Isabella Rossellini

For more than three decades, Tindersticks have been a strange case of a "cult band": they had a major label record deal. They used orchestras. They entered the studio with actress Isabella Rossellini when she was a successful Lancôme model. They were popular in American college circuits.

Margaret Thatcher, Aristotle Onassis, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Brigitte Bardot, John Wayne, The Beatles, Isabella Rossellini, Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. What do they all have in common? They have all spent time at the Astir Palace hotel. Indeed the list of all the famous figures who have stayed here is much longer than this, and it's bound to get longer soon.

Renowned Italian actress Isabella Rossellini brings "Link Link Circus," a one-woman show in which she's joined by her dog, Pan, to the Athens Concert Hall on October 20. In this lecture-performance, the award-winning actress explores the thoughts and behaviors of different animals. The show is in English with Greek subtitles. Tickets cost 24-60 euros and are already on sale.

BELGRADE - Two films from Serbia have been included in the official selection of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held this year May 13-24, the Serbian Film Center said in a release on Thursday.

These are Panama by Pavle Vuckovic and The High Sun (Zvizdan) by Dalibor Matanic.