U2’s Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Muller Jr. Release Statements on Israel and Gaza

U2’s Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Muller Jr. Release Statements on Israel and Gaza

The four members of Irish rock supergroup U2 have weighed in on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, with each member — Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. — releasing their own individual statements. The four statements were shared on U2’s official Instagram account and website on Sunday, alongside the following joint message: “Everyone…

Read More
Regina Spektor to Pro-Palestine Protesters at Her Concert: “You’re Just Yelling at a Jew”

Regina Spektor to Pro-Palestine Protesters at Her Concert: “You’re Just Yelling at a Jew”

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor’s concert in Portland, Maine, was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters over the weekend, as some attendees in the audience shouted “free Palestine” chants during the middle of her show on Saturday. “You’re just yelling at a Jew,” Spektor, who is Jewish and emigrated to New York from the Soviet Union as a child,…

Read More
Arab Cinema Makes a Splash on the Croisette

Arab Cinema Makes a Splash on the Croisette

Arab cinema and its representatives are out in full force — and in the spotlight — on the Croisette this year, where the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday.  Case in point: Qatar’s film industry is gearing up for what insiders say will be its biggest-ever presence on the Croisette….

Read More
Controversial Irish Hip-Hop Group Kneecap Parts Ways With Booking Agency (Exclusive)

Controversial Irish Hip-Hop Group Kneecap Parts Ways With Booking Agency (Exclusive)

Controversial Irish hip-hop group Kneecap parted ways with their booking agency Independent Artist Group, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s unclear what led to the band’s split from the agency, which took place between the first and second weekends of the Coachella music festival. Kneecap had faced significant backlash from Jewish music executives and…

Read More
Irish Band Kneecap Displays Anti-Israel Messages During Coachella Weekend 2 Set ‘Blindsiding’ Festival Organizers

Irish Band Kneecap Displays Anti-Israel Messages During Coachella Weekend 2 Set ‘Blindsiding’ Festival Organizers

Irish hip-hop group Kneecap drew headlines during their weekend two performance at Coachella 2025, but not for the reasons a buzzing band typically claims. The group performed in the Sonora tent in front of large screens that projected references to genocide, denouncements of Israel and calls to “free Palestine.” Their set on April 18 also…

Read More
Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg Unveils 2025 Lineup

Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg Unveils 2025 Lineup

The 31st Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB), Germany’s largest Jewish film festival, unveiled its line-up Thursday, spotlighting independent features from Israel, the U.S. and Europe depicting Jewish narratives from a global perspective. The festival kicks off May 6 with Daniel Robbins’ Bad Shabbos, a dark comedy centered on a chaotic New York Shabbat dinner,…

Read More