New director of Poland's Jewish museum vouches independence

After seven years on the show Kellie Bright is one of EastEnders ’ best-loved actors. Since joining in 2013 as Linda Carter, alongside Danny Dyer, who plays her on-screen husband Mick Carter, she has taken on a number of central storylines.These have included her character’s rape, becoming a mum to an autistic son and her struggle with alcoholism.

Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue — from the living room of DiDonato’s New York City apartment. The American mezzo-soprano and Polish tenor had been scheduled to star in Massenet’s Werther at the Metropolitan Opera starting Monday (March 16). The Met’s shutdown because of the coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of the

India, Poland and some territories in the Middle East are the latest areas where movie theaters are rapidly being shuttered as the the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared a global coronavirus pandemic. 

Poland has become the latest country to close down cinemas and public institutions in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the Polish government announced it was shutting down all cinemas, schools, universities, theaters and museums for two weeks.

By Andreas Wiseman

WARSAW, Poland -- Culture authorities in Poland said Monday that the 18th edition of the international Frederic Chopin piano competition will take place Oct. 2-23 in Warsaw.

In the latest round of cancellations amid coronavirus fears, Pentatonix, Zac Brown Band and Carlos Santana have pulled the plug on their scheduled tours.Pentatonix announced the unfortunate news that their world tour, scheduled to kick off on March 16 in Warsaw, Poland, will no longer happen. "Despite our best efforts and intentions, it is, simply, no longer possible for us to execute this tour the way we want to: safely, confidently and completely," their statement read.

The 'Fleabag' creator worked on 'No Time To Die'

WARSAW, Poland -- Culture authorities in Poland said Monday that the 18th edition of the international Frederic Chopin Piano Competition will take place Oct. 2-23 in Warsaw.

Rosamund Pike wears a chic red pantsuit for the premiere of her new movie, Radioactive, held at The Curzon Mayfair on Sunday (March 8) in London.

Fans have begun speculating about a potential romance between Stormzy and former The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke after she posted a photo of them looking VERY cosy backstage at one of his shows.

Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has acquired world rights for the upcoming drama “Leave No Traces,” from acclaimed Polish director Jan P. Matuszyński (“The Last Family”), produced by Aurum Film, the production house behind Jan Komasa’s Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi.”

Esports Arena is a curated weekly roundup of the biggest stories in the world of online competitive gaming. Smash.GG, a company that helps organizers coordinate competitive gaming events for the Nintendo fighting game franchise Super Smash Bros., and Twitch have partnered up to announced the Smash World Tour, a new competitive circuit for both Super Smash Bros.

Police and protesters clashed briefly outside the French “Oscars” ceremony on Friday evening as the Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski was awarded the prize for best director.

Kate Bosworth holds hands with husband Michael Polish while arriving at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France earlier this week.