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Julian Schnabel to Get Lifetime Honor at Lucca Festival

Acclaimed artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel will be honored for his work at this year’s Lucca Film Festival, received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Lucca announced Friday.

Schnabel will attend the festival in Tuscany and take part in a public masterclass. Lucca will screen a retrospective of this films, including his latest, In the Hand of Dante.

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More than the Score - World Cup 2026: Who’s put themselves in the shop window? - BBC Sounds

      <p>Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250207-bbc-podcasts-are-now-available-on-the-bbc-website-and-app">Find out how to listen to other BBC stations</a></p><h2>Episode details</h2><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/400x400/p0ny0pwt.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" /><p>World Service,·10 Jul 2026,·20 mins</p><p>Available for over a year</p><p>Plenty of players have made names for themselves at this World Cup, from goalkeepers like Cape Verde’s Vozinha and Paraguay’s Orlando Gill to New Zealand midfielder Elijah Just. But though they might not have been familiar to fans, the extent of modern scouting means clubs all over the world will already have known about many of them – so how have their heroics at the tournament affected their standing in the game, and their value in the transfer market?

More than the Score’s Mani Djazmi speaks to Ben Littlemore from Transfermarkt, one of the world’s foremost football databases, about how transfer fees get calculated, and what effect the World Cup can have on a player’s price tag. They also discuss the curious case of Tim Payne – the New Zealand defender who became an unexpected viral sensation before the tournament, and now looks set to start a new chapter of his career in Paraguay. Mani’s also joined by Lutz Pfannenstiel, sporting director at Aberdeen, who’s played and worked all over the world in a professional career stretching back to the early 1990s. He explains how his team assesses transfer targets, and what effect major tournaments have on their thinking. More than the Score brings you more than the men’s football World Cup - the new teams, standout stars, trends and fandoms shaping the tournament in ways the stats don’t show. With 48 teams competing across Mexico, the US and Canada, BBC World Service promises to take you deeper - from the group stages to the final. Search for More than the Score wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Showrunner Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony Announces Cohorts for 2026 Summer and Fall Residencies

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World Cup 2026: What's going on with penalties - is it time to end the 'stutter'?

A stuttering run-up, a swing of the boot and a miss.

It has become a theme of this year's World Cup that a stop-start run-up technique for a penalty is not always leading to a goal.

De La Rose and Ryan Castro Throw a Cross-Cultural Party on ‘La Monda’

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“Being able to see my music connect with people in different countries and cultures is something I’m extremely grateful for,” De La Rose says

De La Rose is on a roll. The Puerto Rican singer has become one of this year’s most-streamed female Latin acts on Spotify and seems readier than ever for global expansion. Now, to expand her reach, she has teamed up with Colombian singer Ryan Castro for her new single “La Monda.”

In Rural Districts, AI Resources for Educators Are Scarce

Professional development is crucial in ensuring teachers can put AI to work effectively. But a recent study from Texas Tech University found that PD around AI may not be readily available in rural schools.

How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

In 1984, an upstart retail company called Costco had just opened its first handful of voluminous warehouse stores on the west coast of the United States when it decided to try an experiment. It installed a hot dog cart in front of its San Diego store and started selling Hebrew Nationals with a drink for $1.50. People, it turned out, liked the hot dogs. The cart became Cafe 150, named for the combo price.

Physicists created a tiny universe where time emerged without a clock

A physicist at the University of Birmingham has created a laboratory "mini universe" that brings scientists a step closer to answering one of the biggest questions in physics: What is time?