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The Sony World Photography Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, more than 277,000 photographs have been submitted from 183 countries around the world.
Suffice to say, those that have made Sony’s coveted shortlist are breathtaking and thought-provoking.

New complaints of discrimination have hit the film awards season after Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman slammed the gender pay gap as "crazy" and said it was even worse in Hollywood than in other jobs.
 

"It is Izmir which has chosen me," Charles Emir Richard says when he is asked why he chose to display "Barricade," his collection of photos from the Gezi Park events, in ?zmir for the first time in Turkey.

One of the most celebrated violinists of his era, Joshua Bell, will greet music lovers in Istanbul and Ankara in May. 

The artist is known for his performance in a Washington D.C. subway station in 2007. Bell had agreed to participate in a Washington Post story by Gene Weingarten that thoughtfully examined art and context. 

It is an undeniable fact that football is the most popular sport in the world. The FIFA World Cup is the most watched sporting event after the Olympic Games. Names like Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo are household to people from Papua New Guinea to the smallest town in Congo.

Agreements on the table signaling commitments by countries, regional governments and companies are promising for the prospect of tackling carbon emissions and energy transition, but a binding agreement is not likely to emerge from the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, according to Samantha Smith, the head of the WWF Climate and Energy Initiative.

?The Martian? marks the second best launch of Ridley Scott?s career, behind only ?Hannibal?s? $58 million debut. It is also the second best premiere for star Matt Damon?The Martian? blasted off with a massive $55 million last weekend, nearly surpassing another space-based adventure, ?Gravity,? as the highest-grossing October debut in history. 

"Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence on Aug. 20 topped a Forbes list of the world's highest-paid actresses, earning some $52 million in the past year but still far behind the best paid actor. 

We don?t know whether you?ve heard the name Onur Çayl?, but you have probably watched at least one of the movies or TV shows he has worked on as a designer.

Çayl??s long educational career started in the illustration and arts department of Ankara?s Hacettepe University, before proceeding onto the U.K. and then San Francisco?s Academy of Art. 

Renowned Azerbaijani pianist, composer and singer Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, known as the Princess of Jazz, will perform at Istanbul's Cemal Re?it Rey (CRR) Concert Hall on June 9.

Zadeh, who has been the center of worldwide attention with her fusion and jazz pieces, will present an evening on her piano, enchanting listeners with her powerful voice.