Bella

Emma Stone, left, and Yorgos Lanthimos embrace as Stone wins the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Poor Things" during the Oscars on Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Stone, who won her second Oscar, thanked the team behind the film, including the Greek director. "Thank you for this gift of a lifetime in the role of Bella," she said. [AP]

Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things," an off-key Victorian-era riff on "Frankenstein," pulled off an upset victory over "Barbie" to triumph in the best comedy or musical category at the 81st Golden Globes.

"Poor Things" also won for Emma Stone's performance as Bella, a young woman, created by a scientist, who experiences a surreal sexual awakening.

Mario Banushi directs and stars in "Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia" at the National Theater's Eleni Papadaki Stage, as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr).

Incessant rain failed to put a damper on Nicolas Ghesquiere's ambitions for his Louis Vuitton 2024 Cruise collection, unveiled Wednesday to an A-list crowd including Oprah Winfrey, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Stone.

Hürriyet newspaper was deemed worthy of six awards at the Press Photo Contest of the Year and the Turkish Journalism Achievement Awards, as photojournalists Murat Şaka was honored with three awards, Selahattin Sönmez bagged two and Selçuk Selman Özger earned one.

Bella the dog can barely stand after being abused, but she is now receiving care from a Baghdad refuge that hopes to become Iraq's first veterinary clinic for stray animals.

The Baghdad Animal Rescue opened around a week ago, and Bella, a nervous fox-like dog who raises her muzzle for strokes while still shaking in fear, seems in caring hands.

In last two days, unknown persons in Turkey have hacked mosques' digital audio systems in the coastal city of Izmir and played the anti-fascist song Ciao Bella and other songs with revolutionary messages.

After videos of the stunt were widely shared, Izmir police announced that they had started an investigation on Thursday and detained several people for insulting religion.