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Mark Margolis, who played the sinister, wheelchair-bound cartel don Hector Salamanca in acclaimed TV shows "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," has died aged 83, his family said on Aug. 4.

Margolis died on Aug. 3 at a New York hospital following a short illness, with his wife and son at his bedside, according to a statement.

HBO's "Succession" topped this year's Emmy nominations, earning 25 nods on July 12, as "Squid Game" became the first non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television's equivalent of the Oscars.

Maribor/Lendava – Six Slovenian towns have joined the 2021 European Days of Jewish Heritage, a festival focusing on the diversity of Jewish heritage and its historical role which is this year held in 36 countries.

The 21st Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday night with a ceremony at which the Heart of Sarajevo award for the best film was given to the Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven.  

Israel's antiquities authority says archaeologists have discovered a rare 3,000-year-old inscription of a name mentioned in the Bible.

The name "Eshbaal Ben Beda" appears on a large ceramic jar. Eshbaal of the Bible was a son of King Saul.

Archaeologists Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor say the jar belonged to a different Eshbaal, likely the owner of an agricultural estate.

French film "Dheepan" won the top Palme d'Or prize for director Jacques Audiard at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, crowning a good night for French cinema but a bad one for Italy and actress Cate Blanchett. 

Up-and-coming Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos won the third-place Prix du Jury (jury prize) at the Cannes Film Festival for the “The Lobster”, his first English-language film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.

The top Palme d’Or award went to Jacques Audiard’s immigrant drama Dheepan in what international media described as a “shocker”.

The Cannes Film Festival?s organizers on April 16 unveiled the list of 17 movies to be shown next month in the Palme d?Or competition line-up. Turkish director Ziya Demirel?s film ?Sal?? (Tuesday) is set to compete in the short film category of the festival. 

The rundown is not yet complete, with a couple of movies yet to be added before the 11-day festival opens on May 13.