europe will soon be beating in this order region. industrial beauty, it has to be a good thing, a david levitz from the d. w culture desk can tell us why. welcome david. so why does, how does a place like ash but it's industrial, a city gets get me honor of being europe's cultural capital. well, obviously, when people think about european culture or european capitals of culture, they're probably thinking of paris, rome, maybe berlin. and those were the cities actually, that the e u was looking at 40 years ago when it started this program along the way that they kind of figured, you know, what, maybe paris doesn't need any extra attention. maybe there some other places that could actually benefit from, from this attention and from being put in the spotlight in this way. places like ash that have fallen on hard times that have maybe lost their industry. and that are looking to re brand themselves looking for new opportunities and can really benefit from gaining the attention of europe's cultural elite, let's say. and culture really is a great tool for bringing places in a new direction, giving t

but as culture reporter david levitz finds out, tinseltown is taking no chances. and it's sticking to some familiar formulas. this year hollywood going full throttle into sequel mode again. tom cruz's follow up to top. gun is finally ready for take off. after the pandemic struck it down in 2020 need to scream again. scream 5 is coming out next week. nav campbell and courtney cox are back and so the killer who can now hack your security system or? ah, what about batman you ask will be played by not one, not 2, but 3 different actors starting with robert pattinson in the batman. bindham no, when? well, yeah, like a catch. 20. 22 is the year of mission impossible. 7, thor, 4, legally, blonde, 3, fantastic beasts, 3 black panther, 2 avatar, 2 minions. 2 a 2nd down abby movie. halloween ends. but does it really? and a 7th jurassic park film, jurassic world, dominion. the studios have been turning out the sequels and franchises for years. but this year the trend seems, extreme or out. so what's really new in 2022 death m a nile that's based on the agatha christie novel

i was got more on the life and times of sidney process from a david levitz from the of the culture desk. welcome, david. so what will sydney a fortune in his long and distinguished career? what do you think he's going to be most remembered for? well, here with hollywood 1st black superstar, really and when you look at that, that oscar that he won, that really was groundbreaking. that really did a paved the way for many other black performers to play parts in hollywood for the budget. of course, one of the oscar for his career and his acting ability though he could do serious and touching. he could also have the audience cracking up with laughter. like he did in that oscar winning role in lilies of the field were saying, seeing there, he played a jack of all trades to helps a group of german nuns out in the arizona desert. and he doesn't actually want to work. he wants to drink, but eventually he build the church for them for free because they can't pay him. and this is a really typical role versus the party. he always played the good guy kind of the st and films like in the heat of the

investment from, from the u, and lots of places for people to visit wants the situation normalized as david levitz, d, w culture. and finally, now organizations all over the world are coming up with creative campaigns to encourage vaccination. here in germany, for example, an entrepreneur teamed up with a shepherd for a unique stunt. in the pushed to achieve human hurt immunity. 700 sheep and goats were let loose and formed the shape of a 100 meter long syringe. the animals were coaxed into position by pieces of bread . the stunts organizer said that he hoped to reach the emotions of vaccine hesitant people where scientific reasoning had felt. from under the top stories that were following for you here on g w, news, protesters have stormed government offices in cas extends largest city. on monday, the unprecedented violence came as mass demonstrations over surging fuel prices in the energy rich ex soviet republic and turk, a 4th day of next sunday deputies asia. after a lifetime of jihad, how will young taliban fighters transition to peace in afghanistan and life left behind? the hardships of star

my colleague david levitz is here now from our culture desk to talk about this. i mean, there's so much to talk about when we're talking about sidney plus. what will he be most remember for? well, he was not hollywood. the 1st black star, he was hollywood 1st black superstar actually and that oscar that he won really was groundbreaking. it really paved the way for other black performers in hollywood. and he got it because he was charismatic. he was good looking and he could act man, could he act in the same film? he could have you crying. he was very touching or he could have you in stitches because he was funny just like he did in that oscar winning role in willie's of the field. he played a jack of all trades who helped a group of german nuns out in the arizona desert and he doesn't want to. he wants to actually drink and sleep, but he ends up building their church for them for free out of the goodness of his heart. and that was really kind of a typical role for a party. he played the good guy, he played sort of the st if you well. now if you look at films like

my colleague david levitz is here now from our culture desk to talk about this. i mean, there's so much to talk about when we're talking about sydney, what he, what will he be most remember for? well, he was not hollywood, the 1st black star, he was hollywood, the 1st black superstar actually, and that oscar that he won really was groundbreaking. it really paved the way for other black performers in hollywood and he got it because he was charismatic. he was good looking and he could act man, could he act in the same film? he could have you crying. he was very touching or he could have you in stitches because he was funny just like he did in that oscar winning role in willie's of the field. he played a jack of all trades who helps a group of german nuns out in the arizona desert. and he doesn't want to. he wants to actually drink and sleep, but he ends up building their church for them for free out of the goodness of his heart. and that was really kind of a typical role for a party. he played the good guy, he played sort of the st if you well. now if you look at f