Final countdown: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein (left) interacts with his attorney Mark Werksman in court on Oct. 4, 2022 at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California. Weinstein was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face additional sex-related charges.

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Glistening year for art: A man looks at Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview at Christie's New York in New York City, the United States, on April 29. Auction house Christie's on Dec. 19 announced record sales of US$8.4 billion in 2022, outshining its rival Sotheby's, which also posted its best-ever result at $8 billion for the year.

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Record year for auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s

Auction house Christie's on Monday announced record sales of US$8.4 billion in 2022, outshining its rival Sotheby's, which also posted its best-ever result at $8 billion for the year.

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Lead with care: Denica Riadini-Flesch (left), the founder and CEO of SukkhaCitta, prides herself on working with villages, not factories.

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What I’ve learned: Denica Riadini-Flesch, founder and CEO of SukkhaCitta

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This combination of file pictures shows US actor Johnny Depp arriving at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 13, 2022; and actress Amber Heard leaving the Fairfax County Circuit Court on April 11, 2022.

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Amber Heard agrees to pay Johnny Depp $1m in defamation case

In a post on Instagram, Heard said she was dropping an appeal against the $10 million payout she had been ordered to make by a jury because she "simply cannot go through" another trial.

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Handout picture released on December 19, 2022 by Peru's National Police showing four suspected retail cocaine sellers arrested in a comercial district, escorted by undercover Peruvian police officers (R and L) in Lima, Peru on December 17, 2022.

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Naughty, not nice: 'Santa' bags Peru drug sellers

A gang of drug dealers in Peru got a nasty surprise when Santa broke down their door, cuffed them and seized their merchandise in an unusual bust announced Monday.

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Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Hollywood trial

Disgraced US movie titan Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting a woman a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was part of his "reign of terror" over aspiring young actresses in Hollywood.

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Book cover: Pictured is the cover of 'Aristocrats'. (Courtesy of Ted van der Hulst)

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Dutch photographer Ted van der Hulst’s homage to an Indonesian dwarf community

A unique exhibition and book titled Aristocrat, featuring outcasts of society, radiates light on the potency of the human spirit.

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The one regret: United States filmmaker Steven Spielberg arrives for the premiere of The Fabelmans during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, on Sept. 10. Spielberg admitted “to this day regret the decimation of the shark population” following his 1975 film Jaws.

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Spielberg regrets ‘Jaws’ impact on shark population

Film-maker Steven Spielberg has said he truly regrets the "decimation of the shark population" following the success of his 1975 film Jaws.

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Not lit: Kimberly Westgarth shows her tattoo of American Kanye West during the process of getting it removed on Wednesday at tattoo removal clinic NAAMA Studios in Marylebone, London. Westgarth says she was so disgusted by West’s recent anti-Semitic comments that she decided to get rid of the tattoo.

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Repent, Ye: UK studio helps ex-fans get rid of Kanye tattoos

Kimberley Westgarth says she was so disgusted by Kanye West’s recent anti-Semitic comments that she decided to get rid of her tattoo of him.

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Boxer Daniela Lao, 22, rests before a fight in Havana, Cuba, December 17, 2022.

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Cuba rushes to build first female boxing team, one of last nations to do so

Boxing powerhouse Cuba on Saturday staged a series of official female boxing matches for the first time since Fidel Castro’s 1959 Revolution, just a few weeks after lifting a taboo on the sport.

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'Avatar' sequel dominates N.America movie screens

Sci-fi epic Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster, swamped the competition at North American theaters.

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Twitter to ban users from promoting rival social platforms

Twitter announced Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on several rival social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

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This handout photo courtesy of the National Park Service shows Los Angeles mountain lion P-22 when he was captured in 2019. The Los Angeles area's most famous mountain lion, an aged wild male feline sighted around the city's Griffith Park, was euthanized Saturday, wildlife officials said.
For years, it was known to prowl around the hillside “Hollywood“ sign visible around much of Los Angeles, a fitting setting for a celebrity cat.

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Beloved 'Hollywood Cat' mountain lion euthanized in Los Angeles

The beloved big cat, often sighted around the city's Griffith Park, was euthanized Saturday, wildlife officials said.

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Rain child: The audience enjoy themselves under the pouring rain during the Bandung folk group Syarikat Idola Remaja's set at Petromaks stage during the RRREC Fest In the Valley 2022, held in Sukabumi, West Java. (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)

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RRREC Fest In the Valley 2022 braves storm with an intimate celebration

Misty Mountain Hop: A longstanding open-air festival initiated by contemporary art collective ruangrupa returns post-pandemic with an ever-eclectic lineup under the raging rainstorm.

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Amid the clouds: A visitor simulates flying by getting in the middle of Agus Budianto’s watercolor-installation "Melayang". (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)

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Watercolors highlight Indonesia’s eclecticism

A watercolor painting exhibition at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Central Jakarta, shows the viability of this old-school medium in an art scene dominated by NFT images, digital media and video collages.

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Tarn Adams, who cofounded Bay 12 Games with his brother Zach, demonstrates an old version of their single-player simulation game “Dwarf Fortress“ during an interview at their home office Poulsbo, Washington, west of Seattle, on December 9 2022. A cult favorite among indie game fans, “Dwarf Fortress“ has been available for purchase on the Steam online store since December 6, a first for this title that has been distributed for free since its debut in 2006. The real-time management game, set in a medieval-fantasy world and involving overseeing a group of dwarves seeking to build a mighty fortress, has climbed to the fourth best-selling weekly title on Steam.

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Once a free icon, indy game Dwarf Fortress finds new life on Steam

Releasing the paid version on Steam has opened the door for more players to access Dwarf Fortress, and it's now the fourth best-seller of the week on the platform.

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This photo taken on November 6, 2022, shows a migratory bird at the dried-up freshwater Poyang Lake in Juijiang, China's central Jiangxi province. Spooked by a historic drought, local authorities in China have renewed controversial plans to dam the country's biggest freshwater lake, which is slowly recovering after shrinking to less than a third of its usual size. But environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million birds, would threaten the fragile ecosystem and the endangered creatures it supports.

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Dam plans threatens China's migratory bird haven

But environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million birds, would threaten the fragile ecosystem and the endangered birds and other wildlife it supports.

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Connecting fans to creators: Enevti is an NFT-based social media that allows fans to support their favorite creators. (Courtesy of Aldo Suhartono Putra)

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Yearender: 2022’s five exceptional local applications

A list of must-download local apps that answer everybody’s unique needs, from financial management to veterinary services.

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Arie Kriting (left), Putri Marino (second left), Abimana Aryasatya (second right) and Lutesha (right) star in the Timo Tjahjanto-directed action comedy movie ‘The Big 4’.

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‘The Big 4’ by director Timo Tjahjanto combines action with laughs

The detective story features Putri Marino, Abimana Aryasatya, Lutesha and comedians Arie Kriting and Kristo Immanuel.

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A true best friend: Two dogs sit on the runway before the Bibhu Mohapatra show during New York Fashion Week at Spring Studios in New York, the United States, on Feb. 15.

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New York to ban animal sales at pet stores in 2024

Pet retailers are set to be barred from selling dogs, cats and rabbits in the state of New York come December 2024 under a new law, signed by governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday, which is designed to stop the supply of animals from so-called puppy mills.

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Drawing lines: Google’s iconic “G” log is seen on June 27 at the tech giant’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Tech rivals Meta, Microsoft, TomTom and Amazon Web Services have joined forces to unveil the Overture Maps Foundation on Thursday, which aims to offer open-source, comprehensive mapping data that is freely available.

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Google rivals join forces in online maps

Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available datasets for map features to be built into online offerings.

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Freaky set: The cast of ‘Keramat 2: Caruban Larang’ arrives from Jakarta at the set of the titular dance studio in Cirebon, West Java, where they are to spend 20 days shooting the sequel to 2009’s ‘Keramat’. (Instagram/Keramat 2: Caruban Larang @keramat2film)

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‘Keramat 2: Caruban Larang’: Still unbounded horror, yet different take

The sequel to horror film Keramat brings unrelenting, believable terror that subtly creeps into the viewer’s psyche, but it is toned down with unintentional comic relief and sometimes, unnecessarily lavish production.

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Canadian singer Celine Dion performs on the opening night of her new world tour 'Courage' at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, Quebec, on September 18, 2019.

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Stiff-person syndrome, Celine Dion's rare neurological disorder

Around one in a million people are estimated to have the condition, according to the US National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).

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In this file photo taken on February 13, 2020 US actor Harrison Ford arrives for Disney's

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Harrison Ford swaps movies for TV with '1923'

Harrison Ford has rarely bothered with television since "Star Wars" propelled him to A-list movie fame nearly half a century ago -- but that is about to change with small-screen Western "1923."

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Fable tales: The cover of Nadine Aisha Abdullah’s debut book "Forests, Rivers and Jungles".

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Yearender: The best Indonesian books (about Indonesia) of 2022

This year might have come and gone, but these books on Indonesia and its surprises will pique your interest enough to turn the page and make the year last a little longer.

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Ask Dad: Actor Lukman Sardi teaches viewers how to tie their shoelaces in a series called “Ayah Bagaimana Bila Aku“ (ABBA) to help fatherless kids get through life challenges. (YouTube/Daniel Mananta Network)

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Lukman Sardi listens, gives advice to fatherless kids in new Daniel Mananta series

In a new YouTube series, actor Lukman Sardi helps fatherless kids navigate life by providing useful answers to questions they might have never got the chance to ask before.

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