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- | ===== British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work ===== | + | ===== Austria welcomes JJ back home with cheers, hugs and roses after he wins the Eurovision Song Contest |
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- | By JILL LAWLESS | + | By PHILIPP JENNE and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER |
- | LONDON | + | VIENNA |
- | With contributions from artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens | + | As JJ walked through the gate, hundreds of fans cheered, some played his song and others surrounded |
- | The U.K. government is consulting on whether to let tech firms use copyrighted material to help train AI models unless | + | The 24-year-old countertenor, |
- | Critics of the idea fear that will make it harder for artists to retain control of their work and will undermine Britain' | + | JJ, whose full name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria' |
- | The protest album features recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, to show what they fear will be the fate of creative venues if the plan goes through. The titles | + | "This is beyond my wildest dreams. It's crazy," said the singer when being handed |
- | Profits will be donated to the musicians' | + | On Sunday night, JJ told reporters in Vienna that "I don't think you'll realize that you did it at all until you're on your deathbed." |
- | "The government's proposal would hand the life's work of the country' | + | **'All of Austria is happy'** |
- | "It is a plan that would not only be disastrous for musicians, but that is totally unnecessary," Newton-Rex said. "The U.K. can be leaders | + | Austria' |
- | Britain' | + | " |
- | Publishers, artists' | + | Chancellor Christian Stoecker wrote on X: "What a great success — my warmest congratulations on winning #ESC2025! JJ is writing Austrian music history today!" |
- | Several U.K. newspapers ran wraparounds | + | The Vienna State Opera also expressed joy over the win. "From the Magic Flute to winning the Song Contest is somehow a story that can only take place in Austria," opera director Bogdan Roscic told the Austrian press agency APA. |
- | ===== Key Oscar moments, from Zoe Saldaña' | + | |
- | ---- | + | Several Austrian cities were quick to show their interest in hosting next year's contest. Innsbruck Mayor Johannes Anzengruber told APA that "not everything has to take place in Vienna. ... Austria is bigger than that," and the towns of Oberwart in Burgenland and Wels in Upper Austria also threw their hats into the ring. |
- | {{: | + | JJ himself said he hoped that Vienna would get the next ESC which he would love to host together with his mentor, Conchita Wurst. |
- | By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer | + | **A nail-biting final** |
- | There were a lot of smiling faces at the Oscars but one had to stand out — Sean Baker saw his film " | + | Israeli singer Yuval Raphael came second |
- | Twenty-two years after winning best actor for "The Pianist," | + | At a post-victory press conference, JJ said the message of his song about unrequited romance was that "love is the strongest force on planet Earth, and love persevered. |
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+ | "Let's spread love, guys," said JJ, who added that he was honored to be the first Eurovision champion with Filipino heritage, | ||
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+ | **Eclectic and sometimes baffling** | ||
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+ | Acts from 26 countries — trimmed from 37 entrants through two elimination semifinals — performed to some 160 million viewers for the continent' | ||
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+ | The show was a celebration of Europe' | ||
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+ | Grieshaber reported from Berlin. Associated Press writer Jill Lawless in Basel, Switzerland contributed to this report. | ||
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+ | ===== The UK and the EU hail a new chapter as they sign fresh deals 5 years after Brexit ===== | ||
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- | On Sunday, firefighters who battled recent wildfires got applauded, Mick Jagger handed out the best original song Oscar and John Lithgow was tasked with looking " | + | {{: |
- | Here were some other telecast highlights: | + | By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press |
- | **' | + | LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union hailed a new chapter in their relationship Monday after sealing fresh agreements on defense cooperation and easing trade flows at their first formal summit since Brexit. |
- | Zoe Saldaña was the favorite but that didn't diminish her emotional win. | + | Five years after the U.K. left the EU, ties were growing closer again as Prime Minister Keir Starmer met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other senior EU officials in London for talks. |
- | After accepting the Oscar for best supporting actress for her work in " | + | The deals will slash red tape, grow the British economy |
- | "My grandmother came to this country in 1961 — I am a proud child of immigrant parents," | + | "Britain is back on the world stage," |
- | The accolade comes after Saldaña swept awards season, taking home the Golden Globe, Critics' | + | He hailed Monday' |
- | **A 'Wicked' | + | But Britain's opposition parties slammed the deals as backtracking on Brexit and " |
- | Host Conan O' | + | Here are the main takeaways from the summit: |
- | Grande, in a red sparkly dress, performed a rendition of " | + | **Cutting |
- | Wildfire-battered Los Angeles, | + | Officials said they will remove some routine border checks |
- | Then it was O' | + | Businesses have complained about trucks waiting for hours at borders with fresh food that cannot be exported to the EU because |
- | **A very — maybe too — public family discussion** | + | The changes will mean the U.K. can sell products like raw British burgers, sausages and seafood to the EU again, officials said. The benefits will apply also to movements between the British mainland and Northern Ireland, where post-Brexit customs checks have been a thorny issue for years. |
- | While accepting an Emmy Award in January 2024, Kieran Culkin used his time onstage to plead with his wife for more kids. They have two, Kinsey Sioux and Wilder Wolf. "You said maybe if I win," he said, cheekily. | + | While the EU is the U.K.'s largest trading partner, the government said the U.K. has been hit with a 21% drop in exports since Brexit because of more onerous paperwork |
- | On Sunday, he upped the demand. | + | **Defense procurement pact** |
- | Culkin from the Oscar stage repeated | + | A new security and defense partnership will pave the way for the U.K. defense industry to access |
- | "I just have to say this to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith," | + | The EU has said that the loan program will help boost the readiness |
- | The moment got an echo later in the night when " | + | **Fishing rights** |
- | "To my producer and partner | + | The deal included a 12-year extension of an agreement allowing EU fishing vessels to operate |
- | **007, celebrated by women** | + | While economically minor, fishing has long been a sticking point and symbolically important issue for the U.K. and EU member states such as France. Disputes over the issue nearly derailed a Brexit deal back in 2020. |
- | There was no James Bond movie nominated | + | Elspeth Macdonald, head of the Scottish Fishermen' |
- | To honor transfer of the franchise to Amazon, three singers — Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye — each sang a different 007 title song. Lisa sang "Live and Let Die," Doja Cat tackled " | + | **Easing movement for young people** |
- | Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control. Longtime Bond custodians Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they would be stepping back. On Sunday, Halle Berry thanked them for being the " | + | Post-Brexit visa restrictions have hobbled cross-border activities |
- | The tribute began with "The Substance" | + | The U.K. and EU said they agreed to co-operate on a youth mobility plan that's expected |
- | **Gene Hackman honored** | + | British officials insisted that numbers would be capped and stays would be time-limited. |
- | Morgan Freeman made an understated tribute to a friend: Gene Hackman | + | The free movement of people remains |
- | Freeman, who starred with Hackman in two movies, kicked off the in memoriam section with a somber note about Hackman, who was found dead last week alongside his wife. | + | **Cutting airport waits** |
- | "This week, our community lost a giant. And I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman," | + | British passport holders will be able to use e-gates at more European airports as part of the deal. |
- | "Gene always said, 'I don't think about legacy. I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work,'" | + | Since Brexit, many British travelers cannot use automated gates when they arrive at EU airports. The new measure will end "the dreaded queues at border control," |
- | The in memoriam section would honor such luminaries as Terri Garr, Donald Sutherland, Louis Gossett Jr, Shelley Duvall, David Lynch, Bob Newhart, Gena Rowlands, Maggie Smith and James Earl Jones. A separate section in the telecast honored Quincy Jones. | + | **Opposition objects to a ' |
- | **How to stop the wrap-up music** | + | Britain' |
- | It has been an endless torment to winners everywhere whenever they hear the music swelling. It means one thing: Stop talking. | + | Starmer is " |
- | Brody had a novel response to the playoff music Sunday. He looked sternly into the camera and said: "I'm wrapping up, please turn the music off. I've done this before. Thank you. It' | + | Starmer stressed that he did not violate his "red lines": |
- | It's true. He won the Oscar in 2003 for "The Pianist," memorably kissing Halle Berry at the podium. But that time he was pleading, not demanding, more time from producers. | + | David Henig, a U.K. trade policy expert at the European Centre |
- | When the music started rolling during his emotional speech back then, Brody said: "One second, please. One second. Cut it out. I got one shot at this." | + | " |
- | For more coverage of this year's Oscars, visit: https:// | + | Pan Pylas and Jill Lawless in London and Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed reporting. |
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