with most wins Harry Styles was the big winner at the BRIT awards, Britain's pop music honours, on Saturday, winning all four categories he had been nominated in, a week after his triumph at the Grammys.


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Entertainment News Roundup: Actress Juliette Binoche honoured at Spanish Goya film awards; 'All That Breathes' director Shaunak Sen 'overwhelmed' with award nods and more
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Actress Juliette Binoche honoured at Spanish Goya film awards

The Spanish film academy's Goya Awards paid tribute on Saturday to the late Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, while French actress Juliette Binoche picked up an international honorary award. Saura, who died on Friday aged 91, had been due to receive the academy's honorary Goya Award at the annual ceremony.

'All That Breathes' director Shaunak Sen 'overwhelmed' with award nods

Indian director Shaunak Sen knew he had something special when making BAFTA and Oscar nominated documentary "All That Breathes", but the 35-year-old filmmaker said it "barely... correlates with the scale" of the recognition he is getting. His film, about two brothers in Delhi who help care for birds that fall from the sky due to pollution, is competing for best documentary at both major awards shows, starting with this weekend's British Film Academy Awards, or BAFTAs.

Film academy response to Will Smith slap was 'inadequate,' group's president says

Hollywood's film academy did not adequately respond to Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last March, the organization's president said on Monday at a gathering of this year's Oscar nominees. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was criticized for allowing Smith to remain in his seat, and accept the best actor trophy, after he assaulted Rock on stage.

Pregnant Rihanna lights up Super Bowl stage with 'Diamonds'

Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made a grand return to the stage on Sunday, floating high above the Super Bowl field, dazzling the crowd with a fast-paced medley of her hits and revealing that she is pregnant with her second child. Dressed in a hot pink jumpsuit and baggy coat, Rihanna opened the biggest showcase in music by singing "Bitch Better Have My Money" as she stood, with a noticeably rounded belly, on a platform suspended in the air. She was gradually lowered to the ground as she went through well-known songs from "Only Girl (In the World)" to "Rude Boy" and "Work."

Airbnb offers 'Phantom of the Opera'-themed stay at Palais Garnier in Paris

Airbnb is offering a night for two in the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris this summer, transforming a box in the theatre into a plush bedroom with sweeping views of the famous auditorium. The "Phantom of the Opera"-themed stay - a nod to the novel by Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical - comes as tourism bounces back in Europe after several years of pandemic disruptions, with visitors from the United States arriving in France in droves since last summer.

BRIT awards: Harry Styles triumphs with most wins

Harry Styles was the big winner at the BRIT awards, Britain's pop music honours, on Saturday, winning all four categories he had been nominated in, a week after his triumph at the Grammys. Styles took home the coveted album of the year for "Harry's House", song of the year for his synth pop hit "As It Was", best pop/R&B act and artist of the year, one of two gender-neutral categories introduced last year after BRIT awards organisers got rid of female and male distinctions.

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