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Arnold Schwarzenegger, famed Hollywood actor, has made headlines with the release of a new trailer titled "Agent State Farm." However, a closer look reveals that it's not a movie but a commercial campaign for State Farm Insurance.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Carolynn Lenhard of Hamilton, Va., booked a cruise in 2022, she couldn’t wait for its stop in Venice. Then, an unwelcome surprise: Thanks to a ban on ships of a certain size at the port of Venice, her ship would instead anchor in nearby Trieste.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Leisure travellers are usually in two kinds of mood when planning a trip to Europe—one is sticking to tried and tested classics and the other is the compulsive desire to go off the beaten path, wind down the road less travelled. Well, we are on the verge of striding into 2025 in a world under the influence of reels and videos on TikTok and Instagram, so the “road less travelled", in a true sense of the phrase, doesn’t really exist anymore.

United Airlines is adding eight new international destinations to its itinerary for next summer

The Antique", which has been reportedly called Georgian anti-Vladimir Putin movie, has been stopped from being premiered in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), as per a Deadline report. The screening of «The Antique» was stopped after Russian and Croatian producers claimed that there are copyright issues pertaining to the film's screenplay, Deadline reported. Georgian producers and MPM International have countered these claims. The movie is reportedly inspired from Georgian nationals' expulsion in 2006, as per the report.

Collective Behaviour, the show spans three-and-a-half decades of her practice. The artist, who reflects on colonial histories of the subcontinent, and draws inspiration from miniature traditions and manuscripts, was in the news recently for vandalism of her work in the US. “At 3 am on July 8, a man with a hammer decapitated an 18-foot sculpture of a woman at the University of Houston.

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data

Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice' sequel "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" will premier in Venice Film Festival which is scheduled to be held in August, as per a report on USA Today. The sequel to the 1988 horror classic will be screened at the prestigious film festival on August 28. «Beetlejuice Beetlejuice» will have Michael Keaton in the lead role. The cast will also include 'Wednesday' star Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara.

Venice. By Dennis Romano. Oxford University Press; 800 pages; $41.95 and £31.99Visiting the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s largest art fairs that opened on April 20th and runs until late November, often evokes a disconcerting emotion. You come to see the works on display in the exhibitions that sprawl across the city, only to leave feeling guilty at having paid too little attention to the work of art that is Venice itself.Bedazzled by its loveliness and wondering at its sheer implausibility, outsiders have seldom managed to make objective appraisals.

Named after the famous bridge in Venice which connects two sides of the Grand Canal, Project Rialto is a collaboration of the BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem and Singapore Centres in partnership with several central banks. It explores a new automatic FX settlement layer using wCBDC as a safe settlement asset that could be deployed for interlinked instant payment systems or digital asset systems.Improving cross-border payments is an explicit international policy goal and a priority of the G20.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is releasing at theaters across the US on Friday, May 10. Cinephiles are curious to know when will the movie start streaming on OTT platforms. It looks like fans of Planet of the Apes will have to wait longer to watch the latest film from the franchise. Even though it is not official but «Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes» will have digital premier on Hulu/Hulu on Disney+, rather than other OTT streaming platforms, as per a report on IGN.

Venice, another Italian town may soon implement measures to combat overtourism, symbolically creating barriers, as reported by The Sunday Times. The picturesque city of Como, situated along the renowned Lake Como, is considering implementing a tourist levy for daily visitors. The specific fee has not been finalized yet. The timing for when the new measure would go into effect isn't clear either, but Como Mayor Alessandro Rapinese said representatives are already trying to draft up more guidelines.

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Short-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy but won’t try to recover the money from its hosts

A Los Angeles gallery installation offers a unique art-meets-data look at the eviction crisis in the Venice Beach neighborhood

Google introduced Immersive View for routes. Starting this week, Immersive View for routes is gradually becoming available in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice on both Android and iOS platforms. Immersive View for places, powered by AI blends thousands of Street View and aerial images, allowing users to preview restaurants or landmarks ahead of your visit.

Art dealer Stefan Simchowitz has long been treated as persona non grata by the art world’s most important galleries and tastemakers. But you wouldn’t know it while wandering around the 11,000-square-foot Los Angeles warehouses where he stores his collection, one of the biggest private troves in the world. Wrapped paintings and sculptures are wedged, floor-to-ceiling, along aisles that stretch the length of a grocery store.

“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery

Kenneth Branagh returns as Detective Hercule Poirot in his latest film, "A Haunting in Venice," which had a solid start at the box office with $1.2 million in Thursday previews. The supernatural mystery is projected to debut with earnings between $13 million and $15 million, placing it between the franchise's previous two installments: 2017's «Murder on the Orient Express» and 2022's «Death on the Nile.» All three movies are adaptations of Agatha Christie's murder mystery novels. «Murder on the Orient Express» was the most successful, opening with $28.6 million and eventually grossing $100 million domestically and $350 million globally. «Death on the Nile,» released during the pandemic with a hefty $90 million budget, had a $12.8 million opening and concluded its box office run with $45.6 million in the U.S. and $137.3 million worldwide. In Thursday previews, «Orient Express» earned $1.6 million, while «Death on the Nile» secured $1.1 million.